With the changing landscape both of the Jesuits and of Asia Pacific societies, and the diversity of our educational conditions, languages, cultures, religions and local struggles, how can our institutions of higher learning cooperate to make an effective contribution to the one, global Jesuit mission? I have been asked to speak to this desire for greater collaboration among us in the context of General Congregation 36.
Mission and Governance
How we understand our mission should decide how we organise ourselves. The Jesuit mission is to serve the ‘Missio Dei’. This mission is clearly given in the Formula of the Institute, the final version of which dates back to 1550.
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