Father Adolfo Nicolas has been elected general of the Society of Jesus. For Entreculturas it is a source of great joy. Joy for his life dedicated to work with the most needed and the excluded. Joy for his deep social concern, for bringing together a great intelligence and culture with enormous simplicity and sympathy. All of it as stressed by Father General in his first words as such. "There are other nations, other non geographic but human based communities that claim our assistance. The poor, the marginalized, the excluded. In this globalized world, the number of people that are excluded continues to increase.

 

His compromise with the inter cultural dialogue finds in Entreculturas a special echo and closeness which was put forth in the visit he paid to our head office in December 2005.

A President of the Conference of Provincials of East Asia and in this capacity, he invited me to visit  and to support the study on the education situation that was being carried out at the mission of Eastern Timor of which he was responsible. Today we want to share with all people that make up Entreculturas our joy and our hope for the impulse that Fr. Nicolas brings to the Society. 

For more information about the new General, click here [English video]