Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Statutes of V.I.A.J.A.

I. NAME, REGISTERED OFFICE, EMBLEM

Article 1: Name. The organization is called the “Vancouver International Association of Jesuit Alumni (VIAJA)”. It is hereafter called “the Association”.

Article 2: Registered office. The registered office of the Association will be in the City of Vancouver, B.C., Canada at following address:

Holy Name of Jesus Parish
4925 Cambie Street
Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 2Z4

Article 3: Emblem. The emblem of the Association is the “Coat of Arms of Loyola”.


II. DURATION AND OBJECT

Article 4: Duration. The Association is set up for unlimited duration.

Article 5: Object. The Association is a local organization gathering international Jesuit alumni/ae residing in the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC), with spiritual, cultural, and social purposes.

The Association’s objectives are the following:

(1.) To preserve and develop bonds of friendship, communication, and solidarity among Jesuit alumni/ae from all over the world and who reside now in BC;

(2.) To encourage alumni/ae to co-operate actively with the Society of Jesus in its various missions, particularly in education, spiritual life, community service, and social justice;

(3.) To help alumni/ae to stand by the education which they were given, based on Christian humanism and Ignatian spirit above all, so that they play their part, through their personal life and their social action, in the building of a world where persons can fulfill themselves with complete dignity; for this, to encourage them to address their minds to all issues of spiritual and moral life leading to personal and collective commitment;

(4.) To offer alumni/ae the opportunity of continuing formation in order to help them to integrate their Ignatian obligations into their personal and professional lives.

The Association will achieve these objectives by its own means.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

The association has already a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a council

Dear alumni in Vancouver,

the association has already a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a council.

President:
Ginny Scahill
Canisius College
Buffalo, NY, USA
http://www.canisius.edu/

Secretary:
Sergio Espinosa
Colegio Centroamerica
Managua, Nicaragua
http://www.cca.edu.ni/

Treasurer:
Carlos Ramirez
Ateneo University
Manila, Philippines
http://www.admu.edu.ph/

Council:

Kevin Kientz
Ignatius College
Guelph, Ontario
www.ignatiusguelph.ca

G G Francisco
Ateneo University
Manila, Philippines
http://www.admu.edu.ph/

Louis Wu
Wah Yan College
Hong Kong
http://www.wahyan.edu.hk/

Georges Gracieuse
Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth
Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion
Pune, India
http://www.jdv.in//

Jesuit Counsellor:
Rev. Robert Wong, S.J.
Jesuits of English Canada
Holy Name of Jesus Parish
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.jesuits.ca/

We are now working on some statutes.

Thanks

Thursday, August 13, 2009

July 31st, 2009 in Vancouver


Next meeting on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 10:30 am.

Agenda will follow.

Thanks

This is the website of the Vancouver International Association of Jesuit Alumni (VIAJA)

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