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On Friday Jesuit delegates in Rome will elect a new leader. They've been there over a week and here's what they've been doing

"How do we Jesuits find our unity, being so different in many ways? I would say by talking". Interview with John Dardis SJ in Rome

John Guiney SJ says the last three days have been intense for the Jesuit delegates in Rome to elect their new leader

Longstanding members of the Lay Retreat Association gathered for a final thanksgiving Mass followed by dinner in Milltown Park

David Tuohy SJ was the invited preacher at the ordination of four Church of Ireland Deacons, two men and two women, in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

The Jesuit delegates in Rome have a period of discussion and reflection before they elect the 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Former MP Sarah Tether, now Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK, was the keynote speaker at the annual Faith and Life convention in Belfast.

For the first time in the Society of Jesus' four hundred and seventy five year history, Irish has been used at a Jesuit General Congregation.

At the opening Mass of GC36 Jesuits were called on to be courageous in their deliberations to choose a new leader.

In this video, Jim Corkery SJ explains the workings of a General Congregation as the 36th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus convenes in Rome on 2 October.