Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all my plans and schedules have been cancelled. So here I am, waiting for the next available flight back to the Philippines. Instead of wallowing in frustration, I simply wait patiently, and use my time … Continued
Jesuit Social Service Timor-Leste (JSS) believes that every prisoner should be cared for and given the chance to reform. With then JSS Director Fr EJ Gerilla SJ, we set out on a social intervention mission in 2019 with the permission … Continued
The Church in Timor-Leste and the Society of Jesus celebrated on 1 August the ordination to the priesthood of Isaias Abilio Caldas SJ and Julio Antonio Sousa Costa SJ at the Nossa Senhora de Fatima Parish in Railaco. It was … Continued
The Jesuits in Timor-Leste have taken a significant step towards the implementation of a child safeguarding policy through a partnership with Plan International, a development and humanitarian organisation focused on children’s rights. The collaboration is seen as an important contribution … Continued
Scholastics Fransiskus Pieter Dolle SJ from Indonesia and Isaías Abílio Caldas SJ from Timor-Leste were ordained deacons in Madrid at the Jesuit parish of San Francisco Javier and San Luis Gonzaga in the neighborhood of Ventilla on 8 February. They … Continued
Instituto São João de Brito (ISJB), the Jesuit teacher education institute in Timor-Leste, celebrated a momentous occasion on November 30 with the completion of studies (judicium) of the teacher-trainees who began their education at the inception of ISJB in 2016. … Continued
To our brother Jesuits and Companions in mission in Hong Kong: We, the Major Superiors of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, are concerned for you and the people of Hong Kong. We affirm our solidarity with you in prayer … Continued
Jesuit Communications Foundation (JesCom), the media arm of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus, conducted a training workshop on documentary scriptwriting and financial management for the staff of Casa de Produção Audiovisual (CPA), the Jesuit film production studio … Continued
A crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered at the Nossa Senhora da Graça parish in Metinaro, a village in the outskirts of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, to witness the ordination of one of their own, Fr Roberto Madeira … Continued
The community of Fatunero, a village in the mountain slope of Suco Leorema in Liquiça, Timor-Leste, rejoiced over a new water facility installed with the help of Jesuit Mission Australia and Jesuit Social Service-Timor-Leste (JSS). What many people take for … Continued