The Jesuits José Antonio Alcáin, Gonzalo Ibáñez, Román Múgica and Jesús María Munárriz have been transferred from the community of Javier to others of the Society of Jesus in Spain, as reflected in The recently published destinations table.
Two of them have been destined for Pamplona, one to the Sanctuary of Loyola and the room to Malaga.
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With these new destinations, the Jesuit community is closed in the place where the pattern of the Missions, San Francisco Javier, was born, one of the first to join San Ignacio de Loyola after locking friendship at the University of La Sorbonne in Paris.
This community was destined to attend the center of spirituality located next to the castle in which the Missionary Saint was born in 1506. The Society of Jesus has assured ACI Press that this activity is not risk.
“Javier’s apostolic and spiritual project, as well as his activity are maintained with absolute normality as until now,” they detail, with the proviso that “at the community level the management becomes in Pamplona”, the Navarre capital, about 50 kilometers from the place.
He Javier’s spirituality center It is a complex that offers the possibility of deepening Ignatian spirituality, mainly through the delivery of spiritual exercises, but not only.
“We do not close to other paths of spirituality, because we believe that every spirituality with their peculiarities enriches the others. Dialogue from Ignatian spirituality with other spiritualities can generate more alternatives to live the Christian faith deeply,” they detail on their website.
The complex has an exercise house of 49 rooms, chapels, rooms and dining rooms; a youth center for spiritual discernment individually or in a group, with almost 200 beds; and a shelter, which present as “an ideal place for youth groups with own dynamics” that has 67 beds.
According to data from the Pontifical Yearbook collected by the Specialized Website Catholic-HierarchyJesus’ company has gone from having almost 2,200 communities in 1966 to 1,200 today, the result of the decline of its members.
At the end of the 60s of the 20th century, it had more than 20,000 priests and 36,000 non -presbyter religious. Today they are just over 10,000 and less than 14,000 respectively.
The Society of Jesus in Spain incorporates this September this month to Four new novices.
Nicolás de Cárdenas
Born in 1980, I am a Spanish and journalist’s husband and father with more than 20 years of experience in print and digital media, specialized in socio -political and religious information. I have worked more than 10 years in defense of human rights and I have accreditations in journalism and comprehensive communication. Since July 2022, I am a correspondent for ACI Press and Ewtn News in Spain, covering international events of the Catholic Church.