Paul Mailleux, S.J. is a native of Ouffet near Liège, Belgium, and entered the Society of Jesus at the age of eighteen. After studies in Ghent, Louvain, and Rome, and a period of teaching in Liege, he became professor at the Internat Russe Saint-Georges, a school for emigré Russian boys which was then located in Namur, Belgium. During the Second World War, as head of that institution, he transferred it to Meudon, near Paris, and remained its Director for almost twenty years. In that capacity he learned to speak Russian as a second mother tongue. Ninety percent of the students of the Internat Saint-Georges were Orthodox; some were the sons of Orthodox clergy and several became Orthodox priests themselves. That position of liaison between OrtPaul Mailleux, S.J. is a native of Ouffet near Liège, Belgium, and entered the Society of Jesus at the age of eighteen. After studies in Ghent, Louvain, and Rome, and a period of teaching in Liege, he became professor at the Internat Russe Saint-Georges, a school for emigré Russian boys which was then located in Namur, Belgium. During the Second World War, as head of that institution, he transferred it to Meudon, near Paris, and remained its Director for almost twenty years. In that capacity he learned to speak Russian as a second mother tongue. Ninety percent of the students of the Internat Saint-Georges were Orthodox; some were the sons of Orthodox clergy and several became Orthodox priests themselves. That position of liaison between Orthodox and Catholics, as well as his travels to the Christian East; his courses and writings on theological problems have given him a unique experience in ecumenical matters. From 1957–1964, he directed the John XXIII Center for Eastern Christian Studies at Fordham University....more