SPAIN, 2003, Scott 3199
ANESVAD (from A Nuestros Enfermos Servimos Viendo a Dios - In Our Patients We Serve God) was singled out by Spain on the 50th World Leprosy Day. A non-governmental and non-profit organization, ANESVAD was founded in Bilbao in 1968, became a national organization two years later, and began its international work the next year with the help of Fr. Javier Olazabal, SJ, a Jesuit from Bilbao, who went voluntarily to practice his apostolate to the Culion leprosy-island in the Philippines. It now serves people in 28 Asian, Latin American and African countries, in close collaboration with Jesuits and other orders. More
EL SALVADOR, 2000, the 30th anniversary of Fe
y Alegría, Scott 1535
SPAIN, 1987, meter stamps for Fe y Alegria (Madrid)
Fe y Alegría is a “Movement for Integral Popular Education and Social Development” whose activities are directed to the most impoverished and excluded sectors of the population, in order to empower them in their personal development and their participation in society. It was founded in Venezuela in 1955 by Fr. José María Vélaz, SJ, and currently has 300 centers in Latin America teaching 152,018 students and engaging 18 Jesuits. Joaquín López y López, SJ, one of the martyrs of UCA in San Salvador, was director of Fe y Alegría at the time he was murdered. The Jesuit Curia in Rome defines "Jesuit" in fairly broad terms and in publishing statistics on Jesuit educational institutions of the Society includes, along with traditional Jesuit schools, institutions which share the Ignatius vision and spirit, draw upon a common heritage, and foster the mission of the Society, regardless of their juridical ties to the Society, their structure of governance, or their ownership. This includes Fe y Alegría centers in Latin America as well as other networks more loosely tied to the Society. More
The World Union of Jesuit Alumni(ae)
SPAIN, 1956, 1973, and 1991, special cancels for international conferencesThe Union Mundial de los Antiguos Alumnos de la Compañia de Jesús, The World Union of Jesuit Alumni(AE) or ASI (Antiqui Societatis Iesus Alumni) "was established on July 31, 1956 at Bilbao (Spain) during the Congress of Loyola held on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Its purpose is to unite, in one common apostolic effort, the spiritual and cultural forces of all former students of all Jesuit educational institutions, joined together in their local, regional, national and international organizations." Here are some special cancels for the meetings in 1956, 1973, 1991. MoreSodalities / Christian Life Community
SPAIN, 1947-1991, show cancels honoring the CLCThe logo of the Marian Congregation or the Sodality of Our Lady or its present embodiment in the Christian Life Community, a unique channel of Jesuit spirituality, founded by and spiritually supported by the Society of Jesus, has been featured on a special anniversary cancel and on these show cancels. More
GERMANY, 1980, meter stamp for the Sodality of St. Peter Claver, Augsburg,The Ursuline Franciscan Sisters of Mangalore
& Fr. Urban Stein, SJ (1845-1888)
INDIA 2001, special cancel for the centenary of the Congregation founded by Fr. Urban Stein, SJEscuelas Profesionales de la Sagrada Familia (SAFA), Baena, Andalucía
SPAIN, 1992, show cancel also marking the 50th anniversary of SFAThe Spanish civil war which ended in 1939 had disastrous consequences for the country; but especially eastern Andalusia. Lack of education and schools was a particular problem. A young Jesuit, Rafael Villoslada Peula, was moved to create an institution — Escuelas Profesionales de la Sagrada Familia (SAFA), Baena, Andalucía — that would meet the needs of the peoples of this land, but would with a few Jesuits be directed by a group of competent laymen filled with the spirit of the Society, and dedicated to working with the humble classes of Andalusia to provide a social and Christian education. An Association or Foundation was set up, separate from the Jesuits, although they would maintain the direction and organization of all the educational work. Any income received by them would passed on to the Foundation.
