Remembering the Life of Fr. Jean-Yves Calvez, S.J.

Fr. Jean-Yves Calvez, a older balding white man with glasses, wearing a dark grey suit and navy tie.

Fr. Jean-Yves Calvez, S.J., a member of the Georgetown Board of Directors from 1997 to 2003, died in Paris on January 11, 2010. Fr. Calvez’s extensive international experience and counsel contributed significantly to Georgetown’s further emergence as a global university. Fr. Calvez also held the Jesuit Chair at Georgetown and served as Visiting Professor in the Department of Government in 2001- 2002. As one of the closest advisors to Superior General Pedro Arrupe from 1971 to 1983, Fr. Calvez helped guide the Society of Jesus through one of its most critical periods.

Obituary Remarks

Remarks from Fr. Pierre de Charentenay, S.J.

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Remarks from Fr. Andrew Hamilton, S.J.

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Reflections of Jean-Yves Calvez on Jesuit Education and the Leadership of Pedro Arrupe

On September 29 2006, Fr. Jean-Yves Calvez was interviewed at Georgetown University as part of a documentary celebrating the centenary of the birth of Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Video clips from that interview reveal his perspective, and that of Fr. Arrupe, on topics such as Jesuit pedagogy, social justice, inculturation, and educating men and women for others.