Social Justice

In Cambodia, floods have scattered the hope of the people
As the floodwaters in Cambodia recede, the work of recovery and reconstruction begins. Fr Greg Priyadi SJ, Director of Jesuit Service Cambodia, reflects on the...read more

New JRS Asia Pacific director
Fr Bambang Sipayung SJ has been appointed Regional Director of Jesuit Refugee Service-Asia Pacific. His three-year term begins on June 1, 2012.Fr Sipayung replaces Fr...read more

JRS Asia Pacific kicks off tertiary education project for refugees
Refugees and asylum seekers now have the opportunity to get a degree in European universities in 2012 with the launch of applications to the AREAS...read more

ACU online programme for refugees provides model for university educators
An online programme that provides refugees on the Thai-Burma border with the opportunity to study for a university degree is the subject of a chapter...read more

Amid the devastation of repeated floods
Floods have devastated Cambodia since August and at the beginning of October had affected 1.2 million people. Tess O’Brien, a volunteer with Jesuit Refugee Service...read more

Continued protest to the Four Rivers project
Work is proceeding on the controversial Four Rivers Restoration Project despite Church and popular protest. Fr Mun-su Park SJ, Director, Jesuit Research Center for Advocacy...read more

Ateneo de Cagayan to be green campus with a blue heart
The new President of President of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, Fr Roberto “Bobby” Yap SJ began his term with a strong message regarding...read more

Healing our broken relationship with creation
Father General Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ has called on all Jesuits to restore and heal humanity’s broken relationship with creation with the same urgency as...read more

Praying with Refugees from Somalia
On October 5, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI launched an appeal to the international community to help people suffering famine in the Horn of Africa. During...read more