Rafiki - February 2014

Abstract

“We testify before God and man that the Society as a whole, its institute and its spirit are completely guiltless, and not merely not guilty but pious, useful, holy both in its objectives and in its rules and principles.” These were the words of Fr. Lorenzo Ricci, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus at the time of suppression, on his death bed. This testimony was given by him two years after the suppression. One is left to only guess what he had gone through as he got up every morning to the reality that the religious order he headed, and which had greatly flourished over the years was no more. The Bicentennial jubilee since the restoration of the Society of Jesus, which is marked this year (2014) is of great significance to the Society. The jubilee features in some of the articles herein as the writers share their personal.....