Pedro Arrupe SJ : Mystic with Open Eyes

Introduction by Peter McVerry SJ. Why might this man be declared a saint? Pedro Arrupe, twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus, re-founded the Jesuits and re-cast Ignatian spirituality for our times. He was a prisoner of Imperial Japan, a first responder when the atom bomb fell on Hiroshima, a pioneer of Catholic social justice and a founder of the Jesuit Refugee Service. Few people outside religious life know his story. But now that the process for his beatification is under way, he is sure to become known across the Catholic world and beyond. Best-selling author, Brian Grogan SJ, whose life has been deeply influenced by Arrupe, has written Pedro Arrupe SJ: Mystic with Open Eyes. With a foreword by Peter McVerry SJ, this booklet is a succinct account of Arrupe's life, 1907-1991 and highlights his dynamic influence on the church of today as it labours to build a civilisation of justice and love.