18 JCAM 2023 Annual Review Tertianship: A time of Renewal for Jesuits, Solidifying the Call to Always Place those in Need Ahead of themselves Sch. Timóteo Portásio, SJ - JCAM Tertianship Minister The Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) tertianship sits on Zinkwazi Beach in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It is among the sugar cane fields on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Apart from the sub-tropical weather, it provides a tranquil place to pray and carry out the proposal of St. Ignatius of Loyola of a tertianship. He says in the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, “For this purpose, it will be helpful for those who had been sent to studies, upon finishing the work and effort of intellectual formation, to apply themselves during the period of final probation to the school of the heart, exercising themselves in spiritual and corporal pursuits which can engender in them greater humility, abnegation of all sensual love and will and judgment of their own, and also greater knowledge and love of God our Lord; so that when they themselves have made the progress they can better help others to progress for the glory of God our Lord.” In other words, the tertianship helps Jesuits to prepare themselves for their complete incorporation into the Society of Jesus.