In every Province of the Society of Jesus there is a Treasurer or Administrator of the Province that assists the government of the Provincial in all matters financial, administrative, and juridical. In small Provinces it may be, sometimes, almost a one-man operation. But in larger Provinces there are Administration Offices, involving the collaboration of staffs of lay experts, on whom Treasurers rely more and more for a competent discharge of their mission.
All have to deal with similar tasks: manage the funds assigned to the formation of young Jesuits, the care for the elderly and the support of apostolic endeavours; to supervise the administration of the different communities and works of the Province; to manage human resources and real estate. The opportunity to share experience and discuss common challenges is very much appreciated. Since 2018, the treasurers and their assistants from the Jesuit provinces of Europe and the Near East gather annually in order to share their personal experience of this particular mission in the Society and discuss topics of common interest.
This network is a privileged opportunity to share mutual support, but also to advance the cooperation between different provinces. One fruit of that is the Formation Solidarity Mechanism, a system for, every year, sharing resources within the Conference and supporting those Provinces which have insufficient funds to pay for the formation of their men in studies.
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