The year 2020 was easily overshadowed by the pandemic crisis. As the coronavirus was making its way, the major superiors were still blessed to have made the Spiritual Exercises at the Mirador Jesuit Villa Retreat House, Baguio City, Philippines conducted … Continued
Members of Magis Myanmar and Myanmar Scholastics held an online dialogue on 6 March with American Jesuit Fr James Martin SJ to help provide comfort and spiritual clarity amid the continuous violence in Myanmar. Some 300 people, mostly youth, from … Continued
This month marks 100 years since the arrival of Jesuit missionaries in Micronesia, when on 6 March 1921, two Jesuits — Fr José Pájaro and Br Florencio Mancera — arrived on the island of Tonoas (Dublon) in the Chuuk lagoon … Continued
2020 has been instilled in our memory as a year of crisis, but 2021 is promising to be a year of new discoveries and recoveries. For this year’s annual report, the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) has chosen stories … Continued
“Shooting a good Samaritan in the head” is a gruesome but accurate description of what happened last month to Wai Yan Htun, a 16-year-old boy from Mandalay. He was on his way from his place to a nearby market to … Continued
The international gathering of Jesuit schools dubbed, II COLLOQUIUM JESEDU-Global2021, will be held as a purely online event from 28 June to 2 July. It replaces the II COLLOQUIUM JESEDU-Jogjakarta2020, originally intended last year. Centred on the theme, “The Global … Continued
Nearly everywhere in the world, ethnic minorities remain among the poorest and most marginalised peoples. They suffer disproportionately in areas like health, education, and livelihood, notwithstanding the threats of displacement, exclusion, and loss of identity and culture they so often … Continued
Xavier Learning Community (XLC) has a motto that everyone has memorised: “Growing in community, sharing with society”. The motto serves to inspire their students, the younger generation, to serve the needs of society. At the close of the semester, two … Continued
Fostering a safe and supportive environment, especially where children and vulnerable people are concerned, has been at the forefront of the mission of the Society of Jesus. It is in fact one of three important matters entrusted by General Congregation … Continued
Fr John D Mace SJ died on the morning of 21 February at St Camillus Jesuit Community in Wisconsin, USA. He was 83 years old. Fr Mace had devoted nearly half of his life as a missionary in Asia, which … Continued