“In this contemplative time of global readjustment in the midst of a pandemic, local crisis, and the reckoning of community values, how do we go to the frontiers of the world from our own homes?” Australian Jesuit Provincial Fr Quyen … Continued
The Society of Jesus in Australia has joined an international movement committed to implementing Pope Francis’ path to renewal, laid out in his landmark 2015 environmental encyclical, Laudato sí. The Australian Jesuits have joined a growing number of Catholic organisations … Continued
Jesuit Communications Australia (Jescom) has been awarded a Gold Quill Award by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) for its Australian Catholics outreach campaign to the Catholic education sector in over the past two years – and in particular during periods … Continued
Fr Eka Tanaya SJ was ordained to the priesthood on 14 November at St Ignatius Church, Richmond by Most Rev Shane Mackinlay, Bishop of Sandhurst. The ordination, which fell on the Feast of St Joseph Pignatelli, the patron of asylum … Continued
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ has appointed Fr Dominic Quyen Vu SJ as the next Provincial of the Australian Province. Fr Quyen entered the Society of Jesus in 1994, was ordained in 2004 and took his Final Vows in 2014. … Continued
The Australian Jesuits are blessed to have a new priest. Ramesh Richards SJ was ordained to the priesthood at St Mary’s North Sydney on 8 August, the feast day of St Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint. Bishop Michael McKenna of … Continued
While parishioners haven’t been able to gather at Mass, some Jesuit parishes in Australia have been keeping people connected in digital spaces, not just in sharing prayers and reflections, but also in engaging the younger members of the community in … Continued
Key leaders of learning and Ignatian coordinators from Jesuit and companion schools in Australia were engaged in a four-day workshop, Learning by Refraction: A Practitioner’s Guide to 21st Century Ignatian Pedagogy, at St Peter Canisius House, Pymble, Australia from the 23 to … Continued
The Ignatian Teachers’ Program (ITP) was held on November 11 to 15 at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview in Sydney, Australia. Located near Lane Cove River, St Ignatius’ College has beautiful Jacaranda trees on the campus. Walking along the main building and the … Continued
When interviewing for my role as the Director of Communications for the Australian Province last year, I asked one of the interview panels: “What does success in this role look like – in the first 90 days, six months, year?” … Continued