Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ Memorial Microsite
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
By Tony Moreno SJ, JCAP President On 04 August 2018, two days before Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ left Manila for Tokyo, a testimonial dinner was held to honour and thank him. When I first asked Nico (as we fondly call … Continued
Infectious humour, refreshing simplicity, clear insight and natural warmth have characterised Fr Adolfo Nicolás in many roles and responsibilities. Jesuits and collaborators across the world could relate to him as a leader certainly and easily as a friend. Somehow the roles of leadership to which he was called, which included Provincial of Japanese Province (1993 – 1999), Conference President (2004 – 2008) and later General (2008 – 2016), were a surprise to him. Yet he fulfilled each with a distinctive simplicity, grace and warmth.