Since Xavier Learning Community (XLC) opened in 2017, three cohorts of students have graduated from the Jesuit higher education institution in Chiang Rai. Recently, XLC celebrated the graduation of 17 Xavier students. Two of their graduates, Puritchaya and Meechair,...
To all people of good will: On 1 February, we remember the second year when military forces, the Tatmadaw, brazenly seized power in Myanmar, suppressed the democratically elected government of the people, and imprisoned their democratic leaders. In the middle of a...
The Discerning Leadership Program (DLP) taught me about synodality, discernment, effective communication, and conflict resolution in leading and managing an organisation. The programme held at the Ateneo de Manila University from 5 to 11 January began with our...
A word that has been echoing around Pope Francis in recent times is “hospitality”. And in one illumination of the vibrant dimensions of this word, he spoke of the “willingness to listen to others, paying attention to their personal stories of faith and to the history...
There is no genuine stewardship if it does not start from the stewardship of the self. In fact, it is not a question of “stewardship” from without, as if the human race is apart from the earth. It is rather a “role” we play from within the cosmos. If seen from a...
