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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 Mark Rotsaert from the North Belgian 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 Brendan MacPartlin who is responsible for the collaboration and coordination of the social apostolate at European level and Fr Severin Leitner, delegate for the 11 European Jesuit formation centres (philosophy and theology). He is responsible for visiting the centres and for ensuring that the Guidelines laid down by the CEP are implemented.
Since end 2009 there is a CEP Migration Desk in Brussels with Luis Miguel Muñoz (TAR) as director.

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 - 2009


 
  President  

Mark Rotsaert Mark Rotsaert, the former Provincial of the North Belgian Province (BSE), has been appointed as President of the Conference of European Provincials on 3 October 2000.

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:
Mark Rotsaert: 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: Mark Rotsaert
  2. Austria: Gernot Wisser
  3. Belgium, North Belgium: Fons Swinnen
  4. Belgium, South Belgium and Luxembourg: Daniel Sonveaux
  5. Croatia: Ivan Koprek
  6. Czech Republic: Frantisek Hylmar
  7. France: Jean Yves Grenet
  8. France, Vice-Provincial: Jean-Jacques Guillemot
  9. Germany: Stefan Dartmann
  10. Great Britain: Michael Holman
  11. Hungary: János Lukács
  12. Ireland: John Dardis
  13. Italy: Carlo Casalone
  14. Italy, Central-Northern Region: Nicola Gay
  15. Italy, Central-Southern Region: Claudio Barretta
  16. Lithuania-Latvia: Viktus Gintaras
  17. Magreb: Francis Gouin
  18. Malta: Paul Pace
  19. Near-East Province: Victor Assouad
  20. Netherlands: Jan Bentvelzen
  21. Poland, Greater Poland: Tomasz Kot
  22. Poland, South Poland: Wojciech Ziółek
  23. Portugal: Nuno da Silva Gonçalves
  24. Romania: Pablo Guerrero
  25. Russia, Russian Region: Anthony Corcoran
  26. Slovakia: Peter Bujko
  27. Slovenia: Milan Bizant
  28. Spain: Elías Royón Lara
  29. Spain, Andalusia and the Canary Islands: Francisco J. Ruiz Pérez
  30. Spain, Aragon: Carlos M Sancho de Claver
  31. Spain, Castilla: Juan Antonio Guerrero
  32. Spain, Loyola: Juan José Etxeberría
  33. Spain, Tarragona: Lluis Magriña
  34. Switzerland: Pierre Emonet

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  European Interprovincial Collaboration Groups  

  • Charismatics: Liaison Committee of Jesuits connected with the Charismatic Renewal (CEL)
        Last meeting: Wépion, Belgium, 13-15 April 2009
        Next meeting: Paris, France, 14-17 April 2010
         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:
        Internet: www.clc-europe.org
       
  • Education: Jesuit European Committee for Secondary Education (JECSE)
        Last meeting Delegates: Linz, Austria, 21-24 October 2009
        Congress deputy heads: Loyola, Spain, 3-6 March 2010
        Next meeting Steering Committee: Paris, France, 28 April 2010
        Seminar: Formation personel: Paris, France, 28-29 April 2010
        Congress: Primary School Heads: Porto, Portugal, 11-15 October 2010
        Next meeting Delegates: Ghent, Belgium, 21-24 October 2010
         Chairman: Paul Yperman, Brussels, Belgium
        Fernando de la Puente (Spain), Tamás Forrai (Hungary), Michael
        Edwards (Great Britain) and Brian Flannery
        Internet: www.jecse.net 
     
  • Formation: Formation Delegates
        Last meeting: Vienna, Austria, 30 August - 3 September 2009
        Next meeting: 31 March - 5 April 2011
        Coordination Committee: Andrzej Majewski (PMA), Alessandro Manaresi     (ITA), Kevin O'Rourke (HIB)
       
  • Higher Education: Association des établissements jésuites d'enseignement supérieur d'Europe et du Liban (ASJEL)
    Directors of Centres of Theology and Philosophy

        Last General Assembly: Paris, France, 18-19 April 2009
        Next General Assembly: 28-30 April 2011
        President: José Ramón Busto Saiz (CAS),
           Rector of the Universidad Pontificia  Comillas, Madrid, Spain
        Secretary: Jacques Berleur (BME), Namur, Belgium
        Internet: www.asjel.org
     
  • Ignatian Spirituality: EGIS
    European Group on Ignatian Spirituality
        Conference: Manresa, Spain, 6-11 April 2010
        Pacual Cebollada (CAS), Chairman, Damian Howard (BRI), Peter Bujko     (SVK), Bruno Füglistaller (HEL), Dermot O'Connor (HIB), Convenor
       
  • Jésuites en monde populaire (JeMP)
        Last meeting: London, Great Britain, 27-29 March 2009
        Next meeting: Berlin, Germany, 13-14 March 2010
        Chairman: François Yverneau, Cergy, France
        José Luis Ochoa (ARA), James Conway (BRI) and Hugo Carmeliet (BSE)
     
  • Missions: Mission Offices and NGOs
        Last meeting: Liverpool, Great Britain, 2-3 October 2009
        Next meeting: Vienna, Austria, 30 September - 3 October 2010
        Next meeting: Madrid, Spain, 6-9 October 2011
        Coordinator: Tim Curtis (BRI)
     
