JCTR Bulletin 1st Quarter 2018

This is the first issue of JCTR Bulletin this year. This year, 2018 marks 30 years of the JCTR’s dedicated service to promoting the fullness of human life for all, as the Centre was established in 1988. Beginning with Fr. Arul Varaprassadam, S.J., as its first Director, JCTR has over the decades seen three more Directors (Fr. Pete Henriot, S.J., from 1990-2010, Fr. Leonard Chiti, S.J., from 2011-2017, and currently Fr. Emmanuel Mumba, S.J., who became Director in September 2017) carrying on the same vision and mission but alert to “reading the signs of the times”. Thus, the mission has found its expression in different ways in the past 30 years. In this issue, we are blessed with four articles reflecting on the JCTR’s 30th anniversary which the JCTR family (the Jesuits, the current and former JCTR staff, and JCTR partners and friends) celebrated on the 6th April at Kapingila House. The article by Fr. Charles Searson, S.J. invites us to reflect on the JCTR’s anniversary by looking at the life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the Founder of the Jesuit Fathers. In a nutshell the vision of St. Ignatius and his friends includes serving God under the banner of the Cross in the Church. The Mission of the Society of Jesus today is the service of faith of which the promotion of justice is an absolute requirement.