أخبار ذات صلة
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.
Fifty-five years after the expulsion of the Jesuits of Al Hikma University from Iraq in 1969—the Jesuits of Baghdad College had already been expelled in 1968—the Jesuits have bought a house in Baghdad.
The property in Karrada, a central neighbourhood of Baghdad city, is not yet habitable and needs extensive renovation. The house will serve as legal address for registering the Jesuits as a religious community under the Latin Bishopric of Baghdad. Upon completion of works, the two-floor house will be able to accommodate three Jesuits and will have meeting and conference spaces as well as a small chapel.
The well-constructed buildings of Baghdad College and Al Hikma University, situated a few kilometres apart in Sulaikh and Za’afraniya neighbourhoods respectively, are still standing. Baghdad College is still one of the top government schools for boys. The former Al Hikma is now the Middle Technical University. Both had been expropriated without compensation, although the church of Baghdad College was subsequently entrusted to the custody of Chaldean Catholic Church. Later, the church had been vandalized and was deconsecrated. Significantly, the graves of five American Jesuits who had served in Baghdad lie within the perimeter of the church that is listed as a historical heritage building. The purchase of the property in Karrada could be instrumental for the recovery of the church and its registration under the endowment of the Latin Bishopric of Baghdad as well as for seeking to obtain some form of compensation for the remaining expropriated properties.
These efforts are not an exercise to turn the clock back. Rather, the guiding vision is to listen to the Holy Spirit, to understand how Jesuits may selflessly and creatively serve God’s children in Iraq in the future. Formation of Christians in the faith, spiritual support to sisters and priests, and reaching out to the youth of the country feature prominently among the pastoral challenges and opportunities of this long-suffering country. The harvest is indeed great.
Fr. Joseph Cassar, SJ
أخبار ذات صلة
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.