Social Justice
Helping local communities to help themselves
One of the world’s youngest nations, having achieved formal independence only in 2002, Timor-Leste is still struggling to establish itself after decades of occupation and...read more
Charity golf event raises $80,000 for “Sister Cargo”
Sahabat Insan, the Jesuit centre for migrant workers in Jakarta, helped raise USD 80,000 to provide infrastructure and facilities support to Sister Laurentina SDP who...read more
Voice of creation, voices of hope
On 4 October, the Season of Creation officially came to a close on the feast of St Francis of Assisi. This was the eighth year...read more
Towards a million more trees across Singapore
Parishioners of the Jesuit Church of St Ignatius in Singapore turned up bright and early, and with great enthusiasm at a nature stateland area of...read more
“To Market, To Market”: St Ignatius’ parish holds Farmers’ Market
After a two-year hiatus, the Farmers’ Market of the Gardening Group of the Green Movement of the parish of St Ignatius, Singapore returned to Sacred...read more
JRS Singapore prays for migrants and refugees on annual World Day of Prayer
On 22 September at 8.30pm in Singapore, members of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Singapore together with 30 plus invitees spent some time via Zoom to...read more
Inspiring indigenous youth to be the “light of hope”
The Bukidnon Mission District of the Philippine Jesuits held a weeklong gathering that brought together their scholarship students under the Kapawa hu Paglaum (Light of...read more
Urban ecology: Why the world can do without leaf blowers
For the past 17 years, I have been part of the Jesuit Mission in Cambodia. A significant part of that time has been with local...read more
Spurring the growth of community colleges in Myanmar
The community colleges movement is set for rapid expansion in Myanmar following a successful workshop for teachers organised by the Myanmar Network of Community Colleges...read more