JCAP Upcoming events June – August 2011

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Fr Zulo receives Luceat Lux Lifetime Achievement Award

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Fr Ismael ZuloagaFr 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.

Reflections on a Relief Mission

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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.

Asia Pacific Provincials meet in Singapore

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The meeting, from 23 to 28 January, brought together 12 Provincials from 13 provinces or regions of Asia Pacific, and as usual reviewed both the ‘frontier’ mission challenges as well as some normal business.Three newly appointed provincials, Frs Yoshio Kajiyama (JPN), Colin Tan Chin Hock (MAS) and Liem Thanh Pham (VIE), were welcomed in the assembly, and Fr Sumita Shogo (JPN) was farewelled. Fr Mark Raper took up responsibility as major superior of the Myanmar Mission on 24 January.

Martyrs of AIR

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Mission Sunday 2010 at Arrupe International Residence –Honoring Arrupeans who gave their lives for Others

Mission Sunday was given a special significance at the Arrupe International Residence this year.  It was an occasion to remember the two former Arrupeans who gave their lives for others: Scholastics Richie Fernando (PHI) who was killed in Cambodia on 17 Oct 1996, and Father A.T. Thomas (HAZ) who was killed in India between 24 – 27 Oct 1997.

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
19 – 23 Jul Major Superiors' meeting, Seoul, South Korea
02 – 06 Aug