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The Conference of European Provincials (CEP) creates a forum which enables the European Jesuit Major Superiors to meet, to collaborate, to plan and to pray together. Like the other four conferences of the Society the CEP has a President who is appointed by Father General for a term of four years. The current President is John Dardis from the Irish province and his Assistant is Dermot O’Connor from the Irish province.

The membership of the conference includes all the European provincials and vice-provincials, and the regional superiors of the Russian Region and of the Maghreb. There are 34 members including the President.

The privileged moment of the conference is the General Assembly which is held each year in a different European country. There, over the period of a week, the provincials meet each other, discuss common issues and projects, vote on a common budget and assess the progress of the works and communities which they have initiated at European level. Obviously it is also a golden opportunity for provincials to form new friendships and to discover new possibilities for interprovincial cooperation and support.

The President has a council comprised of the moderators of the three European assistancies, two members who are not provincials and the President’s Assistant. This council usually meets four times every year and is an important instrument in advancing the decisions and policies of the General Assembly.

The CEP supports five important common works in Brussels which are focussed particularly at European level: JRS-Europe; OCIPE; the Foyer Catholique Européen; the Chapel of the Resurrection and the responsibility for Catholic religious education in the European schools in Brussels.

Jesuit European groups are considered as privileged means to foster interprovincial collaboration within the Society of Jesus in Europe in its different areas of activity.

At present there are two Jesuit European communities under the direct jurisdiction of the President: the St. Benedict community in Brussels and the tertianship of the CEP in Dublin.

The President has two delegates: Fr Alessandro Manaresi (ITA) who is delegate for the 11 European centres (philosophy and theology). He is responsible for visiting the centres and ensuring that the Guidelines laid down by the CEP are implemented. He is also convenor of the formation delegates Eurogroup.  Fr José Ignacio García (CAS) is responsible for the collaboration and coordination of the social apostolate at European level.   

The CEP has a webmaster, Fr Philip Debruyne who also publishes an electronic news service "Jesuits in Europe" which helps to develop a better understanding of common Jesuit concerns in Europe. It collects and distributes information of supra provincial interest and encourages communication and collaboration among groups and individuals.

History of the Conference of European Provincials  1972 - 2011


 
  President  

John Dardis John Dardis , the former Provincial of the Irish Province (HIB), has been appointed as President of the Conference of European Provincials in January 2010.

Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the CEP  is Dermot O'Connor. He started on this assigment in September 2006.

The CEP Office is located at the 
Rue des Trévires 3, B - 1040 Brussels
Phone +32-2 738 77 20 - Fax +32-2 738 77 29. 

E-mail:
John Dardis: president@jesuits-europe.org
Dermot O'Connor: assistant@jesuits-europe.org


 
  Members of the CEP  

Members of the Conference are all the Provincials, Vice-Provincials and Regional Superiors of Europe and the President of the Conference. Addresses.

  1. President CEP: John Dardis
  2. Austria: Gernot Wisser
  3. Belgium, North Belgium: Johan Verschueren
  4. Belgium, South Belgium and Luxembourg: Franck Janin
  5. Croatia: Ante Tustonjic
  6. Czech Republic: František Hylmar
  7. France: Jean Yves Grenet
  8. France, Vice-Provincial: Jean-Jacques Guillemot
  9. Germany: Stephan Kiechle
  10. Great Britain: Dermot Preston
  11. Hungary: Tamás Forrai
  12. Ireland: Tom Layden
  13. Italy: Carlo Casalone
  14. Italy, Central-Northern Region: Nicola Gay
  15. Italy, Central-Southern Region: Claudio Barretta
  16. Lithuania-Latvia: Vitkus Gintaras
  17. Malta: Paul Pace
  18. Near-East Province: Victor Assouad
  19. Netherlands: Johan Verschueren
  20. Poland, Greater Poland: Tomasz Kot
  21. Poland, South Poland: Wojciech Ziółek
  22. Portugal: Alberto Teixeira de Brito
  23. Romania: Marius Talos
  24. Russia, Russian Region: Anthony Corcoran
  25. Slovakia: Peter Bujko
  26. Slovenia: Milan Bizant
  27. Spain: Francisco J. Ruiz Pérez
  28. Spain, Andalusia & Canary Islands: Guillermo Rodriguez-Izquierdo Gavala
  29. Spain, Aragon: Vicento Durá Garrigues
  30. Spain, Castilla: Juan Antonio Guerrero
  31. Spain, Loyola: Juan José Etxeberría
  32. Spain, Tarragona: Lluis Magriñà
  33. Switzerland: Christian Rutishauser

