Province News

Digital Inclusion Program: Enabling refugees to compete with world’s best
The second phase of a visionary digital literacy programme co-founded by an Australian Jesuit is set to launch in Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, where...read more
Indonesian scholastics use social media to introduce the first Jesuits
Although St Ignatius of Loyola is considered the founder of the Jesuits, he was not alone. The Society of Jesus was established by a group...read more
Celebrating five centuries of Filipino Catholic faith
The Philippine Church formally launched the yearlong commemoration of 500 years of Christianity with the opening of the “Holy Doors” of pilgrim churches across the...read more
Jesuits in Timor-Leste respond to Easter Sunday floods
The Jesuits in Timor-Leste are responding to the widespread destruction of Tropical Cyclone Seroja, an Easter Sunday nightmare that brought flash flooding and left 42...read more
Three Vietnamese Jesuits ordained deacons, two in Rome, one in Thủ Đức city
Anthony Trần Khắc Bá SJ and Vincent Vũ Tứ Quyết SJ were ordained deacons on 6 April at the Church of the Gesù in Rome,...read more
Partaking in God’s banquet: Final Vows of Fr Francis Alvarez SJ
Fr Francis Alvarez SJ professed his Final Vows to the Society of Jesus on 24 March, the eve of the Solemnity of the Annunciation of...read more
A new Jesuit priest ordained in Myanmar amid coup
In a country besieged by a raging civil conflict, a Jesuit was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March in the diocese of Myitkyina, in...read more
60 years and beyond: Carrying the torch of faith in Singapore
On 12 February, the parish of St Ignatius, Singapore, marked its 60th Jubilee. It was the fruit of the Irish Jesuits who were first diverted...read more
To be an instrument of God’s Grace: Diaconate ordination in Japan
Vietnamese Jesuit Nguyễn Văn Toàn SJ was ordained to the Diaconate by Tokyo Archbishop Tarcisius Kikuchi Isao SVD on 6 March in the chapel of...read more