Fr Roger Champoux (PHI), Tertian Director, wrote on February 25, "The Common Tertianship is moving very fast toward its end on March 7. The Tertians just came back from their last experiment. They were scattered all over, from Thailand, where Toto Yulianto (IDO) went for an immersion into the activities of the Jesuit Refugees Service, to the mountains of Bukidnon where Vids Gornez (PHI) went for pastoral ministry and Ehi Omoragbon (ANW-Nigeria) for exposure to environmental work.

Some others went hopping from place to place: Jerry Gomes (CCU-Bangladesh) visited some of our schools in Manila, Cebu and Cagayan to learn more about Ignatian Pedagogical Principles, Sali Augustine (KER) went to Zamboanga, Davao and Cagayan to meet people involved in interreligious dialogue and peace initiatives, and John Wu Po-en (CHN) visited various spirituality centers in Manila and Cebu. The others were more stationary, but no less active: Luat Hoang (CFN) was in Cagayan for campus ministry, Panus Winarto (IDO) spent his three weeks in Iloilo for parish and hospital ministry, Chris Dumadag (PHI) went to jail (but eventually was released from it) for pastoral ministry, and Paul Yang (KOR) started already in his future ministry as Socius for the Chinese Novitiate in Novaliches, near Manila. Some came back sick but they were all happy with their encounters and discoveries. One of them was delighted and comforted in seeing that all Jesuit communities have problems and conflicts and yet still manage to cooperate for the Kingdom!

The last days will be spent on an evaluation of their Tertianship experience and on a Triduum of recollection and prayer. Most of them will already be leaving Loyola House and Manila on Saturday March 7, ready to assume their new "missions". Meanwhile, Bill McGarry (NYK) and myself are finalizing the list of the ten tertians who will be coming next September. It will be again an international group and we hope to have all their names for the next issue of EAO News."