Migration
JRS Strategic Framework 2012-2015
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) published in January its strategic framework for the next four years, upon receiving approval of the document from Father General...read more
Helping foreign migrants navigate Japanese law
The free legal services offered by the Jesuit Social Center in Tokyo in the last year has proven to be a boon to foreign migrants. ...read more
Reflections on Christmas Island
At the age of 70, when most people are retired or taking it easy, Australian Jesuit Celso Romanin SJ responded to an urgent call from...read more
Flood misery continues across Southeast Asia
An estimated 20 million people across Southeast Asia have been affected by flooding since June. Most are in Thailand, but typhoons struck the Philippines in...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
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
Urgent appeal for Somalis
Jesuit Mission and JRS Australia have pledged their support to an urgent appeal by the Jesuit Province of East Africa and JRS East Africa. Funds...read more
As Ignatius Would
Ignatius Loyola’s gift to the Church was about choice: how to make the best decision in our lives. In the celebrations for Ignatius Loyola the...read more