The Global Ignatian Advocacy Network (GIAN) has issued a call to “all Jesuits, Jesuit works, and our broader Ignatian family to expand our advocacy efforts on behalf of our migrant brothers and sisters”. The invitation came after the GIAN meeting … Continued
The Beijing Center (TBC) has announced the cancellation of its spring 2020 semester abroad programme amid concerns of rising cases of the novel coronavirus. TBC made its announcement on 28 January, before travel bans restricting entry into other countries from … Continued
The Jesuit Mission in Cambodia has decided to provisionally close Banteay Prieb, the Jesuit vocational school for people with disabilities in Kandal Province, to make way for the plans of the Cambodian government. *** Someone with an artificial leg came … Continued
The heightened activity of Taal Volcano in the Province of Batangas, Philippines on January 12 prompted townspeople surrounding the area to flee for their lives. The volcano’s eventual steam-driven eruption with ash caught many people by surprise as Taal’s last … Continued
In the beginning of January, a group of Jesuit scholastics from Arrupe International Residence studying theology in Manila attended an immersion workshop at the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) in Bendum, a small village tucked in the mountains of … Continued
Native flora and fauna thrive in Bendum, Bukidnon in southern Philippines where Ecojesuit Coordinator Fr Pedro Walpole SJ directs the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC), a Jesuit institute for the integrated and holistic education of indigenous children and youth … Continued
The New Year is a traditional time to contemplate both the past and the future, which made it a most suitable setting for the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Scholastics and Brothers’ Circle workshop on Safeguarding and Protection of … Continued
Rerum Novarum, the Jesuit social centre in Taipei dedicated to serving disadvantaged workers in vulnerable situations, gave winter supplies to foreign fishermen to help keep them warm during the bitter cold of winter. In two occasions, Fr Hsu Sen-Yi SJ … Continued
Xavier Learning Community (XLC) is a Jesuit education project helping ethnic minorities in northern Thailand. They don’t just supply education but also help their students develop moral values to become better citizens after they graduate. I am an XLC student. … Continued
To our brother Jesuits and Companions in mission in Hong Kong: We, the Major Superiors of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, are concerned for you and the people of Hong Kong. We affirm our solidarity with you in prayer … Continued