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Oh those Jesuits! - Fr. Michael Bugeja sj PDF Print E-mail

Oh those Jesuits! They’re brainy … well that was my fear when I first felt my calling to joining the Jesuits. I tried to run away but ultimately I knew god wanted me to enter the Society of Jesus which I did on the 21st October 1995. I knew that He will guide me and help me for He is true to his word: “though you are not always faithful, I am always faithful.” Now that twelve years have gone by and I have been ordained into Priesthood in June 2006 I can say that I have had to reconsider all my fears. Yes the Jesuits are great men of God but not without fault. As is said in General Congregation33 “the Jesuit is a sinner yet called”.Michael Bugeja

These past twelve years have been a blessing to me. I have received a very intensive formation for which I am so grateful. I spent the first two years in Genoa, Italy where I was introduced to religious community life and Ignatian Spirituality in its various forms. These two years went by so quickly but lived so intensely. They are the foundation to who I am today. Then I was made to journey through philosophical and theological studies in Padua, Italy and London, UK, respectively, with a work phase in between and currently in Toronto finishing off my masters degree in Pastoral counseling. This whole journey has been an adventure of self awareness and a deepening of my relationship with Christ.

What can I say except that being a Jesuit is the best path for me and I hope and pray that if anyone feels called to this path then do not let your fears block you but allow God to take you on an adventure of getting to know yourself and as you do so let Him may use you for others.

Fr. Michael sj
  		 
 
 
 
 

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Two Jesuits killed in Moscow

Two Jesuits, Fathers Otto Messmer and Victor Betancourt,
killed in Moscow

On Saturday 25 October, Father Victor Betancourt, an Ecuadorian Jesuit working in the St. Thomas Philosophical, Theological and Historical Institute in Moscow, was killed in his home. Two days later, after returning from a trip abroad, Father Otto Messmer, Superior of the Russian Region, was also killed in the same place. On Tuesday 28 October, alarmed by the fact that he hadn’t heard from the two men, a fellow Jesuit who lives in another community went to visit them at home. On finding the dead bodies, he immediately contacted the police.

The police investigations have yet to come to any firm conclusions about cause of these violent deaths.
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