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Arrupe stayed in Japan for 27 years; when the country became a Jesuit province in 1958, he became its first provincial, a post he held until his election as superior general. He still loves Japan, but mourns the "brusque change of values" that brought abortion to "a country that loved children so much...
...Jesuits' Roman headquarters, a severe, palazzo-ike building on Borgo Santo Spirito, a stone's throw from St. Peter's, Arrupe still emulates Japanese ways. In the tiny private chapel off his room, he prays, sitting Zen-style on a cushion, each morning and evening that he is there. Often he is not. Though previous Jesuit generals stayed close to Rome, Arrupe has logged 200,000 miles on more than 30 trips. Says an aide: "His face lights up when he's on the road...
Traveling or at home, Arrupe puts in an 18-to 20-hour day. But his labors as superior general can bring criticism from both sides. Many Jesuits accuse him of being a second-rate administrator. Conservatives say that his permissive standards have weakened the order. Liberals sometimes think that his most daring innovation has been the automatic Pepsi machine he installed at the austere Jesuit headquarters. Through it all, Arrupe proceeds with a deep serenity that his friends find saintly and his foes infuriating...
DESPITE their talent as missionaries, the Jesuits have left their imprint most deeply on the culture of the West. Now, not so much as missionaries but as citizen Christians, they are making a mark on a major culture of the East−that of India. "If India is today in some degree Christian, it is because of the Jesuits," says Father Theo Mathias, S.J., head of the Roman Catholic education organization in India. The 3,100 Jesuits in India constitute the third largest national contingent in the society after the U.S. and Spain, and fully 2,600 of them...
...Indian Jesuits still take their cue from the adaptability of the pioneer missionary, Father Roberto de Nobili, who adopted the ascetic life of the Hindu holy men shortly after he came to India in 1605. The Jesuits reflect the broad spectrum of the subcontinent's culture. At Poona, for instance, a group of De Nobili Jesuits are experimenting with an Indianized version of the Mass that incorporates Indian serving dishes, Indian music, language, and postures of prayer. Father Matthew Lederle, a German-born Jesuit who is now an Indian citizen, directs the serene modern center of Sneha Sadan...