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  Delegates of the CEP  

The President has two delegates: Fr Alessandro Manaresi (ITA) who is delegate for the 11 European centres (philosophy and theology). He is responsible for visiting the centres and ensuring that the Guidelines laid down by the CEP are implemented. He is also convenor of the formation delegates Eurogroup.  Fr José Ignacio García (CAS) is responsible for the collaboration and coordination of the social apostolate at European level.   

  • SOCIAL DELEGATION OF THE C.E.P.

    Social Delegate: Fr José Ignacio García (CAS),
    Council: Josep Buades (ARA), Giacomo Costa (ITA), Michael Schoepf(GER), Frank Turner (BRI). Andreas Gösele (GER)
     

  • EUROPEAN FORMATION CENTRES - FIRST CYCLE

    Philosophy
    · Braga (Faculdade de Filosofia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
    · Krakow (Kolegium Księży Jezuitów)
    · Munich (Collegium NN. S. Johannis Berchmans et Facultas Philosophica)
    · Padua (Patavinum Institutum pro Studiis Philosophicis NN. "Aloisianum")
    · Salamanca (Colegio San Estanislao Kostka)
    · Zagreb (Collegium Nostrorum Sancti Joseph)

    Theology
    · Bratislava (Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity)
    · Madrid (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)
    · Warsaw (Papieski Wydział Teologiczny w Warszawie)

    Philosophy and Theology
    · London (Heythrop College University of London)
    · Paris (Centre Sèvres - Facultés jésuites de Paris)

    (Rome, PUG -Collegio Internazionale del Gesù)
     

  • DELEGATE FOR EUROPEAN FORMATION CENTRES

    Fr Alessandro Manaresi (ASR)
     

  • JESUITS IN EUROPE NEWS SERVICE

    Editor: Fr Philip Debruyne (BSE) Waversebaan 220, B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven
    News:<news@jesuits-europe.org>
    Webmaster: <desk@jesuits-europe.org> Tel: +32 / 16.39.84.76
    Website: www.jesuits-europe.info
     

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  European Interprovincial Collaboration Groups  

  • Charismatics: Liaison Committee of Jesuits connected with the Charismatic Renewal (CEL)
        Last meeting: Wépion-Namur, Belgium, 25-27 April 2011
        Next meeting: Mouveaux (Lille), France, 15-17 April 2012
         Coordinator: Hansjörg Gächter, (HEL), Basel, Switzerland
        Secretary: Jacques Misson, (BML) Brussels, Belgium
       
  • Communities: Christian Life Communities (Euro CLC)
        Last European General Assembly: Alicante, Spain, 2009
        Next European General Assembly: 2014
        Leader: Evelyne Malloret, Great-Britain
        Saviour Borg, Malta, Inge Höpfl, Germany and Marina Villa, Italy
        Spiritual Guide: Pierre Meyers (BML, Luxemburg
        Internet: www.clc-europe.org
       
  • Ecumenism: (JesEcum)
        Last meeting: Bucharest, Rumania, 18-24 July 2011
        Next meeting: Los Angeles, USA, July 2013
        Convenor: Oliver Rafferty (BRI), Claudiu Ciubotariu (ROM)
     
