About us
JCAP Apostolic Plan 2021 – 2025
Our Desire
“Seeing all things new in Christ, we want to walk in a journey of conversion and synodality as we commit ourselves to the urgent call of poverty and reconciliation with creation in Asia Pacific.
We seek to collaborate especially with the youth, with the Church, with other faiths, and with those in civil society engaged in similar concerns. Ignatian Spirituality is the gift we share and the charism in which we desire to grow.”
10 Goals for the next five years, 2021-2025
Part I: Cura Apostolica
1. Respond to the call of poverty and reconciliation with creation
Practise communal examen and implement tangible changes towards poverty, simplicity, closeness with the poor, and ecological conversion through a holistic and collaborative approach.
Part I: Cura Apostolica
2. Deepen and share our charism of Ignatian Spirituality
Facilitate coordinated efforts to deepen the personal and communal understanding of Ignatian Spirituality among Jesuits, mission partners, and institutions through ongoing formation and training in discernment in common, and adaptations to make Ignatian Spirituality and the ministry of Spiritual Exercises more accessible to youth, indigenous communities, people of other faiths, and marginalised individuals.
Part I: Cura Apostolica
3. Collaborate with the youth and integrate vocation promotion
Walk closely with young people, addressing their spiritual and societal concerns, and promote vocational discernment.
Part I: Cura Apostolica
4. Walk with the Church in synodality, leadership, and safety in ministry
Accompany the local church in pursuing the mission of evangelisation, promoting synodality and discernment, and building a culture of safeguarding of minors and vulnerable adults.
Part I: Cura Apostolica
5. Strengthen our mission to serve the Chinese people
Discern and undertake initiatives to support the mission of serving the Chinese people.
Part I: Cura Apostolica
6. Consolidate and reimagine the theological centers
Strengthen the theology and philosophy programmes in Asia Pacific through discernment, consolidation, and collaboration among deans and schools.
Part II: Cura Personalis and Governance
7. Strengthen the governance of developing Jesuit regions and missions
Discern ways to strengthen and support governance collaboration between regions and missions in Asia and the Pacific.
Part I: Cura Apostolica
8. Discern new governance configurations and collaboration
Explore new governance configurations and synergies in light of the demands of mission in Asia Pacific and changing demographics to ensure effective mission in the region.
Part II: Cura Personalis and Governance
9. Strengthen leadership, planning, and synodality
Support mission partners and Jesuit leaders in key positions to enhance their leadership capacities.