Kingsmead Centre in Singapore hosted a symposium on the Essentials of Psychospiritual Counselling on 17 August. The theme was taken from the famous French palaeontologist and spiritual writer, Fr Teilhard de Chardin SJ: “We are spiritual beings having a physical … Continued
The four Jesuit scholastics in the Chinese Province undertaking their theological studies participated in the month-long Arrupe Month. This intensive programme marks one of the most important stages of formation for deepening the scholastics’ Jesuit identity and priestly vocation within … Continued
India is not associated with cool weather, so it was a pleasant surprise for the members of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Buddhist Studies and Dialogue Group to experience 19 degrees’ weather at Bodhi Zendo in the Kodaikanal … Continued
The beginning of the Apostleship of Prayer in Timor-Leste dates back to the early 1990s, when Portuguese Jesuits introduced devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady. The first Portuguese Jesuit who coordinated … Continued
The Taipei Ricci Institute (TRI), which was founded in 1966 by Fr Yves Raguin SJ 甘易逢神父 to promote dialogue between western and Chinese cultures, is now 58 years old. Over the last six decades, the Institute engaged in multiple activities, … Continued
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