  • Education: Jesuit European Committee for Secondary Education (JECSE)
        Last meeting Delegates: Rome, Italy, 19-22 October 2011
        Next meeting Delegates: Manresa, Spain, 17-20 October 2012
        Session: formation personnel: Drongen, Belgium, 14-16 March 2012
        Council: Marie-Thérèse Michel, Paris, France, Peter Knapen (Belgium),
        Brian Flannery, Ricardo Angulo, Ferenc Holczinger (HUN).
        Web Site: www.jecse.net 
     
  • Faculties of Philosophy and Theology
        First Meeting: Naples, Italy, 15-17 June 2012
        Chairman: Zbigniew Kubacki (PMA), Paolo Gamberini (ITA), Bernard Pottier
        (BML)
     
  • Formation: Formation Delegates
        Last meeting: Padua, Italy, 31 March - 5 April 2011
        Next meeting: Madrid, Spain, 14-18 March 2012
        Coordination Committee: Severin Leitner (ASR), Alessandro Manaresi (ITA),
        Caoimhín O Ruairc (HIB), Andrew Cameron-Mowat (BRI)
     
  • Ignatian Spirituality: EGIS
    European Group on Ignatian Spirituality
        Last Conference: Manresa, Spain, 6-11 April 2010
        Pacual Cebollada (CAS), Chairman, Damian Howard (BRI), Bruno Füglistaller
        (HEL), Dermot O'Connor (HIB), Convenor
       
  • Missions: Mission Offices and NGOs
        Last meeting: Madrid, Spain, 6-9 October 2011
        Next meeting: Nürnberg, 4-7 October 2012
        Coordinator: Klaus Väthröder (GER)
     
  • Muslims: Les deux rives
        
    Last meeting: Paris, 26-29 December 2011
        Next meeting: (To be confirmed)
        Convenor: Jean-Marc Balhan, Namur
     
  • Novices: Masters of Novices
        Last meeting: Vilnius, Lituania, June 26 - 1 July 2011
        Next meeting: Loyola, Spain, 25 June - 1 July 2012
        Preparation Team: Robert Bujak (PMA), Tadeusz Hajduk
        (PME)
       
  • Philosophy: Professors of Philosophy (JESPHIL)
        Last meeting: London, 26 August – 30 August 2010
        Next meeting: Paris, 30 August - 3 September 2012
        Chairman: Louis Caruana (MAL), Heythrop College, London,
        Terry Walsh (NEN), Éric Charmetant (GAL)
     
  • Politics:
        Last meeting: Venice, Italy, August 2010
        Next meeting: Venice, Italy, 19-26 August 2012
        Organizing committee: Edmund Grace (HIB) Chairman, Tobias Karcher
        (GER) Secretary, Giacomo Costa (ITA), and Mr. Kai
        Stenull
     
  • Prayer: Apostleship of Prayer
        Last meeting: Lourdes, France, 21-25 September 2011
        Next meeting: Portugal, September 2012
        European Coordinator: Frédéric Fornos, (GAL)
       
  • Refugees: Jesuit Refugee Service in Europe (JRS-E)
        Last A.G.M.: Uppsala, Sweden, 25-30 October 2011
        Next A.G.M.: Paris, France, 2-7 October 2012
        Regional Director: Michaël Schöpf (GER)
        Web site: www.jrseurope.org
       
  • Reviews: Editors of Cultural Reviews
        Last meeting: Athens, Greece, 26-29 May 2011
        Next meeting: undetermined
        Convenor: Theodore Kodidis
     
  • Roma: Jesuits with Roma
        Last meeting: Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2009
        Next meeting: undetermined
        Co-ordinator: Dirk Leenman (BML)
       
  • Scholastics: European Jesuits in Formation (EJIF)
        Last meeting: Loyola/Madrid (WYD), August 2011
        Next meeting: Heverlee/Drongen, Belgium, August 2012
        Coordination Committee:
        Chairman: Mikael Schink (GER)
        Logistics: Martin Benko (SVK)
        Treasurer Benoît Willemaers (BML)
        Web site: www.jesuits-europe.info/ejif 
       
