Key Documents & Discourses
Key Speeches & Letters of Fr Generals
Arturo Sosa, SJ
Inaugural Address of Reverend Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ on the Inauguration of the New Campus of St. Xavier's College, Simdega
March 6, 2026
Reason, Responsibility and Resilience: The Role of Jesuit Higher Education in Contemporary Society
October 10, 2025
IAJU 2025 Assembly - The Jesuit University: Witness to Hope, Creative and Dialogical Presence
July 1, 2025
The Jesuit Higher Education in India: Equity, Excellence and Sustainability; Loyola College, Chennai
February 20, 2025
Palabras en el Acto de Concesión del Doctorado Honoris Causa de la UCAT, San Cristóbal
June 26, 2023
Discerning the present to prepare the future of the university education of the Society of Jesus
August 4, 2022
Message to Representatives From Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of Saint Robert Bellarmine in New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
July 29, 2019
Letter - Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus (2019-2029)
February 19, 2019
La Utilitas como Incidencia Social de la Universidad, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Montevideo
July 23, 2018
Discurso Del Padre General Arturo Sosa Sj En La Universidade Do Vale Do Rio Dos Sinos (UNISINOS)
October 27, 2017
Conferencia impartida por el Padre General Arturo Sosa, S.I. a la comunidad académica de la Facultad Jesuita de Filosofía y Teología (FAJE), Brasil
October 23, 2017
Una Universidad Llamada A Aportar Con Excelencia En La Misión De Reconciliación Y Justicia
October 18, 2017
Adolfo Nicolás, SJ
The Jesuit University as a Community of Wisdom and Service, Sogang University Community, Seoul, South Korea
January 16, 2014
Depth, Universality, and Learned Ministry: Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education Today
April 23, 2010
Companions in Mission: Pluralism in Action; Mission Day Keynote Address, Loyola Marymount University
February 2, 2009
Peter Hans Kolvenbach, SJ
Address to the Georgetown University Board of Directors, Given at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
May 10, 2007
The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education
October 6, 2000
Address of the Very Reverend Peter-Hans Kolvenback. Assembly 1989, Georgetown University
June 7, 1989
Pedro Arrupe, SJ
Society of Jesus Official Documents
Constitutions
Part IV, Chapters 7, 10-17 - English
Complementary Norms
Part VII, 277-297 - English
General Congregation 31 Decree 28 (1967)
The Apostolate of Education - English
General Congregation 31 Decree 29 (1967)
Scholarly Work and Research - English
General Congregation 34 Decree 17 (1995)
Jesuits and University Life - English
General Congregation 34 Decree 18 (1995)
Secondary, Primary and Non-formal Education - English
Characteristics of Jesuit Education (1986)
Letter from Father General Kolvenbach SJ - English
Document on the Characteristics of Jesuit Education - English
Ignatian Pedagogy: a Practical Approach - The IPP (1993)
Letter from Father General Kolvenbach SJ - English
Document on Ignatian Pedagogy - English
Human Excellence - The Four Cs (2015)
HUMAN EXCELLENCE - English
Some Considerations on the Construction of New Facilities for Jesuit Schools (2017)
Construction Manual - English
Ignatian Pedagogy: Classic and Contemporary Texts on Jesuit Education from St. Ignatius to Today (2018)
Ignatian Pedagogy - English
Roles and Responsibilities of the Education Delegate (2021)
Roles and Responsibilities of the Education Delegate - English
Constituciones
Cuarta parte principal, Capítulos VII, X-XVII - Español
Normas Complementarias
Séptima parte, 277-297 - Español
Congregación General 31 Decreto 28 (1967)
El apostolado de la educación - Español
Congregación General 31 Decreto 29 (1967)
Investigación Científica - Español
Congregación General 32 Decreto 4 (1974)
Nuestra Misión Hoy - Español
Congregación General 33 Decreto 1 (1983)
Compañeros de Jesús Enviados al Mundo de Hoy - Español
Características de la Educación de la Compañía de Jesús (1986)
Carta del Padre General Kolvenbach SJ - Español
Documento sobre las Características de la Educación de la Compañía de Jesús - Español
Pedagogía Ignaciana: un planteamiento práctico - PPI (1993)
Carta del Padre General Kolvenbach SJ - Español
Documento sobre la Pedagogía Ignaciana - Español
Congregación General 34 Decreto 17 (1995)
La Compañía y la vida universitaria - Español
Congregación General 34 Decreto 18 (1995)
Educación secundaria, primaria y popular - Español
La Excelencia Humana - Las cuatro Cs (2015)
EXCELENCIA HUMANA - Español
