Social Apostalate delegates meet.

It is often from our Social apostolate Delegates that we hear most clearly about the Jesuit acts of love that are shown to the poor, excluded, the sick and the needy. Eighteen of us gathered online in early February. Then, on the feast of St Joseph, 15 Delegates from all over Europe gathered again.

We share what God has done through us in this difficult time of the pandemic. We share about how we are. We talk about what sustains us and our works of social apostolate. And we discuss about what defines us as Social Delegates and how best to serve in our various Provinces.

Also, we discern on how best to prepare the JCEP 2022 Justice Congress. From March 28^th to April 1^st next year about 200 participants from all over Europe and the Near East are to gather in Loyola from our five European Justice networks: Social Delegates and their teams, JRS-E teams, Social Centres, Xavier Network members and the emerging network of Eco-Jesuit Europe. The Congress will represent an activating milestone in the renewal and alignment processes of the JCEP justice networks, equipping us to implement together the UAPs by 2029.

As a group of Social Delegates, we used to meet once a year in person. As we no longer can, we now gather online, three times by zoom. Mutual updates and support give us encouragement as well as creativity for action. Still, we hope to meet in Toulouse from 22^nd to 26^th of September 2021. There, the EOF Delegate Jérôme Gué SJ will introduce us to a variety of social, educational and other projects to explore, among other apostolic preferences, how our works integrate the one on collaborating in the care of our Common Home.