  • Science: Jesuits in Science (EJS)
        Last meeting: Braga, Portugal, 11-13 September 2009
        Next meeting: Unconfirmed
        Steering Committee: Guy J. Consolmagno (MAR), Leandro Sequeiros
        (BET) 
        Internet: www.jesuitsinscience.org
     
  • Social: European Jesuits in Social Sciences (EUROJESS)
        Last congress: Geneva, Switzerland, 23-27 August 2011
        Next congress: undetermined
        Chairman: Andreas Gösele, Germany
        Committee members: Josep Mària (TAR), Pierre Martinot-Lagarde
        (GAL), David Nazar, (Ukraine), José Ignacio García (CAS)
     
  • University Chaplains (JUPC.eu)
        Last meeting: Malta, November 2011
        Next meeting: Prague, 8-11 November 2012
        Steering Committee: Piotr Kropisz (PMA), Leon O'Giolláin (HIB),
        Jan Regner (BOH), Fernando Gálligo (CAS)
       
  • Vocations: Vocation Delegates
        Last meeting: Gdynia, Poland, 15-19 April 2010
        Next meeting: Liverpool, Great Britain, 19-23 April 2012
        Convenor: Matthew Power (BRI)
       
  • Volunteers: Jesuit European Volunteers (JEV-JVC-JVE)
        Contact person for Europe: Michael Beschorner (GER)
     
  • Webmasters: European Jesuit Webmasters (JesWeb)
        Last meeting: Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 May 2011
        Next meeting: Lewes, Great Britain, 19-23 April 2012
        Coordination: Jesuit Media Initiatives, London (BRI)
     
  • Young Adults: International Ignatian Youth Network (InYgo) 
        
    Last General Assembly: Paris, France, 4-6 April 2011
        Next General Assembly: Paris, France, 23-25 March 2012
        Chairperson: Sr. Isabelle Redier, France
        Web Site: www.inygo.org
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  Common Works of the Provinces of Europe  

  • Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC)

Office:
Rue du Cornet, 51 - B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32-2 737 97 20 
Web Site: www.jesc.net

Director/CEP Social Delegate: José Ignacio García
E-mail: garcia@jesc.net

Secretary of European Affairs: Frank Turner
E-mail: turner@jesc.net
  

  • OCIPE

Office ("Siège social")
15, rue de la Toussaint, F-6700 Strasbourg, France
Phone: +33-3 88 22 31 85
E-mail: ocipe.strasbourg@wanadoo.fr
 

  • Jesuit Refugee Service - Europe

    Regional Office JRS-Europe
    Rue du Progrès 333/2, B-1030 Brussels
    Phone: +32-2 250 3220
    E-mail: europe@jrs.net
    Website: www.jrseurope.org
    Regional Director: Michael Schöpf
     

  • Foyer Catholique Européen

Rue de Cornet 51, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32-2 233 5310 
E-mail: fce@skypro.be 
Website: www.fce.be 
Pastoral Director: Krystian Sowa
 

  • European Schools Brussels

The Society of Jesus is responsible for Catholic religious education
Director: Mrs Uli Neugebauer

Download a pps presentation of the European Schools
 

  • Chapel of the Resurrection

European Chapel
Rue Van Maerlant 22-24, B-1000 Bruxelles
Phone: +32-2 230 9294
E-mail: welcome@resurrection.be
Website: www.resurrection.be
Director: Krystian Sowa
Phone: +32-478 21 21 54


 
  European Interprovincial Community  

Brussels: St Benedict Community
Rue des Trévires 18, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32-2 737 7020
Superior: Dermot O'Connor
E-mail: saint-benoit@jesuites.com

Dublin: Tertianship of the CEP
Manresa House, 426 Clontarf Road, Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-805 72 39
Instructors: Joseph Dargan (HIB) and Jan van de Poll (NER)
E-mail: info@tertianship.eu
Website: www.tertianship.eu
Applications for the Tertianship of the CEP
have to be sent to Fr. Jan van de Poll



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