8th World Congress - Medellin Columbia

Date:14-17 August 2013  Venue: At St. Ignatius Loyola High School


Day 1 – 14 Aug 2013
Inauguration was held at 7 pm followed by cocktails
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Day 2 – 15 Aug 2013

  • Day started at 8 am with Mass conducted by Rev. Fr. Adolfo Nicholas, Superior General of Society of Jesus. It was a tribute to Pope Francis. 1st key note speaker of Congress was Rev. Fr. Adolfo Nicholas, Superior General of Society of Jesus, who spoke on topic “ Jesuit Alumni and Social Responsibility for a better future, What does it mean to be a believer today ?”
  • 2nd key note speaker of Congress was Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampco from Colombia who spoke on topic “The economic and social reality of Latin America. How can we contribute ?”
  • 3rd key note speaker of Congress was Mr. Gunter Pauli of Belgium, who spoke on topic “Economic systems inspired in social benefit ecosystems”
  • Group discussions.

Day 3 – 16 Aug 2013

  • Day started at 8 am with Prayer and summary of previous day.
  • 4th key note speaker of Congress was Mr. Chris Lowney of USA, who spoke on topic “The Leadership and Jesuit Education are tools for Social Responsibility.”
  • 5th key note speaker of Congress was Mr. Carlos Raul Yepes of Colombia who spoke on topic “The Social responsibility and the service to others”
  • Medellin Sight seeing and city tour after lunch.

Day 4 – 17 Aug 2013

Presentations made by youths on “Social experiments of Youth.”
WUJA Assembly and election of new governing Council.
Next Congress will be held at Cleaveland, USA in 2017.