°MICHAEL COYNE - ‘THE JESUITS - Second Spring’

THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH I BELIEVE THE JESUITS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE DRAMAS BEING LIVED BY HUMANKIND. THEY ARE NOT ONLY WITNESSES TO THE GREAT CRISES OF THE END OF THIS CENTURY; THEY ARE ALSO PART OF THE ATTEMPT TO BEGIN ANEW - FROM RWANDA TO EASTERN EUROPE. THE STORY OF THE JESUITS, THEIR HOPES AND THEIR STRUGGLES, IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE STORY OF HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. THIS PROJECT, HOWEVER IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE JESUITS. IT IS MY ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE AND DOCUMENT PHOTOGRAPHICALLY THE HUMAN STRUGGLE TO AFFIRM LIFE, TO LIVE IT TO THE FULL. FAITH TO ME IS A JOURNEY; I HAVE NOW EXPERIENCED IT IN REAL LIFE.

2006