New Approaches to Jesuit Missions
“400 Years of Desires: New Approaches to Jesuit Missions through the Litterae Indipetae”
The missionary ideal was among the most compelling reasons to join the Society of Jesus since its very inception. But not all the Jesuits were selected or thought apt for the challenging life in the ‘Indies’. Enthralled by their desire for mission, many young Jesuits dared to directly petition their Superiors in documents called Litterae Indipetae. These letters are an astonishing cornucopia of youthful emotions and devotional fervor, whose study suggests new historiographical approaches to the early modern and modern Jesuit missions.
SPEAKERS:
Emanuele Colombo, DePaul University: “Dreaming the Indies: an Introduction to the litterae indipetae”
Marco Rochini, University of Milan: “Mission is Possible: Nineteenth-Century Italian indipetae”
Moderated by Eugenio Menegon, Boston University
LOCATION:
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Simboli Hall (Brighton Campus), Room 035
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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