Historically there has been a union between Jesuits and other men [and women] in the common tasks that engage reflective human beings; in the sciences, in the arts, in education, in exploration, in social studies – Jesuits have been found.
And the value of this conjunction is that there would be [Jesuits] whose lives are continually consonant with the human enterprise, who penetrated it in some depth, and who bring their [Jesuit ministry and presence] into this area of humanity. This concern of Jesuits for the arts, the sciences, practical projects and speculative theory – this concern and engagement continually incarnates the word of God in parts of humanity in which otherwise it would be silent. The languages in which it is preached will differ, each diverse human concern offering its own structures of intelligibility and nuance. It is vitally important for the word of God to resound in these manifold and different structures. And for this it is imperative to have [Jesuits] who unite the ministry of their lives with an active and profound engagement in the diversely human.
From Michael J. Buckley, S.J., Dec. 1976
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