The Ignatian Week at Saint Peter Canisius Institute of Philosophy, Kimwenza, Zaire

Abstract

There are some places where particular memories recall the past while at the same time inspiring confidence for the future. They are places which possess, so to speak, a perpetual present that has always been and yet impels you toward the futlire...Kimwenza was not only the first site of the Society's continual presence in Africa since 1893, but it is also, as regards Africa, the seed-bed from which Jesuit companions return to their Provinces of origin like plants already blossoming, promising a fruitful apostolate. St. Peter Canisius Insitute of Philosophy has.....