Week 5 – Lenten Retreat

Directed by the Jesuits at the Gregorian University

Fifth Reflection:  Two Standards:  Strategy of Jesus – Wednesday, March 24

Reflection Presenter: Fr. Rolphy Pinto 

 

 

Fr. Rolphy Pinto has been a Jesuit since 1992, when he joined the Gujarat Jesuit Province.   With a doctorate in spiritual theology and a special interest in Ignatian Spirituality, he has taught at the Gregorian since 2010.  He has coordinated the university’s Exercises in Daily Life program since 2019; he also served as interim university chaplain 2019-2020.

Mass:  Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 21

Presider: Fr. Gabriel Mmassi

 

 

Fr. Gabriel Mmassi is a native of Tanzania who grew up on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.  Among other disciplines, he is an expert in eschatology, ecumenism, ecclesiology, and African Christologies.  He studied at the Catholic University of America and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley before working with Jesuits in training as the rector of Hekima College, Nairobi, and prefect of studies at the Collegio Internazionale del Gesù, Rome.  He started teaching at the Gregorian in 2013.