Haiti Haiti is part of the Jesuit Province of Canada
Seeking hope and opportunity: The Ignatian Youth Ministry by Jean Pierre Paul Durand. Photos: Jesuits in Haiti
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trictly speaking, Collège Saint-Ignace is the only Jesuit school in Haiti. Founded in 2003 by the late Fr. Claude Souffrant, SJ, and directed since 2019 by Fr. Achange Simeus, SJ, the school welcomes approximately 550 students per year. It is there, on a few square metres of concrete in a slum area, that I am doing my regency as a Spanish teacher. This is the territory where the Ignatian Youth Ministry (IYM) team, of which I am a member, implements projects and activities related to the third Universal Apostolic Preference: “to accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future.” This activity resonates with my pastoral interests and the mission of the Society. Father General himself has recognized that the field of education is absolutely essential to the work of accompanying and learning from young people.
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