مراحل في رسالة يسوعيّ
يتيح العمل في الرسالة على مشاهدة حضور الله في خليقته، وتلمّس أعماله الجميلة والمحيّة في كلّ مخلوقاته. لكن هذه المشاهدة ليست سهلة، لأنّها تحتاج إلى قراءة يوميّة للأحداث والمواقف على ضوء نظر الله المحبّ.
Easter Greetings from the AMC!
It has been a challenging year for many migrants in Lebanon. Our community members have weathered rising rents and scarcer work, fears of expanding conflict, travel restrictions, and a whole host of daily difficulties. And yet, Easter joy abounds! The joy of the resurrection was made obvious this last week here in the AMC. Our whole community gathered for the Paschal Triduum to walk with Christ through his death and resurrection.
Tertianship is what tertians give to each other
The third batch of tertians in Bikfaya have just graduated their school of the heart. Theirs has been a very particular class. It is true of every class, and of each tertian. But armed conflicts leading to displacements and disruptions are not a common tertianship experiment. I am so grateful that all participants kept safe and well, and even drew no little spiritual profit from the difficult situation in which they found themselves.
My name is Joseph (Joe) Lorenz, SJ, from the USA-East Province. I am currently a third-year regent living at the Saint Grégoire Community and working at Collège Saint Grégoire (CSG) and Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour (CNDJ). I spent my first two years of regency teaching at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, New York before coming to Lebanon. At CSG and CNDJ, I am covering for an English teacher currently on maternity leave.
I’m originally from Takoma Park, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. I grew up in a Protestant family and entered the Catholic Church when I was in college. I studied at Williams College in western Massachusetts, where I majored in Arabic and religious studies. Before entering the Society, I worked at a legal center for immigrants and refugees and received a Masters in Islamic Studies from Harvard Divinity School. This is my second time in the Near East as a Jesuit: in 2018, I spent the summer in Taanayel working with JRS. I am delighted to be back and to get better acquainted with the Near East province.
My background with Arabic and Father General’s 2016 letter calling for Jesuits to consider coming to the Near East were major motivations for wanting to come here. Though of course I wish it were under better circumstances, I’m very happy to be in Beirut and to have the opportunity to teach. I’ve been struck so far by how multilingual many Lebanese people are (including students and colleagues), and how resilient people have been in the face of hardship and uncertainty. It’s a privilege to get to know students, colleagues, and fellow Jesuits better, especially in the midst of the country’s difficult situation.
Joseph (Joe) Lorenz SJ
مراحل في رسالة يسوعيّ
يتيح العمل في الرسالة على مشاهدة حضور الله في خليقته، وتلمّس أعماله الجميلة والمحيّة في كلّ مخلوقاته. لكن هذه المشاهدة ليست سهلة، لأنّها تحتاج إلى قراءة يوميّة للأحداث والمواقف على ضوء نظر الله المحبّ.
Easter Greetings from the AMC!
It has been a challenging year for many migrants in Lebanon. Our community members have weathered rising rents and scarcer work, fears of expanding conflict, travel restrictions, and a whole host of daily difficulties. And yet, Easter joy abounds! The joy of the resurrection was made obvious this last week here in the AMC. Our whole community gathered for the Paschal Triduum to walk with Christ through his death and resurrection.
Tertianship is what tertians give to each other
The third batch of tertians in Bikfaya have just graduated their school of the heart. Theirs has been a very particular class. It is true of every class, and of each tertian. But armed conflicts leading to displacements and disruptions are not a common tertianship experiment. I am so grateful that all participants kept safe and well, and even drew no little spiritual profit from the difficult situation in which they found themselves.
D’Ankara à Belfast, Le Caire, Ephèse, Nicée, Eskişehir, Almaty (et bien d’autres lieux!)
Qu’est-ce que vous faites à Ankara? Telle est souvent une des premières questions que j’entends lorsque je voyage. Chacun de nous quatre avons bien sûr nos activités habituelles: Michael écrit pour diverses publications (maintenant sur “l’appel universel à la sainteté”); Changmo étudie le turc, commence à s’engager avec les jeunes à la paroisse et s’acclimate peu à peu à la Turquie; Alexis, responsable de cette paroisse turcophone et de la formation de ses catéchumènes, est également impliqué dans des médias et la gestion pratique de la résidence; quant à moi, supérieur de celle-ci, je travaille dans la formation et l’accompagnement au service de l’Église de Turquie, et ai quelques engagements en dehors du pays pour le dialogue interreligieux, à divers titres.
جني ثمار دراسة الفلسفة … قراءة في ملفّ نهاية العام للدارسين جوزيف أشرف، دانيال عطا لله، ورودي خليل.
استأذنت جوزيف ودانيال ورودي في عرض مقتطفات من تقييمهم في نهاية سنوات دراسة الفلسفة، وهو بمثابة مشاركة روحيّة مع رفاقهم اليسوعيّين (نادر ميشيل).
“Cérémonie de reconnaissance à l’hôpital “Hôtel Dieu de France
Dans le cadre de la fin de leur service à l’hôpital, l’Hôtel Dieu de France a organisé une cérémonie de reconnaissance en l’honneur du Père Alain Elias et du Frère Joseph Achraf s.j.