To mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) by Fr Pedro Arrupe, JRS Asia Pacific is launching a yearlong environmental campaign that aims to increase cultural rootedness and strengthen marginal communities whose survival depends on … Continued
Several countries within the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific have been experiencing difficult challenges recently and in the past months. They highlight the importance of coming together urgently to address these challenges. Crisis in Myanmar The situation in Myanmar is … Continued
The Jesuits in Timor-Leste are responding to the widespread destruction of Tropical Cyclone Seroja, an Easter Sunday nightmare that brought flash flooding and left 42 people dead, including a Timorese teacher at the Jesuit secondary school, Colégio de Santo Inácio … Continued
We might think that people who care about religion would also care more about the environment. Yet, look around or look within, and you’ll find that’s not always the case. We Christians have a long way to go in understanding … Continued
Dewanto House (Wisma Dewanto) is a Jesuit residence located in the midst of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. Originally a picturesque two-storey Dutch house built in 1919, it is home to two priests, five Indonesian and two Myanmar scholastics in their philosophy … Continued
After a year of assimilating and implementing the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs), the Indonesian Jesuit Province has rolled out a series of videos showing the preferences in action by Jesuits and collaborators. Each episode shows how the UAPs have motivated … Continued
For the hundred or so people gathered on Zoom on 24 November, it was a big day for the climate movement. The River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) was launched online, uniting the energies, hopes, and dreams of … Continued
There are many courses on sustainability in many universities across the world, but there is still a void that needs to be filled, and to which Jesuit universities can make an important contribution. Drawing inspiration from the integral ecology proposed … Continued
Extreme rainfall from three typhoons (Noul, Linfa, and Nangka) that hit in the first two weeks of October has severely affected people in central Vietnam and western Cambodia, and an incoming tropical depression is expected to worsen the situation. As … Continued
As of 27 September, Covid-19 has infected more than 30 million people worldwide and killed more than one million of them. It has caused the poor to become poorer and the vulnerable to become more vulnerable. Sadly, social distancing is … Continued