Welcome to the Jesuit European Social Centre

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Jesuit mission in Europe

Vision and Mission

Those in the Ignatian tradition have always inserted themselves in different societies and cultures. The Jesuit European Social Centre, successor in Brussels of the Jesuit European Office (OCIPE), aims to keep alive this inspiration.

JESC’s Vision

In the light of Christian faith, JESC seeks to promote the construction of Europe, and specifically of the European Union, grounded on social justice, peace and freedom. We shall support the Jesuits of Europe and their collaborators in this mission; and we shall continue to reflect on European values and responsibilities, promoting Europe’s solidarity internally and with the wider world.

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Guy Liagre to be new General Secretary of CEC

Published by Elaine Rudolphi
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Rev. Liagre - image: uniprobel

Rev. Liagre - image: uniprobel

Press release by CEC:

Revd Dr Guy Liagre, President of the United Protestant Church in Belgium, will be the new General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches starting in June 2012.  He succeeds Revd Prof. Dr Viorel Ionita who retired as Interim General Secretary of CEC in October 2011.

He was elected by the Central Committee which met in Geneva on 24/25 January.

After his election Dr Liagre commented: “For many years CEC has worked to ensure that the Christian voice is not neglected on the European scene. I see it as a challenge to work as a general secretary of a european ecumenical organisation in a time in which Europe and the world are rapidly changing into something too hard to easily predict.  CEC is in the midst of renewing its organisation and I am delighted to be able to participate in and stimulate that renewal”. Continue reading →

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Une solidarité planetaire

Published by Henri Madelin
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Solidarity - image: Nicola Corboy (cc: by-nc-nd)

Solidarity - image: Nicola Corboy (cc: by-nc-nd)

“J’assumerai jusqu’au bout et en totalité les lourdes responsabilités que vous m’avez confiéees». Dans cette lourde corbeille de devoirs, se trouve aussi le désir de réaliser ce qui a été décidé au G20 de Cannes, qui s’est tenu sous présidence française les 3 et 4 novembre dernier. Mais à cette rencontre des 20 pays censés être les plus influents de la terre, la crise de l’Euro a accaparé les esprits et les discussions, ce qui n’a guère permis de faire progresser les dossiers les plus complexes qui sont souvent les plus marqués par l’urgence. En ces temps devenus difficiles, le chacun pour soi a rapidement repris le dessus. Il s’agit maintenant de sauver seulement la possibilité d’imposer une nouvelle taxe sur les transcations financières mondiales. Il faut faire participer la finance à la réparation des dégats qu’elle a provoqués», déclare le chef de l’Etat dans ses voeux télévisés du 31 décembre dernier. Continue reading →

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La liberté réligieuse – émission radio

Published by Henri Madelin
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Emission sur Europe 1 en décembre 2011:

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Communiquer la foi dans notre culture

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JESCletter Nr. 16 / January 2012 is out!

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JESCletter

JESCletter

We just published our JESCletter Nr. 16 / January 2012.
Click here to read the articles.

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Teilhard: L’incarnation du Christ

Published by Henri Madelin
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Nativity - image: wikimedia

Nativity - image: wikimedia

Le Père Teilhard de Chardin n’a pas fini de féconder notre pensée et de stimuler notre foi, surtout en ce temps liturgique où grands et petits s’émerveillent en contemplant la crèche.
Les pères Martelet et de Lubac ont su mettre en valeur l’originalité de sa présentation du mystère de l’incarnation (1). Ce jésuite, “pélerin de l’avenir”, écrit, l’année de sa mort, dans le carnet de retraites qu’il tient fidèlement “Je vais au devant de Celui qui vient”. Comme Elie, comme le Christ dans l’Evangile, il appelle sur lui le feu, “le feu qui était au commencement”, “le feu capable de tout pénètrer”.

Ce passionné de Dieu est en même temps un passionné du monde. Il a exploré et arpenté notre planète toute sa vie. Pour lui, les anciennes représentations de notre univers doivent s’effacer pour laisser place à une nouvelle vision qu’il a pressenti avant beaucoup d’autres et qui renouvelle toutes les dimensions de la foi pour le croyant d’aujourd’hui. Aux yeux de l’homme contemporain en effet, l’univers est un long processus d’expansion continue. Continue reading →

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Les chrétiens et les pauvres: une reconnaissance mutuelle

Published by Elaine Rudolphi
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Virtual Faith – Spirituality in the Times of Internet

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Virtual Faith Continue reading →

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The Financial Crisis and The Social Teaching of Churches

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Banking district - image: bsterling (cc: by-sa)

Banking district - image: bsterling (cc: by-sa)

Talk given at the “High level conference with the participation of
EPP Group Members, representatives of the Hungarian Government, Religious leaders and National authorities”;  10 – 11 November 2011, Esztergom and Visegrád, Hungary

I am grateful for the honour of this invitation. With limited time, I want to make one central and two subsidiary points. The central point is the contrast, articulated by Pope John Paul II, between a ‘free-market economy’ and a ‘free economy’, and the positive (not negative) relationship between freedom, justice and solidarity. The implications concern (1) the special place of the finance sector in our current crisis, its relationship to the ‘real’ economy of goods and services, and the need for its better regulation; in such regulation, the nature and importance of political responsibility. I will draw on Roman Catholic sources for this presentation, but want to stress how much common ground the Christian churches, and indeed other faith communities, share on this topic, even if you can also find plenty of people across our communities who think differently. In particular I have learned a lot from the (Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Continue reading →

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Destitution of Migrants – Conference at the Chapel of the Resurrection

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Conference at the Chapel of the Resurrection - 28 November 2011

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