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<\/a><\/p>\nFather Arrupe was the 28th superior\u00a0general of the Society of Jesus, from 1965-1983. Born in Bilbao, Spain in 1907,\u00a0he studied medicine prior to entering the Jesuit order.\u00a0 <\/span>Before his service as superior general, he served as Japan’s first Jesuit provincial; but a defining moment in Arrupe’s life was his work caring for the victims of the\u00a0Hiroshima’s atomic bomb. He died in Rome on February 5, 1991, after suffering\u00a0the effects of a debilitating effects of a stroke on August 7, 1981 just as his\u00a0airplane landed from an exhausting trip to the Far East. He was succeeded as\u00a0Father General of the Society by Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach.<\/p>\n Father Arrupe’s writings are some of the best works on Ignatian spirituality there is. One memorable piece is his reflection on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Before Father Kolvenbach was elected general Father Arrupe’s prayer was read to the elected delegates of the 33rd General Congregation, marking his true identity of being totally free to do God’s will: “More than ever I find myself\u00a0in the hands of God. This is what I have wanted all my life from my youth. But\u00a0now there is a difference; the initiative is entirely with God. It is indeed a\u00a0profound spiritual experience to know and feel myself so totally in God’s\u00a0hands.”<\/p>\n This five-part documentary on Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, is now available\u00a0online on the Jesuit<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Channel<\/b><\/span><\/a>, which is sponsored by the Association of Jesuit Colleges\u00a0and Universities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The film, Pedro Arrupe: His Life and Legacy, was produced in\u00a02008 by Georgetown University and features rare footage of Father Pedro Arrupe\u00a0and interviews with his closest advisers. Father Arrupe was the 28th superior\u00a0general of the Society of Jesus, from 1965-1983. Born in Bilbao, Spain in 1907,\u00a0he studied medicine prior to entering the Jesuit order.\u00a0 Before … Continue reading Pedro Arrupe documentary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[32084,2342],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29902,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25417\/revisions\/29902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}