2022 at a glance

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We look back on the year 2022 with much gratitude, hope, and love. During the past year, we launched the JCAP Flagship project, Caring for Communities and Creation, elevated Malaysia-Singapore to an independent region, ad experimentum, published books on Christian-Muslim dialogue and the vocation of brothers, explored the possibility of transferring the Pakistan Mission from Sri Lanka to the Indonesian Province and our Jesuit Conference, and happily returned to in-person gatherings (mostly). We saw the continuing crisis of democracy, the human suffering, and the criminal acts of war, but also the support and prayers of people who accompany us in our mission of justice and reconciliation. We are ever so grateful to all of you.

20-22 January

JCAP Major Superiors and safeguarding delegates undertake a three-day online workshop on safeguarding. Read more

10 March

JCAP launches its flagship project, Caring for Communities and Creation, in response to the urgent call of poverty and reconciliation with creation in Asia Pacific. Read more

14 March

Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ establishes, ad experimentum, the independent region of Malaysia-Singapore (MAS) for three years, from 2022 to 2025. Until this point, it had been a dependent region of the Indonesian Province. Read more

19 March

Young Jesuits and lay partners in the Chinese Province develop a prayer app in Chinese to promote Ignatian Spirituality to Chinese speakers around the world. Read more

26 March, Banteay Meanchey Province

Scholastic Henry Ky Rike SJ professed his perpetual First Vows to the Society of Jesus. He is the first Jesuit to profess First Vows in Cambodia. Read more

1 April

The Reconciliation with Creation network launches, Creators of Hope, a search for young people engaged in ecological service projects across Asia Pacific. Five young “creators of hope” have been selected. Read more

25-30 May, Australia

The Australian Jesuits hold the first International Ignatian Ecospiritual Conference gathering over a hundred people from across the world. Read more

27 June-2 July, Yangon

Jesuits and mission partners in Myanmar hold a six-day workshop to strengthen the Myanmar Network of Community Colleges, which responds to a great current need of Myanmar for education. Read more

17-22 July

The JCAP Major Superiors resume their face-to-face assembly after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Read more

6 August, Boston

Xavier Learning Community in Thailand is awarded the St Peter Canisius Medal at the International Association of Jesuit Universities conference. The medal is given to an individual, an institution, or a group of individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to Jesuit higher education. Read more

23 August, Vietnam

The Vietnamese Jesuits release an ebook that highlights the presence and apostolates of the Jesuit brothers to mark 65 years since the return of the Society of Jesus in Vietnam, and the 15th anniversary of the Vietnamese Jesuit Province. Read more

1 September, Manila

The Jesuits Among Muslims In Asia launch “Journeying with Muslims the Ignatian Way”, a book that seeks to contribute to the theological discourse on Christian-Muslim dialogue through the Spiritual Exercises. Read more

30 October to 6 November, Pakistan

JCAP President Fr Tony Moreno SJ, Indonesian Provincial Fr Benny Juliawan SJ, and Indonesian Province Consultor Fr Kuntoro Adi SJ visit Pakistan as part of the discernment process to transfer the Pakistan Mission from the Sri Lankan Province to the Indonesian Province and the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific. Read more

15 November, Vietnam

Fr Joseph Pham Tuan Nghia SJ succeeds Vincent Pham Van Mam SJ as Provincial Superior of the Vietnamese Jesuit Province. Read more

17 December, Rome

Pope Francis signs a decree recognising the “heroic virtues” of Jesuit Matteo Ricci, the first stage in a process of beatification. Read more