Street Retreat expands from Twitter to print
23 Aug 2011

Street Retreat expands from Twitter to print

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When Fr In-young Albert Cho SJ came up with the idea of taking retreats to the people, he chose to use Twitter, which make sense in Korea with its high use of the Internet and mobile phone. 

Now his Street Retreat is expanding into print.From September, the Catholic Times in Koreawill bepublishing the weekly tweets of the Street Retreat in its print edition.  The tweets will be printed along one of the edges of the newspaper so that readers can tear them off to carry them around with them.

Fr In-young is very pleased with this development. 

Learning about apostolates through film
25 Jul 2011

Learning about apostolates through film

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INDONESIA − With a long history working in media in Indonesia, it is inevitable that Jesuit scholastics in Indonesia produce films as part of their formation.  The scholastics are attached to Studio Audio Visual Puskat (SAV Puskat), the Jesuit established and run audio visual training and production centre in Sinduharjo, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.  

Telling the Story of Hope in Timor-Leste
24 Jun 2011

Telling the Story of Hope in Timor-Leste

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Casa de Produção Audiovisual (CPA) is the only non-profit production house in Timor-Leste that regularly produces multimedia products in Tetun.  Its director Amelia Hapsari provides an update.

Each morning, the staff of CPA gather in a circle to pray. They are writers, cameramen, editors and animators who have been trained in CPA since the dawn of the young country. The task on their shoulders is both heavy and humble. They share hope through storytelling.

‘Street Retreat’ in Twitter
8 Dec 2010

‘Street Retreat’ in Twitter

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It’s not easy for people today to take time out of their busy lives for a spiritual retreat.

So Fr Albert Cho In-young (KOR) has decided to take retreats to the people – with the help of Twitter.

“For Catholics, going on retreat usually means coming away to a remote place to meet God,” said Father Cho, who studies spirituality and theology in Ireland.

“But if we spare a little of our time, we can also meet God in the midst of our busy everyday life, even while walking on the street,” he added.

Joint communications strategy for Asia Pacific
6 Jul 2010

Joint communications strategy for Asia Pacific

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The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) has developed a communications action plan aimed at pooling its resources, strengthening communications skills and articulating its vision and purpose in a unified way.

At a recent creative communications workshop held in Manila, professionals from the Philippines, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, East Timor, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Australia showcased their products and discussed ways in which they could work together to improve their communications function.

Video – Xu Guangqi, a friend of Matteo Ricci
6 Jul 2010

Video – Xu Guangqi, a friend of Matteo Ricci

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An introduction to a four-part documentary by Kuangchi Program Service on Paul Xu Guangqi (1562 -1633), a rural Shanghai man who rose to the office of Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty Emperor and is known as the forerunner of modern science in China.

His friendship and collaboration with European Jesuit missionaries, especially the renowned Matteo Ricci, is the first instance of real cultural dialogue between China and the West. This video was uploaded to YouTube by user mhikejso.