Fr Nicolás: ‘The globalisation of superficiality’
Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Nicolás speaks to Jesuits in Belgium about how our modern world is giving us less time for what really matters in life.
Jesuit centres collaborate on migration
Jesuit centres serving migrants came together round the table for the first time in a JCAP workshop held in Seoul from May 15 to 17, 2011. The 14 participants from Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and Korea included a representative from the Good Shepherd Sisters’ network.
During the workshop, the group heard from experts about best practices and learned from each other’s experiences. They also heard from migrants themselves. Joint action was initiated to better accompany and prepare migrants as they move across borders.
EAPI offers English for Formation programme
The East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) has begun an English for Formation programme for clergy and religious. The programme was developed in response to the need for an intermediate-level English course containing components on spiritual formation and adult catechesis.
New provincial for Chinese Province
Fr John Lee Hua SJ has been named Provincial of the Chinese Province. He takes over from Fr Louis Gendron SJ. He was born in 1966, entered the Society of Jesus in 1992 and ordained a priest in 2002.
Fr. John will begin his new mission on January 1, 2012. He will take a sabbatical from August 1 to the end of the year to rest and to prepare himself for his new mission.
JCAP Upcoming events June – August 2011
| Jun 27 – 30 | Communications Meeting, Indonesia |
| Jul 11 – 15 | Social Ministries – Mekong Experiential Workshop, Cambodia |
| Jul 18 – 22 | JCAP Major Superiors Assembly and Arrupe Board of Trustees Meeting, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Aug 01 – 25 | East Asia Theological Encounter Program, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Aug 13 – 16 | Buddhism Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Aug 20 – 22 | Formators’ Circle Meeting, Thailand |
Fr Ismael Zuloaga (CHN) was conferred the Luceat Lux Lifetime Achievement Award in March for his vision and leadership in making Xavier School the leading Catholic school it is today. At the award ceremony held at Xavier School, Greenhills West, San Juan City, the Philippines on March 11, 2011, Fr Zuloaga, the school’s director from 1965 to 1985, was described as a true son of Ignatius, father to generations of Xaverians, and inspiration to the entire Xavier School community.
A group of volunteers from Tokyo spent the last week of March in Sendai, helping out at the emergency centre set up by the Sendai Diocese with the cooperation of Caritas Japan to coordinate humanitarian aid operations in Sendai. Among them was Fr Yasunori Yamauchi, one of our newly ordained Jesuits in Japan. He shares his reflection here.
On December 11, 2010 Fr General appointed Fr Rene Repole (PHI) as Rector of Arrupe International Residence. He took office last February 9. Fr Rene used to be the rector of St John Vianney Seminary in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. He took over Fr Koichi Matsumoto (JPN), who now continues to recover from his illness.