Algunas Consideraciones sobre la Construcción de Nuevos Espacios para Colegios Jesuitas (2017)
Manual de Construcción - Español
La Pedagogía Ignaciana: Textos clásicos y contemporáneos sobre la educación de la Compañía de Jesús desde san Ignacio de Loyola hasta nuestros días (2018)
Pedagogía Ignaciana - Español
Roles y Responsabilidades del Delegado de Educación (2021)
Roles y Responsabilidades del Delegado de Educación - Español
Constitutions
Quatrième Partie, Chapitres 7, 10-17 - Français
Normes Complémentaires
Septième partie, 277-297 - Français
Congrégation Générale 31 Décret 28 (1967)
L'apostolat de l'éducation - Français
Congrégation Générale 31 Décret 29 (1967)
Le travail et la recherche scientifiques - Français
Congrégation Générale 34 Décret 17 (1995)
Les jésuites et la vie universitaire - Français
Congrégation Générale 34 Décret 18 (1995)
Education secondaire, primaire et populaire - Français
Caractéristiques de l'Éducation de la Compagnie de Jésus (1986)
Lettre du Père Général Kolvenbach SJ - Français
Document sur les Caractéristiques de l'Education Jésuite - Français
Pédagogie Ignatienne - Approches Concretes - PPI (1993)
Lettre du Père Général Kolvenbach SJ - Français
Document sur la Pédagogie Ignatienne - Français
L'Excellence Humaine - Les quatre C (2015)
EXCELLENCE HUMAINE - Français
Some Considerations on the Construction of New Facilities for Jesuit Schools (2017)
Construction Manual - English
Ignatian Pedagogy: Classic and Contemporary Texts on Jesuit Education from St. Ignatius to Today (2018)
Ignatian Pedagogy - English
Rôles et Responsabilités du Délégué a L’éducation (2021)
Rôles et Responsabilités du Délégué a L’éducation - Français
Costituzioni
Quarta parte principale, Capitoli VII, X-XVII - Italiano
Norme Complementari
Settima parte, 277-297 - Italiano
Congregazione Generale 31 Decreto 28 (1967)
L'apostolato dell'educazione - Italiano
Congregazione Generale 31 Decreto 29 (1967)
Ricerca Scientifica - Italiano
Congregazione Generale 34 Decreto 17 (1995)
La Compagnia e la vita universitaria - Italiano
Congregazione Generale 34 Decreto 18 (1995)
Educazione secondaria, primaria e popolare - Italiano
Caratteristiche dell'Educazione della Compagnia di Gesù (1986)
Letter from Father General Kolvenbach SJ - English
Documento sulle caratteristiche dell'Educazione della Compagnia di Gesù - Italiano
Pedagogia ignaziana: un approccio pratico - PPI (1993)
Letter from Father General Kolvenbach SJ - English
Documento sulla Pedagogia Ignaziana – Italiano
Eccellenza Umana - Le quattro C (2015)
HUMAN EXCELLENCE - English
Some Considerations on the Construction of New Facilities for Jesuit Schools (2017)
Construction Manual - English
Ignatian Pedagogy: Classic and Contemporary Texts on Jesuit Education from St. Ignatius to Today (2018)
Ignatian Pedagogy - English
Roles and Responsibilities of the Education Delegate (2021)
Roles and Responsibilities of the Education Delegate - English
Other documents and articles on Jesuit Higher Education
Mission Priority Examen - AJCU, 2021
Some Characteristics of Jesuit Colleges and Universities: A Self Evaluation Instrument - AJCU presidents and US provincials, 2013
The Jesuit Catholic Mission of Jesuit Colleges and Universities - AJCU, 2010
Pursuing Jesuit, Catholic Identity and Mission at U.S. Jesuit Colleges and Universities - Charles Currie, S.J., 2011
Are We Still Jesuit? Catholic? - Charles Currie, S.J., 2008
The Catholic University of the 21st Century: Educating for Solidarity - Paul Locatelli, S.J., 2005
The Truly Catholic University - Richard Malloy, S.J., 2004
Conversations on Jesuit (and Catholic) Higher Ed.: Jesuit Si, Catholic Not So Sure. - David O'Brien, 1994
Recursos en español - xavier.edu
Conversations on Catholic Identity at a Jesuit University - xavier.edu
Jesuit Education Video Resources - xavier.edu
Documents on Catholic Higher Education
Code of Canon Law: Book III. The teaching function of the Church (Can. 747 – 833)
Declaration of Christian Education: Gravissimum Educationis (28 October 1965)
Apostolic Constitution of Pope Francis - On Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties: Veritatis gaudium (8 December 2017)
Apostolic Constitutions of John Paul II - On Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties: Sapientia Christiana (15 April 1979)
Apostolic Constitutions of John Paul II - On Catholic Universities: Ex Corde Ecclesiae (15 August 1990)
Directory for Studies on Marriage and Family Magnum Matrimonii Sacramentum (7 October 1982)
Dicastery for Education - Instruction "The identity of the Catholic School for a Culture of Dialogue" (25 January 2022) EN- ES - FR - IT - PT
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