Le Père Eugène Goussikindey est provincial de l�Afrique de l�Ouest, le territoire des anciennes colonies Françaises. Après ses études au Canada il a été nommé professeur de philosophie à Kimwenza (Rép. Du Congo) et de théologie à Nairobi (Kénia). Dans la formation des jeunes de sa province il insiste beaucoup sur le désir d�être lié à Dieu comme son instrument dans le monde ; en outre sur la nécessité de s�exposer à l�occident pour obtenir une licence en philosophie ou en théologie. Il réfléchit à des moments joyeux et douloureux de sa province et de la Compagnie en Afrique.

Fr. Joseph Christie, SJ, presently the Director of LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration), Chennai, India, was on a visit to Rome for participating in the annual meeting of The International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS). He narrates about the environment where he grew up as Christian and the inspiration, which enabled him to become a Jesuit and eventually the Director of an esteemed business school in South India. Holding the leadership of the African Initiatives of IAJBS, Fr. Christie explores the possibility of developing business education in Africa. He stresses the point that Jesuit business education should differentiate itself from other business schools by giving certain value orientation and a holistic formation to its students.

Fr. David Nazar, a Jesuit priest of Ukrainian origin, born and brought up in Canada has an incredible experience of practicing faith in two different Rites, the Byzantine and the Latin, in the Catholic Church. He explains how it became an aid for his later ministry, as Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S. J. invited him to establish the Jesuit District in Ukraine.He is presently the superior and also involved in the Jesuit Refugee Service in Ukraine.

Fr. Xavier Jeyaraj was born in Tamil Nadu, India in 1962 and joined Calcutta Province of the Soceity of Jesus in 1982. As a child, being moved by the great example of Fr. Leveil, S.J, inspired by the life of St. Francis Xavier, and with an overwhelming urge to work for the poor, he opted to work with and for the marginalized. He completed his Masters in Social Work and Bachelors in Civil Law and started a Social Centre called Udayani (rising sun) in Kolkata in 1998. From July 2007, he was the Coordinator for Social Apostolate of the South Asian Conference. He strongly believes that only by teaching the poor people to stand on their own feet and defend themselves, we can bring social changes. The motive for him to pick up legal studies was to defend the people who have nobody to speak for them. Xavier, now as the Assistant at the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES)in the Jesuit Curia in Rome, will take care of the planning of the commitment of the Secretariat, especially building up of Global Ignatian Advocacy Networks (GIAN).

Father Gerald R. Blaszczak (born 1949) was fascinated by the openness, the social involvement, the intellectual search, the real piety and the friendship of the Jesuits at their High School in Dallas (USA) at the end of the sixties. He entered the New York province and studied New Testament and Islam mysticism. He started teaching at the newly opened Jesuit theologate in Nairobi (Kenya), became Novice Director of his Province and was responsible for �Mission and Identity� at the Jesuit Universities of Fordham (New York) and Fairfield (Connecticut). Father General appointed him as director of the new Curia Secretariat for the Promotion of Faith (which will involve also Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue and Ignatian Spirituality).

Le Père Anicet N�Teba (né en la RD Congo en 1965) est un jésuite de la Province d�Afrique Centrale. La jeunesse du Père Anicet a été marquée par la présence des missionnaires Jésuites et son désir était de devenir missionnaire lui aussi. Comme docteur en histoire ecclésiastique le Père Général l�a invité à collaborer au nouvel Institut Historique de la Compagnie de l�Afrique et de Madagascar à Nairobi en restant professeur à l�Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie à Abidjan (Côte d�Ivoire) qui reprendra bientôt les cours après la violence de la guerre civile récente.

Le Père Alex Bassili (° 1945) a passé une bonne partie de sa vie au collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour au Liban, comme élève, scolastique, professeur et vice-recteur. A présent il est socius du Père Provincial du Proche Orient et recteur de la maison de formation à Beyrouth. Dans cet entretien il explique ce qu�est un socius : « la mémoire et les mains d�un provincial » et il rappelle avec gratitude le voyage récent du Père Général en Syrie, au Liban et en Turquie.

Father Fernando Fernández Franco (born: San Sebastian, Spain 1941) as a young Jesuit was sent to the Gujarat Province in India. Having received a doctorate in economy, he taught 20 years at the University of Ahmedabad, while at the same time working at the Social Center. After some years as research director of the Indian Social Institute of the Society of Jesus in Delhi, Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach invited him in 2003 to become head of the Social Justice Secretariat in Rome. During these eight years he had the opportunity to visit and encourage almost all Jesuits working in the social apostolate throughout the world. During and after the 35th General Congregation he incorporated the issue of ecology and sustainability in the activity of the Social Justice Secretariat and guided the special task group on that issue. Now Fr. General has asked him to spend a couple of years at the African Jesuit Conference in Nairobi to help them in the development of a strategic apostolic plan.

Padre Jorge Eduardo Serrano-Ordoñez (°51) de la provincia de Colombia ha trabajado 40 años en la pastoral y en el área social en diferentes lugares de su país. Tiene un Master en Desarrollo Social. En el 2010 ha aceptado la invitación del Padre General para trabajar en la Curia General de Roma como Asistente del Ecónomo para conseguir recursos financieros. Lleno de humor - y un poco de teatro - es convencido que nadie es tan pobre que no pueda ayudar.

Father Franti�ek Hylmar, the "last underground Jesuit", entered the Society of Jesus in former Czechoslovakia some months before the collapse of the communist regime in 1989. Due to the fact his successor as provincial of Bohemia is not able to start his ministry for medical reasons, Father General invited him to continue as provincial. Father Hylmar tells about his work as geodesist and cartographer before entering the Society, about being provincial of a small province - that used to have more than 1000 members 250 years ago - and about his joy seeing God at work in today's church and society.