Andrew Horsley (OR68), Oceania Representative on World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA), recently returned from attending the XI WUJA Congress in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Andrew has been the Australian (Oceania) representative on the WUJA Council since 2001. 

The constituents of the Australian Union of Jesuit Alumni are:

• Old Ignatians' Union, Riverview (OIU)
• St Aloysius' College Old Boys' Union (SACOBU)
• Old Xaverians' Association (OXA)
• Newman Old Collegians' Association (NOCA)
• Old Ignatians' Adelaide (OIA)

The World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) was created in 1956 and has 56 national federations, which oversee 350 local associations, comprising of more than 10 million members worldwide. 

WUJA brings together former pupils or students of Jesuit schools and universities in order to build international relationships. 

WUJA is managed by an Executive Committee (Bureau) and guided by a Council, both elected at the occasion of the General Assembly held during a World Congress every four years. 

You can read Andrew's reflection on his time as WUJA representative here, as well as the speech of Fr Arturo Sosa, delivered at the XI WUJA Congress United in Spirit, Leading with Purpose here. 

We wish to congratulate Andrew on his dedication in representing the OIU over the years in this important work. 

The new Oceania Representative on the World Council is OIU Past President Daniel Bolger (OR80). 

Editor OIU NEWS

Below: Fr Arturo Sosa, delivering his address United in Spirit, Leading with Purpose at the XI WUJA Congress in Yogyakarta, Indonesia