Pope Francis engaged in a virtual dialogue with young university students from across Asia Pacific on 20 June, as part of the “Building Bridges” series organised by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, the Institute for Pastoral Studies, and the … Continued
On 8 December 1963, the Jesuits planted a mustard seed that blossomed into the Tien Educational Center in Taipei, Taiwan. Fr Paul O’Brien, a Jesuit recently expelled from Mainland China by the Communist government, cooperated with a fellow California Jesuit, … Continued
It has been eight years since Pope Francis published Laudato sí, sharing his concerns about the care for our common home. His latest apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum (Praise God), released on 4 October 2023, the Feast Day of St Francis … Continued
Since reading Laudato sí, I have been contemplating how I can nurture a spirituality of ecology within myself. Covid gave me the idea of turning the rocky, abandoned space of the Social Apostolate Center I oversee into a field of … Continued
Along with love, faith, and God, hope is one of the first few abstract ideas introduced to us when we were young. At first, I thought I knew what hope meant. I described it as the longing for something better … Continued
The annual conference of the Ignatian Spirituality Network (ISN) was recently held at the Manresa Center of Spirituality in Changhua, Taiwan. The conference included delegates from 12 provinces and regions. A total of 17 participants attended, including myself, a laywoman, … Continued
by Noel Oliver SJ I arrived in heaven and stood in line, Peter was there our seats to assign. Row 210 was assigned to the one before me, I waited and waited and got row 303. Our Lord Jesus was … Continued
The Center for Ignatian Spirituality, Philippines (CIS), in partnership with the Philippine Jesuit Prison Service (PJPS), recently concluded its Retreat in Daily Life (RDL) programme, catering to 42 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) from the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW). … Continued
This was the theme of one of the sessions of the Ignatian formation programme organised by the Jesuits in Pakistan for our collaborators, who are essentially teachers from our three Jesuit schools. The programme marked one of our initial activities … Continued
International coordinators of The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (PWPN) gathered in Rome on the last week of January to share experiences in pursuing the global mission and to plan for collaboration in the coming years. Representatives came from Asia Pacific, … Continued