Fr Mark Raper

A New Status for the Golden Land
Burma has always been an exotic, isolated country. Over the centuries, the Jesuits have undertaken three distinct missions in Myanmar, as Burma is now known....read more

Pedro Arrupe: A heart larger than the world
The charismatic Pedro Arrupe still has an important impact on the life of the Society of Jesus. Full of imagination and enthusiasm, with freedom, vision,...read more

Looking back on a decade as JCAP, and looking ahead
JCAP. More and more this acronym is used by Jesuits and collaborators in Asia Pacific and beyond. The change of name from Jesuit Conference of...read more

It’s all about mission
After nine and a half years, Fr Mark Raper SJ stepped down as President of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) on November 22,...read more

Rowing into the deep
General Congregation 36 (GC 36) dominated Jesuit life during 2016. The theme, “Row into the deep”, was derived from a message of Pope Francis to...read more

New President named for the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific
Fr General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr Antonio F Moreno to succeed Fr Mark Raper as the next President of the Jesuit Conference of Asia...read more

Three images from General Congregation 36
It has been almost a fortnight since General Congregation 36 finished on November 12 and three images remain with me. read more

Called to collaborate in the mission of Christ Jesus
“The Society of Jesus can develop only in collaboration with others: only if it becomes the least Society that collaborates. We want to collaborate generously...read more

Responding anew to the call of the Eternal King
We celebrate on July 31 the feast of Ignatius Loyola, the founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus. His successor was elected...read more