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Vishal Waghmare SJ

a junior’s response To The
a junior ’ s response T o T he

second uap
uap

second

n 19 February, 2019, Fr. General the excluded or show them the way? If I
th
Oannounced the Universal Apostolic have to walk with them, I must know
Preferences for this decade. Each and ev- who are the excluded, why they are ex-
ery Jesuit is supposed to respond to these cluded and unjustly treated. I must know
UAPs. Even as Juniors, we must be eager to and feel what they think and feel in

respond to these UAPs. Here, I would like the depth of their hearts. I must know
to give an emphasis on the second UAP i.e., their language and culture. While ac-
‘To Walk with the Excluded and the Mar- companying them in the style of Jesus, I
ginalized.’ Can a junior, whose focus is in- should also know how to liberate them.
tellectual formation, respond to this UAP? Today, in India, due to pandemic,
Yes, we can. We may not be able to the group of the excluded is not limited
actively participate in the mission but we only to the Dalits and the Tribals, but it
can equip ourselves for this mission. As the has widened even more. The margins of
Turkish proverb goes,” Measure a thousand the society have been narrowed and many

times, cut once,” so also we have to mea- more people are excluded. The bread-earn-
sure our spiritual and intellectual depths ers of have died, many are unemployed
and then give our best shot in the world. at a short notice, educated people are
While announcing the second UAP, Fr. searching for labor class-works, inflation
General wrote, “Accompanying the impov- is on rampant. Those who are really fac-
erished requires us to improve our studies, ing the problems are as usual – the poor.
our analysis and our reflection in order to I think, knowing this pathetic sit-
understand in depth the economic, politi- uation and feeling the helplessness of the
cal and social processes that generate such world is our mission in our Juniorate. We
great injustice; we must also contribute must integrate and spiritualized this sit-
to the elaboration of alternative models.” uation in our life so that when we ven-

I think this is what we have to do in the ture out we can give our best shot. This
Juniorate to implement the second UAP. is the way we can respond the second
If I am blind, how can I walk with UAP, even in our Juniorate Formation.

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