“What are you looking for?” This question of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene could well apply to the 13 scholastics from various parts of the world sent to Rome for their Jesuit formation. After almost two decades of searching … Continued
“Father General, what is really new about the Universal Apostolic Preferences?” “I can answer it in different ways: Nothing new, everything new.” Fr Arturo Sosa was responding to Gollapalle Krupa Rao, a scholastic from the Jesuit Conference of South Asia … Continued
The Myanmar Jesuits marked two significant and joyful events in their region at a Mass on 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, in Yangon. The first was the installation of Fr Girish Santiago SJ as the new Regional Superior, and … Continued
Eight Vietnamese Jesuits were ordained to the diaconate by Most Rev Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước, Bishop of Phú Cường, at the chapel of St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Saigon, Vietnam on 26 March, Feast of the Annunciation. The new deacons … Continued
It was a historic moment for the Jesuit Mission in Cambodia when, on 26 March, Scholastic Henry Ky Rike SJ professed his perpetual First Vows to the Society of Jesus. Not since then had a First Vows Mass been held … Continued
Against the backdrop of the country’s worsening situation caused by the violent military coup on 1 February last year, and the crushing economic hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, there remains a glimmer of hope for the Myanmar Jesuit Region as … Continued
Scholastics Nguyễn Minh Toàn and Naoki Ochi were ordained deacons in Tokyo on 5 March. Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo presided at the ceremony, which, because of Covid-19, was held in the chapel of the Scholasticate with no outside visitors except … Continued
Three Jesuits of the Japan Province pronounced their Final Vows in St Ignatius Church, Tokyo on 26 February. Japan Provincial Fr Renzo De Luca SJ received the vows of Fathers Yasuhisa Kogure, Bony James Moozhiyankal, and Thomas Varkey Njaralamkulath. Covid-19 … Continued
Indonesian Jesuit Paulus Hastra Kurdani (Dani) was ordained a deacon alongside seven Jesuits from different parts of the world by Cardinal Carlos Osoro, Archbishop of Madrid, at the Church of San Francisco Javier and San Luis Gonzaga in Mártires de … Continued
The Arrupe Month is a time of grace for Jesuit scholastics. In addition to the eight-day retreat, participants have the opportunity to meet different people and listen to their vocation stories, to discuss a wide range of topics, from Ignatian … Continued