As we turn the calendar to 2019, we take a look back on a few of the most significant moments in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific in 2018.
January 21 to 25
Bendum, Bukidnon, Philippines
The Reconciliation with Creation programme holds the first in a series of “Living Laudato si” workshops, bringing together the experiences of Jesuits and justice, of communities of practice and discernment. Read more
January 22 to 26
Sydney, Australia
Discernment, collaboration, mission: the Major Superiors launch the conference’s discernment process on the Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus. Read more
March 28
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate celebrates its first Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology graduation, after becoming affiliated with the Loyola School of Theology, an ecclesiastical faculty of the Jesuits in the Philippines. Read more
April 30
Kasait, Timor-Leste
Instituo São João de Brito, the teacher education institute opened in 2016, moves to its own campus, now with 12 classrooms. Read more
May 10 to 14
Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Ignatian Spirituality Network is formally established, with two goals: to deepen the Ignatian character of all JCAP ministries; and to explore ways to use the Spiritual Exercises as a tool for evangelisation in Asia Pacific. Read more
July 17
Marawi City, Philippines
Xavier University hands over 60 transitory houses to families displaced by the war in Marawi City between Philippine government forces and ISIS-affiliated terrorist groups. Read more
August 4
Quezon City, Philippines
The Adolfo Nicolás East Asian Pastoral Institute Endowment Fund is officially launched at a testimonial dinner held at the Ateneo de Manila University, hosted by the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific and the Philippine Province. Read more
August 6
Quezon City, Philippines
Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ, after a year and a half as spiritual director and consultant of the East Asian Pastoral Institute and Arrupe International Residence, returns to his home province of Japan. Read more
October 3 to 6
Quezon City, Philippines
The Asia-Pacific Interactive Jesuit Education Consortium and the Ateneo de Manila Institute of the Science and Art of Learning and Teaching holds the International Conference on Education Frontiers. Read more
October 27
Quezon City, Philippines
Fifteen Jesuits from Arrupe International Residence and Loyola House of Studies are ordained deacons at the Church of the Gesù, Ateneo de Manila. Read more
October 30 to November 1
Tokyo, Japan
Major Superiors gather in Tokyo to discern in common the fruits of the provinces’, regions’ and missions’ discernment process with recommendations of new Universal Apostolic Preferences for the Society.
November 14
Rome, Italy
Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, announces the beatification process of Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ, 28th Super General from 1965 to 1983. Read more
November 14
Yangon, Myanmar
The Myanmar Leadership Institute, an initiative of the Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Bo and the Myanmar Jesuits, formally opens. Read more
November 28 to 30
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Jesuit Refugee Service Cambodia holds a workshop on refugees, migrants and stateless people with around 60 organisations in Asia Pacific partaking in the workshop. Read more
December 2
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ arrives for his first official visit to the Vietnamese Jesuit Province. Read more
December 7
Manila, Philippines
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ visits the Philippine Province, with stops in Cebu and Cagayan de Oro. Read more
December 22
Kasait, Timor-Leste
Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola celebrates a historic event with the graduation of its pioneering batch of students. Read more