Healing a Broken World - Society of Jesus

Healing a Broken World
(v) All the recommendations included in this document are considered
important and many are already in practice. They are proposed as
invitations to be discerned in community and in our apostolic works,
according to the richness of local identities and contexts rather than
as external rules to be adopted.
70] Addressed to different levels of governance
Though we are all responsible as a body for the universal Society, it seems
practical to assign responsibility for implementing these recommendations
at different levels:
(i) At the level of the Province, the recommendation is generally meant
for, or addressed to, individual Jesuits, communities, and institutions
(apostolic works).
(ii) At the regional level, the recommendation is meant for, or addressed
to, a Conference of Provincials or an Assistancy.
(iii) At the level of the universal Society of Jesus, the recommendation is
meant for, or addressed to, the Society as one body, that is, members,
institutions and apostolic works.
(iv) Many recommendations, although addressed to specific apostolates
of the Society, should be taken up by all Jesuits and partners in
mission; e.g. all are responsible for communicating, not just our
media and communications (net)works.
71] Variety of purposes or goals
(i) Increasing awareness and knowledge of the issues or aspects
regarding the environmental crisis; this may also include an
understanding of the root causes of the problems and their effects.
(ii) Increasing our spiritual and human motivation to change ourselves
and respond to God‘s call.
(iii) Increasing our engagement with strategic programmes, projects,
actions and activities locally, nationally and globally.
Page 43 ■