Profile: Felipe Mac Gregor, Jesuit, Peruvian, and Universal of the 20th Century

Abstract

Felipe Mac Gregor was a Jesuit who carried out outstanding apostolic work both within and outside Peru in the 20th century. His religious experience led him to promote various spaces for reflection on the culture of peace. The following article, as a profile, will outline the historical journey of Fr. Felipe Mac Gregor, SJ, from his beginnings in the Society of Jesus to the final decade of the last century, during which he received various recognitions for his tireless academic and apostolic work. Mac Gregor believed that education could bring about the changes necessary to establish a more developed society free from signs of violence. He also recognized that the university was the privileged place to reflect on and foster the founding of societies with a culture of peace. Mac Gregor displayed a tireless vocation to foster this type of culture, and so, twenty years after his passing, we present this commemorative article.