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Last June, Zagreb became the epicentre of the European Conference's discernment. The Curia of the Croatian Province hosted for the first time the consultation of the President of the JCEP and the Committee of Formation Centres of the Conference. Both meetings were aimed at advancing discernment on two issues: How to help the sustainability of our formation centres for Jesuits in Europe; and which are the Universal Apostolic Preferences from the territory of our provinces and regions.

The consultation for the Formation Centres brought together a committee of eight Jesuits. Among them were provincials, formation delegates and JCEP officers. According to the last General Assembly, this year was the time to collect data and study the sustainability of the Centres. These centres are the ones were the Jesuits in formation studied the first cycles of Philosophy and Theology. All the provincials reported their views in different fields: financial support, academic level, community life, spiritual direction and apostolic opportunities. The results of this study will be presented at the next JCEP General Assembly, to be held in September in Barcelona. The committee also received a warm welcome in the Institute for Philosophical and Theological Studies and the Formation Community Ante Gabrič, SJ in Zagreb.

The agenda of the Consult, in the midst of other important topics, dealt with the process of discernment of the Universal Apostolic Preferences for the Society of Jesus throughout the world. The President, Franck Janin, received the fruit of the discernment of the European provinces and regions. Just after the consult he flew to Rome to share this information with Father General in the "Enlarged Council". The European Conference of Provincials will also continue with the discernment of the Apostolic Preferences in Barcelona. The end of the process will be in 2019 when Pope Francis receives and approves these preferences.

Pictures:

1. Formation Centres Committee visiting the grounds of the Croatian Formation House and Infirmary
Members of the Committee: Franck Janin, Alessandro Manaresi, Jakub kolacz, Martin Maier, Pablo Alonso, Damian Howard, Christoph Soyer and José de Pablo
 
2. Consult in Zagreb:
Members of the Consult: Franck Janin, Dalibor Renič, José Frazão Correia, Damian Howard, Martin Maier, and José de Pablo.

 

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