July 2009

Vocations

If you believe that God is calling you to the Jesuit way of life please e-mail our Regional Vocations Director at SA-RegVoc@sj.org.za, or visit our Province Vocations Website or speak to a Jesuit in the area near you.

Below you will find an excerpt of a video about the Province's work. This part is particularly focused on our work in South Africa that we are involved in, other than what we do at the Institute.

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New directions for the Church in South Africa?

At a recent academic conference of theological societies in Stellenbosch that I attended, a number of findings emerged that deserve some thought. The most striking was the fact that Christianity in South Africa is rapidly going Pentecostal, whether in its European-North American or African Initiated Church forms.

NEDA

A spectre is haunting Iran, that of genuine democracy.

Michael Jackson R.I.P.-off

I have been completely amazed at the media attention surrounding Michael Jackson's death and puzzled at the public outpouring of grief.

Why do we pray?

I have been in one of those bad spaces in my life lately where things just keep going wrong.

Caritas in Veritate: A new way of economic life

Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate [Charity/Love in Truth] is a challenge to the way we think about economics. Drawing on the riches of Catholic Social Thought, particularly that of Pope Paul VI, he proposes a new approach to integral human and economic development based on the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity.

Can you believe in Creation and Evolution

Our joint education project with the Origins Centre at Wits continues. We have already helped over 500 young people to understand that it is possible to believe in both Creation and Evolution. Encourage your children to ask their teachers to book. Bookings are now being taken for learners in Grades 10, 11 and 12 for Sept 6, 8, 10, 13, 15 or 17 (not August as previously announced). For more information contact Ms. Theresa Morgan at Origins on 011 717 4708.

Have you ever considered...

Would you like to do a 30-day individually-directed Retreat at the end of 2010?

attending our Winter Living Theology course?

The Jesuit Institute is offering
a retreat in the form of the full
Spiritual Exercises of
Saint Ignatius Loyola from
13-Nov to 18-Dec 2010 at the
brand new Mohale Rest and
Retreat Centre in Pretoria North.
The total cost is R14,000.
Read more...

This year’s lecturer will be Fr
Gerry O’Collins SJ, for over 30
years Professor of Fundamental
Theology in Rome and one of the
world’s most widely read
theologians. His subject will be
the ‘Many Faces of Jesus’.
Winter Living Theology will be
hosted in Jhb/Pta, Bloemfontein,
Cape Town and Durban.
Read more...

Latest Books from Institute members

Aids, Ancestors and Salvation: Local beliefs in Christian ministry to the sick

The Church and the Media

Vocations and what to do with them: Discerning Priestly and Religious Vocations

Aids, Ancestors and Salvation: Local beliefs in Christian ministry to the sick by Peter Knox SJ

The Church and the Media by Chris Chatteris SJ

Vocations and what to do with them: Discerning Priestly and Religious Vocations by Chris Chatteris SJ

Spiritual Direction in the African Context

With the help of a focus-group of experienced African spiritual directors, JISA is exploring the implications of this ministry in the African context.

Tsoseletsa

Tsoseletsa is one of the Jesuit Institute's spirituality programmes. It is a group-based parish retreat running two hours every evening for a week. The retreat is based on Ignatian spirituality and adapted to suit African people. The team which runs the retreat is trained in Ignatian spirituality. At present we offer four or five retreats per year.

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