Indigenous Ministry
Project 40-4-40: Growing canopies and strengthening communities
Poverty and reconciliation with creation Many intensive forms of environmental exploitation and degradation not only exhaust resources…but also undo the social structures…shaped cultural identity and...read more
Australian Province hosts International Ignatian Ecospiritual Conference
In the last week of April, over a hundred people from all over the world gathered online to participate in the International Ignatian Ecospiritual Conference...read more
Companions of aboriginal youth towards a hope-filled future
*Xiaomei, holding a baby in her arms, shifts in her seat. The social worker looks at the certificates on the wall and asks: “Are these...read more
An Easter sojourn in a sacred homeland
A mystifying mist enveloped the sacred homeland of the indigenous communities of the Cordillera in northern Philippines as we arrived on the holiest week of...read more
Living the indigenous way
The Jesuit mission in Thailand supports indigenous education. Every year, many indigenous young people apply to study at Xavier Learning Community (XLC) in Chiang Rai....read more
Pursuing a synodal path in the social ministry
The second virtual gathering of the social ministry networks ended on 8 October, with a range of ideas on how the Jesuit conference can move...read more
Growing canopies and strengthening communities in the forests of Southeast Asia
At the beginning of the year, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Asia Pacific with the Indigenous, Youth, and Reconciliation with Creation ministries of the Jesuit Conference...read more
Tribal youth join hands in planting 6,000 trees
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...read more
Nurturing an inclusive age of wisdom and spirit
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...read more