Indigenous young people from a small village called Waterfalls in Magpet, North Cotabato in the southern part of Philippines have committed to Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Asia Pacific’s 40,000 trees for 40 years of JRS project. The young people worked … Continued
Our global home abounds with sacred springs of an immemorial ancestral, mystical, and religiocultural wisdom. The Asian School of Wisdom (ASW) was first blessed by Bishop Francis Xavier Vira DD of the Chiang Mai Diocese with the unveiling of the … Continued
Indian tribal rights defender Fr Stan Swamy SJ died on Monday, 5 July, in Mumbai. He was 84 years old, and had been a Jesuit for 64 years and a priest for 51 years. Fr Jerry Cutinha SJ, Provincial of … Continued
To mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) by Fr Pedro Arrupe, JRS Asia Pacific is launching a yearlong environmental campaign that aims to increase cultural rootedness and strengthen marginal communities whose survival depends on … 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
This pandemic has inevitably changed the way we celebrate. Physical gatherings are risky, potential super spreader events where people might catch the virus. The next best thing is to take the celebration online: Zoom parties are the norm these days. … Continued
Many of us have been inspired by Fr Stan Swamy SJ through his talks and writings as the former director of the Bangalore Indian Social Institute and an unflinching Adivasi human rights activist in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, India. His … Continued
Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are considered among the most vulnerable people, and the Covid-19 crisis has put them at enormous risk. In Myanmar’s Karen State, IDPs living along the Thai border are somewhat hidden from the world. The … Continued
I am overjoyed with what I call the Indigenous Hermeneutics and Mystique (IHM) lens in the pages of the post-synodal exhortation, Querida Amazonia (QA) or Beloved Amazon. The sheer joy of reading the pages led me to exclaim: “Aha, this … Continued