I was fortunate to have been a delegate at the first-ever International Conference on Youth Ministry (ICYM 2023), which was a collaboration between the Loyola School of Theology and the Don Bosco School of Theology in Manila. The two schools … Continued
Filipino Jesuit priest Fr Oliver Dy is among the international team of contributors for The Oxford Handbook of the Latin Bible, a recently published book edited by Hugh Houghton and written by world-leading experts. It is the first English book … Continued
The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (TBC) has formally opened its first satellite site inside Mainland China. The Kunming Liya Center, or 昆明理雅学苑, is located in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, one of China’s southern provinces, bordering Laos, Myanmar, and … Continued
Some 19 students and teachers from Sophia University in Tokyo visited Xavier Learning Community (XLC) in Chiang Rai to learn about the situation of ethnic minorities in Thailand. For six days, from 19 to 24 February, Sophia students with the … Continued
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, come … Continued
On 16 December, Xavier Jesuit School (XJS) celebrated its first high school graduation as 28 of our students–16 from the Science class and 12 from the Social Science class–finished Grade 12. Soon, these students will be attending various universities and … Continued
The Pontifical Gregorian University has published a book edited by Fr Danny Huang SJ and Fr Laurent Basanese SJ of the French Speaking Province of Western Europe (EOF). Fr Huang and Fr Basanese both teach in the Faculty of Missiology … Continued
Students from Ateneo de Manila University bagged the grand prize in the World Universities Debating Championship held in Madrid, Spain from 27 December to 4 January. Team Ateneo A, composed of BS Applied Mathematics students David Africa and Tobi Leung, … Continued
I attended for the first time the gathering of the International Networking Officers of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities – Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP) since I started my ministry at Fu Jen Catholic University in August. The meeting was … Continued
The officers of the international programmes of the different schools in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) met at the Ateneo de Manila University to share teaching and learning opportunities in Jesuit higher education. The gathering held from 30 … Continued