AIQS and the Social Sector of the Society of Jesus

Since the creation of the “Fundació Salut Alta”, 17 years ago, the AIQS has been one of its patrons, contributing through a donation of 0.7% of the fees of its associates.

In this event we have the pleasure of of presenting the other entities in the Third Sector that are part of the Social sector of the Society of Jesus in Catalonia. On one hand, our intention is to find contact points to interact with, and on the other hand, to define how AIQS and the Ethics Chair of IQS can support us in these tasks.

The pandemic has, unfortunately, considerably increased the risk of social exclusion from many sections of our society; the third sector has been particularly damaged by this. Today’s conference therefore comes to help us to understand better their needs and how we can work together.

Enric Puiggròs SJ

Enric Puiggròs SJ, who was a pupil of the Colegio Sant Ignacio de Sarrià, is a graduate in History from the University of Barcelona. Puiggròs also studied at the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia and at the ITF of Sant Cugat del Vallès, where he graduated in Fundamental Theology on Ignasian pedagogy. In 1993 he entered the Society of Jesus, in the novitiate of Zaragoza; he was ordained a priest in 2006 and made the last votes as a Jesuit in 2013.

Enric Puiggròs SJ is currently the delegate of the apostolic platform of the Jesuits in Catalonia.

Its areas of work are the pastoral and the accompaniment of young people.

Maria del Carmen de la Fuente

Mrs Maria del Carmen de la Fuente is Master of the University in International Migrations by the Pontifical Universidad de Comillas ICAi-ICADE. De la Fuente also has a Postgraduate degree in Social Innovation and NGO Direction by ESADE.

Mrs de la Fuente is since 2014 the Social Sector Coordinator for Jesuits in Catalonia and since 2015, she is the Director of the Migra Studium Foundation, a social centre promoted by the Society of Jesus in Catalonia which works for the dignity and rights of the most vulnerable migrant, as well as for their children, through reception, education and political incidence.

Oriol Quintana

Professor Oriol Quintana is Doctor of Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University, assistant professor at the Chair of Ethics and Christian Thinking and Responsible for Identity and Mission of IQS – Ramon Llull University.

Dr. Quintana is the author of several books on philosophical outreach and has devoted the last years of his research activity to the study of George Orwell’s work, on which he has written several articles and essays. He has recently been awarded the Joan Maragall Foundation Award for his doctoral thesis, dedicated to this author. His last essayistic publication is the book La mandra, published by Editorial Fragmenta