The spaces of the Curia of the Province of Italy recently have been totally renewed. This renovation is part of a more general wide restructuring of the big building next to the Church of the Gesù in Rome.

A  first reason of these works lies on the reduced number of the two Jesuit communities residing in the building. in fact, many spaces were left empty, were not used, which is really a pity taking into account that a square meter in the centre of Rome is very valuable. Actually in the building two communities are present: a community of the Province of Italy (25 members) and the community of the International formation house were 49 scholastics attend the first cycle of theology, accompanied by a team of formators. Numbers used to be higher.

The second reason is that the building needed since time a deep restoration. The heating, electrical and informatic systems have been replaced. Some vaults in the long corridors have been consolidated and the roof that was damaged in some places has been repaired.

So, in the future, the building will not only give hospitality to the two Jesuit communities, but also to a structure were 35 refugees of the Italian JRS office (Centro Astalli) will sleep and to another space that will host pilgrims and partly tourists.

During the last year noise and dust were abundant but now a sense of consolation came down while we are using spaces in more attentive and rational way.

The rooms of the Curia are awaiting the new team that will help the Provincial of the Euro-Mediterranean Province starting the 1st of July 2017