Australian Province (ASL)
JRS Australia opens new shelter
For the first time ever, Jesuit Refugee Service Australia will be able to accommodate entire refugee families after opening its latest shelter, a former boarding...read more
Featured website – Jesuit Social Services, Australia
Jesuit Social Services works to build a just society by advocating for social change and promoting the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged young people, families...read more
Adapting the Spiritual Exercises across Asia
Jesuits and lay people working in Ignatian Spirituality ministries have begun efforts to increase collaboration across the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP), following a...read more
Working with their hearts
Many Australians are going out of their way to volunteer in East Timor, writes Jock Cheetham. School's out and night has fallen, but 10 students...read more
Going beyond yourself
'By the end of my Indonesian Immersion Experience, I knew that I had found what I was looking for', writes Erina Sharp, one of a...read more
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