  • Muslims: Les deux rives
        
    Last meeting: Namur, Belgium, 27-31 December 2009
        Next meeting: (To be confirmed)
        Convenor: Christophe Ravanel, Barcelona
     
  • Novices: Masters of Novices
        Last meeting: Rome, 25 June - 1 July 2009
        Next meeting: June 2011
        Preparation Team: Paul Nicholson (BRI, HIB, BSE, NER), Jean Miler
        (GAL, BML), Josef Maureder, (GER, ASR, HEL)
       
  • Philosophy: Professors of Philosophy (JESPHIL)
        Last meeting: Ludwigshafen, 28 August - 1 September 2008
        Next meeting: London, 26 August – 30 August 2010
        Chairman: Louis Caruana (MAL), Heythrop College, London
     
  • Politics:
        Last meeting: Venice, Italy, August 2008
        Next meeting: Venice, Italy, August 2010
        Organizing committee: Edmund Grace (HIB) Chairman, Tobias Karcher     (GER) Secretary, Tony Carroll (BRI), Giacomo Costa (ITA), and Mr. Kai     Stenull
     
  • Prayer: Apostleship of Prayer
        Last meeting: Poland, 24-27 September 2009
        Next meeting: Toulouse, France, September 2011
        Chairman: Claudio Barriga, Rome, Italy
       
  • Refugees: Jesuit Refugee Service in Europe (JRS-E)
        Last A.G.M.: Ireland, October 2009
        Next A.G.M.: Malta, 7-10 October 2010
        Regional Director: Michaël Schöpf (GER)
        Internet: www.jrseurope.org
       
  • Reviews: Editors of Cultural Reviews
        Last meeting: Dobogókö, Hungary, 4-7 June 2009
        Next meeting: Uppsala, Sweden, June 2010
        Convenor: Arpad Horvath (HUN)
     
  • Roma: Jesuits with Roma
        Last meeting: Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2009
        Next meeting: 2011
        Co-ordinator: Dirk Leenman (BML)

       
  • Scholastics: European Jesuits in Formation (EJIF)
        Last meeting: Innsbruck, Austria, August 2009
        Next meeting: Palermo, August 2010
        Coordination Committee:
        Chairman: Karl Vella (Malta)
        Logistics: Nicola Bordogna (Italy)
        Treasurer Hans Brandl (Austria)
        Internet: 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: Granada, Spain, 25-29 August 2009
        Next congress: August 2011
        Chairman: Andreas Gösele, Germany
        Committee members: Josep Mària (TAR), Pierre Martinot-Lagarde
        (France), David Nazar, (Ukraine), José Ignacio García (CAS)
     
  • University Chaplains (JUPC.eu)
        First meeting: Rome, Italy, 11-14 November 2010
        Steering Committee: Jimmy Bartolo (MAL), Luís Ferreira do Amaral
        (POR), Piotr Kropisz (PMA), Leon O'Giolláin (HIB)
       
  • Vocations: Vocation Delegates
        Last meeting: Frankfurt, Germany, 10-14 April 2008
        Next European meeting: Gdynia, Poland, 15-19 April 2010
        Convenors: Slawek Patalan (PMA)
       
  • Volunteers: Jesuit European Volunteers (JEV-JVC-JVE)
        Contact person for Europe: Michael Beschorner (GER)
     
  • Webmasters: European Jesuit Webmasters (JesWeb)
        Last meeting: Malta, 30 April - 3 May 2009
        Next meeting: Dublin, 22-25 April 2010
        Chairman: Piaras Jackson, Dublin, Ireland  
     
  • Young Adults: International Ignatian Youth Network (InYgo) 
        
    Last General Assembly: La Baume, France, 8-9 November 2008
        Next General Assembly: Loyola, Spain, 30-31 October 2010
        Chairperson: Odile de Sinety, France
        Internet: www.inygo.org
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  Common Works of the Provinces of Europe  

  • Office Catholique d'Information et d'Initiative pour l'Europe (OCIPE)

Director General: Frank Turner
E-mail: director.ocipe@tiscali.be
Website: www.ocipe.org 

Strasbourg 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
  
Brussels Office

Rue du Cornet, 51 - B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32-2 737 9720 
E-mail: info@ocipe.org  
Director: José Ignacio García

Budapest Office
c/o PPKE-JÁK III. 353
Szentkiryályi utca. 28, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1 429 7224
E-mail: info@ocipe.hu
Director: Péter Nemeshegy
  
Warsaw Office
Ul. Rakowiecka 61, PL-02 532 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: +48-22 8490229
E-mail: ocipe@ocipe.org.pl 
Internet: www.ocipe.org.pl
Director: Jacek Wróbel
 

  • 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: Alberto Brito
 

  • European Schools Brussels

The Society of Jesus is responsible for Catholic religious education
Director: Mrs Catherine Roba
 

  • Chapel of the Resurrection

European Chapel
Rue Van Maerlant 22-24, B-1000 Bruxelles
Phone: +32-2 230 9294
E-mail: cavanmaerlant@freebel.net
Website: www.resurrection.be
Delegate of the CEP President: Alberto Brito (POR)
Pastoral Director: Sr Ilsemarie Weiffen rscj
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: Josep Dargan (HIB) and Jan van de Poll (NER)
E-mail: info@tertianship.eu
Website: www.tertianship.eu
 



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