Pedro Arrupe

Modern Spiritual Masters profiles spiritual leaders, writers, and activists from the cusp of the twentieth century and into our own time. These figures from many lands and faith traditions offer profound insights into the human, the spiritual, and the divine.

Pedro Arrupe, a Basque Jesuit, was superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 until 1983. Arrupe was instrumental in promoting a new mission for the Jesuits in terms of "faith that does justice." The readings here, beginning with his shattering eye-witness account of the bombing of Hiroshima, reveal a profound faith, a deep compassion, and an almost mystical devotion to Jesus.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kevin Burke, SJ, a Jesuit priest, teaches at the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Ground Beneath the Cross and co-author (with J. Matthew Ashley and Rodolpho Cardenal) of A Grammer of Justice: The Legacy of Ignacio Ellacuria.