Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — November 16, 1927
Death data:
Budapest, Hungary — February 13, 2021
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
jezsuita (Societas Jesu)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 14, 1947
Priestly ordination:
Buenos Aires, Argentína — December 12, 1959
Place of burial:
Jézus Szíve templom urnatemetője
Budapest, Hungary
Biographical data
Before joining the order, he entered military service at his parents’ request. He served as a cadet and then as an officer candidate. By the end of World War II, he had ended up in Germany, from where he returned home in 1946. He joined the order on August 14, 1947. He left the country in 1949. In 1950, he studied languages and literature in Pullach, then studied philosophy in Löwen from 1951 to 1954. He earned his master’s degree in Mons from 1955 to 1956, then went to Argentina. He was ordained a priest in Buenos Aires on December 12, 1959. In the early 1970s, he moved to a slum with two fellow members of his order. In May 1976, a far-right military unit kidnapped him and took him to an unknown location. He was held captive for five months. From 1979, he lived in Germany, where he led retreats. From 1982 to 1984, he served as a tertianship instructor in Berlin. From 1988, he lived in Gries, where he continued to lead retreats. He returned home already seriously ill and spent his final years at the Edith Farkas Catholic Nursing Home in Budapest. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary. His ashes rest in the columbarium of the Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart in Budapest.
Domestic service locations
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To
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Church / institution
Position
2017
2021
Budapest, Hungary
Farkas Edith Szeretetotthon
retired
Foreign service locations
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1956
1957
Chile
theological studies
1958
1970
Argentina, Hungary
theology professor, retreat leader, university professor
1970
1977
Buenos Aires, Argentína
a pastor in a slum
1977
1978
Rocky River, OH, USA
writer
1979
1981
Nürnberg, NSZK
Germany
retreat leader
1982
1984
Nyugat-Berlin, NSZK
Berlin, Germany
tercia instructor
1985
1987
Nürnberg, NSZK
Germany
retreat leader
1988
2017
Gries, Germany
Retreat leader, founder and director of a house community
Literary activity
Magyarul
A katolikus egyház fejlődése az utolsó tíz évben, Mindszenty M. Tud. és Kult. Akad., Buenos Aires, 1968
Változik a hitünk?, Zsinati Bizottság, Róma, 1976
Tanuljunk imádkozni, Prugg Verlag, Eisenstadt, 1977
Testvéreink hite, Prugg Verlag, Eisenstadt, 1979
Tanuljunk imádkozni, Korda Kiadó, Kecskemét, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2007, ISBN 9789639097728
Szemlélődő lelkigyakorlat: Bevezetés a szemlélődő életmódba és a Jézus-imába, Manréza Kiadó (Dobogókő) és Korda Kiadó (Kecskemét), 1994, 1996, 2001, 2006, ISBN 9639332445
Testvéreink hite, Korda Kiadó, Kecskemét, 1995
Fejlődik a hitünk, Korda Kiadó, Kecskemét, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, ISBN 9638004797
A Szent Ignác-i lelkigyakorlatok kontemplatív szakasza, 2002
A szemlélődés útja, Korda Kiadó, Kecskemét, 2006, ISBN 963955443X
Lelkivezetés az evangéliumban; JTMR–L'Harmattan, Bp., 2013 (Jezsuita könyvek. Lelkiség)
Szemlélődő lelkigyakorlat. Bevezetés a szemlélődő életmódba és a Jézus-imába; 5. jav. kiad.; JTMR, Bp., 2014 (Jezsuita könyvek Lelkiség)
Tanuljunk imádkozni; 8. átdolg. kiad.; Korda, Kecskemét, 2014
Testvéreink hite. A meghallgatás csodálatos ereje; spanyolból ford. Jálics Kálmánné; 5. átdolg. kiad.; Korda, Kecskemét, 2014
Németül
Lernen wir beten eine Anleitung, mit Gott ins Gespräch zu kommen Franz Jalics, München, Pfeiffer, 1981
Miteinander im Glauben wachsen, München, Pfeiffer-Verlag, 1982, 1983, ISBN 3-7904-0353-9
Der kontemplative Weg, Echter-Verlag, Würzburg, 2006, ISBN 3-429-02767-5
Kontemplative Exerzitien. Eine Einführung in die kontemplative Lebenshaltung und in das Jesusgebet (9. kiadás), Echter-Verlag, Würzburg, 2006, ISBN 3-429-02767-5
Spanyolul
Cambios en la fe Francisco Jálics, Paulinas, Buenos Aires, 1975
El encuentro con Dios (4. kiadás), Paulinas, Buenos Aires, 1977
Aprendiendo a orar Francisco Jálics (3. kiadás), Paulinas, Buenos Aires, 1979
Jálics Ferenc SJ: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=481 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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