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.