In a span of 18 months, Jesuit Communications (JesCom) Vietnam trained nearly 300 young Vietnamese Catholics in media literacy through their Media Education Project. Inspired by the CommLab programme of SIGNIS, the project, which was started by Fr Nguyen Van … Continued
All roads led to Rome for most of the Tertian instructors and some of their assistants with Fr General Arturo Sosa calling for a special meeting of instructors from the 16 different Tertianship programmes worldwide. What made this particular assembly … Continued
First of two parts As a secondary teacher in Australia, school holidays are an opportunity to rest and regenerate. Sometimes they present opportunities to travel and encounter the lives and cultures of people far different from our own. In July … Continued
Can a Jesuit University on one side of the world transform the lives of people halfway across the globe? German Jesuit Fr Peter Balleis believes so and his organisation has done it. Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) is bringing Jesuit education … Continued
Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato si’, and Fr General Arturo Sosa’s letter to the Jesuits on the four Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs), formators and scholastics at St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate (SJJS) in Vietnam made a commitment and took concrete … Continued
Ate Mirna’s smile is instant, bright and always a sign of happiness. “Ate” in Tagalog means “older sister”, a respectful and affectionate nickname given to women. She immediately smiles when we enter her poor hut in the suburb of Liwanag … Continued
Several enrichment workshops were organised by Xavier Jesuit School (XJS) Cambodia in September for teachers of mathematics, science and art in collaboration with friends from Singapore and Korea. From September 9 to 12, XJS teachers learnt the Singaporean mathematics teaching … Continued
Indonesia hosts some 14,000 refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Iraq. They arrive in Indonesia hoping to be approved for third-country resettlement, which could be decades away. One of the refugees is 27-year-old Nimo from Somalia. She … Continued
Superior General of the Society of Jesus Fr Arturo Sosa SJ has officially announced the celebration of the Ignatian year to commemorate 500 years since the conversion of St Ignatius in 2021 and 400 years since the canonisation of St … Continued
One of the distinguishing features of Jesuit education is the inclusion of community service in the curriculum. The Beijing Center (TBC) is rooted in the Ignatian tradition of being “men and women for others”. Since TBC’s founding in 1998, students … Continued