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Healing a Broken World - Society of Jesus

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CONTENTS<br />

<strong>Healing</strong> a <strong>Broken</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />

EDITORIAL .............................................................................................................. 7<br />

OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 9<br />

See: Present global tendencies ......................................................................... 10<br />

Judge: The Ignatian way <strong>of</strong> looking at the world ......................................... 11<br />

Act: Recommendations and practical suggestions ....................................... 12<br />

1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 13<br />

2. VISION ................................................................................................................ 15<br />

3. THE CONTEXT OF OUR APOSTOLIC RESPONSE .................................... 18<br />

3.1 We live in a world <strong>of</strong> turmoil ..................................................................... 18<br />

3.2 Regional assessment .................................................................................... 20<br />

Africa ............................................................................................................... 20<br />

Latin America ................................................................................................. 21<br />

Europe ............................................................................................................. 22<br />

South Asia ....................................................................................................... 22<br />

North America ............................................................................................... 23<br />

Asia Pacific ..................................................................................................... 24<br />

3.3 The role <strong>of</strong> science and technology ........................................................... 24<br />

3.4 Present global tendencies ........................................................................... 26<br />

4. UNDERSTANDING OUR JESUIT MISSION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE<br />

ECOLOGICAL CRISIS .......................................................................................... 29<br />

4.1 Care for creation: the development <strong>of</strong> a new dimension in Jesuit<br />

mission ................................................................................................................ 29<br />

The period from 1993 to 2008 ....................................................................... 29<br />

GC 35: a triptych <strong>of</strong> relationships ................................................................ 30<br />

4.2 Reconciliation with creation and the Faith-dimension <strong>of</strong> our mission 32<br />

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