As the Jesuit Refugee Service marks three decades of ministering to the needs of refugees, Fr Bernard Hyacinth Arputhasamy SJ, regional director of JRS in Asia and the Pacific, speaks to UCA News about the JRS mission in the region.
22 February 2012
30 years of ministering to refugees
Categories: Migration, Social Justice
No tags assigned.
Share this article
More News
From flames to fertile fields
Francisco Ribeiro is a 40-year-old farmer from Hlalmeta, Aileu, Timor-Leste. He leads the 43 beneficiaries of Jesuit Social Service’s (JSS) Food Security Program. Ribeiro is...read more
Jesuit schools pioneer new safeguarding programme
The Society of Jesus’ global safeguarding initiative, Promoting a Consistent Culture of Protection (PCCP), has started its rollout across the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific...read more
Jesuits for Climate Justice urge support for COP30 Global Statement
With six months to go before COP 30, the Society of Jesus is intensifying its advocacy for climate justice, especially for the most vulnerable communities...read more
Living in harmony through organic agriculture
The “organic way of living in harmony” was once loudly voiced by the Agatho organic farm in Cisarua, Indonesia. The slogan embodies an agricultural movement...read more
Myanmar is at war and needs emergency support
Jesuit Mission Australia is urgently appealing for more support for families in Myanmar who continue to be crippled by war and natural disasters. Since war...read more
A call to respond to the care of our common home as a universal apostolic body
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ is urging the whole apostolic body of the Society of Jesus to “unite our desires, wills, and plans to take...read more