Two major events mark Fr. General’s agenda for the fifth day (Sunday, October 9th) of his visit to the Island of Madagascar. The first began by the solemn mass he presided in the stadium of College Saint Michel in the capital Antananarivo. The college stadium was packed with some 10 000 people composed of pupils, […]
Fr. General left Fianarantsoa, located South of Madagascar, on Saturday October 8th morning to proceed directly to Ambiatibe, the site of martyrdom of Jesuit priest Jacques Berthieu, SJ (1838 – 1896), where he was due to concelebrate mass with other Jesuits. It was in this place located 50 km north of Antananarivo that this Frenchman […]
The pivotal event of the day was probably Fr. General’s encounter with lay collaborators along with Jesuits who accompany various Christian groups: CLC, eucharistic movements, chaplaincies and other entities with Ignatian stamp. Fr. General spells out the three major points that should characterize the Jesuit way of proceeding regarding its dealing with collaborators: discernment, collaboration […]
A day perhaps less busy and eventful than the previous one but nonetheless highly symbolic was October 7th, the fourth day of Fr. General’s visit to Madagascar. All events took place in Fianarantsoa, a city that is home to several Jesuit apostolates like Antananarivo. One major event was the mass he concelebrated with several Jesuits […]
The Jesuit delegation then joined Fianarantsoa, a city located 500 km south of Antananarivo, which houses several Jesuit apostolic works. After a well-deserved lunch specially prepared by students from the school of La Riziere, a Jesuit run higher institution, Fr. General met with the students and staff of U-Magis, the Jesuit university in Fianarantsoa area. […]
Meeting both people and the Malagasy Jesuits was largely fulfilled on the third day of Fr. General’s visit in Madagascar. Fr. Arturo Sosa and his entourage took the plane to head to the city of Mananjary located southeast of the Big Island, a place hit hard by Cyclone Batsirai of last February. Upon arrival by […]
Fr General’s second day in Madagascar (Wednesday, October, 5th) was quite eventful. He spent the whole morning interacting with pupils in the primary school level at Saint Michel College, a renowned school in the capital which educates over 4,000 pupils and students. The first part of the afternoon was dedicated to meeting with 16 Jesuit […]
The visit of Father General of the Society of Jesus, Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ., in the Island of Madagascar, populated by 25 million began under better auspices on Tuesday 04 October with good weather. The superior of the 18,000 Jesuits scattered across five continents was greeted at the airport in Antananarivo the capital, by a […]
La troisième édition de la journée des collaborateurs ou AMM 2022 (Andron’ny Mpiara-Miasa) s’est tenue le samedi 8 janvier 2022 au Collège St Michel Amparibe. Plus de 250 personnes issues des différentes œuvres et communautés jésuites à Antananarivo ont répondu présent à cet évènement. Presque toutes les entités (aumôneries, paroisses, écoles, centres, …) ont été […]
