The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific runs a Tertianship programme based in Manila from September to March of the following year. Tertianship is the final period of formal religious formation for Jesuit priests and brothers before they profess their Final … Continued
“Father General, what is really new about the Universal Apostolic Preferences?” “I can answer it in different ways: Nothing new, everything new.” Fr Arturo Sosa was responding to Gollapalle Krupa Rao, a scholastic from the Jesuit Conference of South Asia … Continued
At first a reluctant missionary, Irish Jesuit Fr Ashley Evans ended up in Southeast Asia for nearly three decades, first with Jesuit Refugee Service in Thailand and then as a pioneer of the Cambodian Mission for 27 years. Now back … Continued
Banteay Prieb is the Jesuit vocational school for young people with disabilities in Cambodia. In this interview, we get to know Sreng Channarin, a student from the sewing class. Please introduce yourself. Hello. I’m Sreng Channarin from Kandal Province. I … Continued
On May 3, Instituto São João de Brito held the blessing ceremony of its new campus. The milestone was the first of several this year for Projeto Educação Jesuíta, the Jesuit education project in Timor-Leste. In October, the new chapel, … Continued
Fr Tony Moreno SJ assumed the role of president of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) on November 22 last year. While the former provincial of the Philippines Province is used to meeting and working with major superiors from … Continued
During the month of July, as mentioned in previous editions of the S.J. Electronic Information Service, Father General made two important trips. One of them was in Asia where he visited the Philippines, (the occasion was the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the return of the Jesuits to the country), and Indonesia, for the 150th anniversary of the “modern” presence of the Society of Jesus in that nation. We present here his responses to our questions.