Australian Province (ASL)
ACU serves migrants and refugees
Australian Catholic University (ACU) intends to offer the Diploma in Liberal Studies to a new cohort of refugee students on the Thai- Burma border in...read more
28 young men join the Society this year
Fresh faces are filling up the novitiates across Asia Pacific. Last February, Korea accepted five novices. In March, Indonesia welcomed 12 and Australia has three....read more
Aussie volunteers for JRS in Cambodia
Lian, recently replaced lawyer Taya Hunt as JRS Australia's representative in Phnom Penh, where she will work with the increasing numbers of asylum seekers arriving...read more
Matteo Ricci at UNESCO in Paris
UNESCO celebrated the 400th anniversary of Matteo Ricci's death with a symposium and the opening of an exhibition. More than 700 people convened for the...read more
We’re all in this together
Julie Edwards says the scandal of abuse perpetrated on innocent young lives has taken away our peace of mind, shocked us to the core.read more
Legacy of a Catholic social thinker
On 11 January Jean-Yves Calvez died at the age of 82. He was a Jesuit priest, an influential social thinker whose engagements responded exactly to...read more
The making of Seek God Everywhere
Fr Gerry O’Collins (ASL) writes: The story of my 54th book, Seek God Everywhere (New York: Doubleday) seems worth telling. In late 1975 at his...read more
Jesuit deacons ordained
Four Jesuits were ordained as deacons in a joyful celebration at St Ignatius Church in Richmond, Australia on 3 December. Korean Jesuits Shin-jae Youh, Jin-hyon...read more
The power to make a difference
Australians today are living in a world where the choices they make have an enormous power to make a difference in the lives of people...read more