Superior General of Jesuits to visit Mangaluru Mar 1

Mangalore Today News Network

 Mangaluru Feb 28 2018 DH: Superior General of Jesuit Fathers who are managing St Aloysius Institutions, Mangaluru, is visiting the city on March 1.

 

Fr Arthuro Sosa, the Superior General, is coming from Rome, the headquarters of the Jesuit Congregation.

Among his other programmes, Fr Sosa will address the staff, the alumni and the collaborators of St Aloysius Institutions at 3 pm. The visit of Fr Sosa is primarily meant to help him get a first hand experience of the functioning of Jesuit educational institutions in Karnataka.

Fr Sosa was elected Superior General of over 17,000 Jesuits across the world in November 2017. This is his first visit to Mangaluru.

Speaking about the visit of Fr Sosa, Rector of St Aloysius Institutions, Fr Dionysius Vaz said that this visit was a first and historic. "Jesuits are involved in higher education in different parts of the world. This visit will be a boost for Jesuits for greater collaboration and networking," he added.