Loyola 2000: Meeting of Major Superiors
Loyola, Spain, 21-28 September 2000
About 130 Jesuit Major Superiors from all over the world held their General Assembly in Loyola, Spain. The main topic of the meeting -- from 21 to 28 September 2000 -- was "Creative Fidelity in Mission".
Decree
23-C of the 34th General Congregation in 1995 prescribed that
"approximately every six years beginning from the last General
Congregation, Father General shall convoke a meeting of all Provincials in
order to consider the state, the problems and the initiatives of the universal
Society, as well as international and supra-provincial cooperation". The Assembly of Major Superiors at Loyola, 21-28 September 2000, has been
called by Father General, Dutch Jesuit Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, to implement
this directive. About 130 Jesuits participated.
Father General opened the Loyola Assembly on 22 September with a conference on "Creative
Fidelity in Mission" followed by position papers on inter- and
supra-provincial cooperation for mission. The discussion took into
account the various experiences of such cooperation in the last years.
- Letter of Father General
Rome, 8 December 2000
Lettere del Padre Generale dopo Loyola 2000
Brief van Pater Generaal na Loyola 2000
- Meeting of Major Superiors
Loyola, Spain, 21-28 September 2000
Opening Talk of Father General
Creative Fidelity in MissionDiscours d’ouverture du P. Général
Fidélité créatrice dans la missionDiscurso inaugural del P. General
Fidelidad Creativa en la MisiónAnsprache von P. General
Die schöpferische Treue in der SendungDiscorso di apertura del Padre Generale
Fedeltà Creativa nella MissioneOpeningstoespraak van P. Generaal
Creatieve trouw in de zending