Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ Memorial Microsite
By Daniel Patrick Huang SJ Fr Adolfo Nicolas, whom we called Nico, very rarely spoke about himself. Even when he was sick, his interest was in others. When I last met him in October 2018, in the Japanese Province infirmary … Continued
By Ecojesuit Five years before Laudato Si’ was released, Father Adolfo Nicolás SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, convoked a task force on ecology in 2010 composed of Jesuits and lay collaborators. Their task: to respond to an … Continued
by Chỉnh Trần SJ Jesuits worldwide mourn the death of Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ, a Spanish Jesuit and former Superior General of the Society of Jesus between 2008 and 2016, who died on Wednesday, 20 May 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Fr Nicolás, … Continued
By Francis X Hezel SJ, former regional superior of Micronesia Everyone used to call him Nico, but I preferred using first names. So I asked him one day why his parents had named him Adolfo. He smiled as he reminded … Continued
Homily of Vietnam Provincial Fr Vincent Pham Van Mam SJHo Chi Minh City, 23 May 2020 Dear Brothers, Today, we all gather here in this chapel to be in solidarity with the whole Society to pray for Fr Adolfo Nicolás, … Continued
Homily of Rev Robbie Paraan, SJLoyola House of Studies, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila27 May 2020 Fr Nico loved walking. When we were together in Arrupe International Residence, he wouldwalk every day from AIR to the East Asian Pastoral Institute … Continued
Homily of Fr Jose VC Quilongquilong SJ Jesuit Residence, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila22 May 2020 In his letter to the whole Society of Jesus dated 20 May, Fr Superior General Arturo Sosa relayed “with sorrow, but at the same … Continued