What does ecology mean in my Jesuit vocation? I remember as a child ardently sweeping our compound, collecting leaves, and disposing them to a creek nearby. I was attracted to gardening and learned to till the soil and grow seasonal … Continued
The presbyteral ordination of Filipino Jesuits Fr Amado T Tumbali SJ and Fr Robbie John Paolo Paraan SJ at the Oratory of St Ignatius, Loyola House of Studies on 22 August was definitely one for the books. A senior Jesuit … Continued
How do we take care of the people entrusted to our care and ministry? How do we ensure our own harmonious psycho-sexual development and growth? How do we react as Jesuits to the global challenge of creating a safer environment … Continued
The Australian Jesuits are blessed to have a new priest. Ramesh Richards SJ was ordained to the priesthood at St Mary’s North Sydney on 8 August, the feast day of St Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint. Bishop Michael McKenna of … 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
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the semester break between philosophy and theology studies, from 27 July to 1 August, scholastics from various provinces in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific attended an online spiritual course presented by … Continued
Filipino Jesuit Fr Jason Dy professed his Final Vows before Philippine Provincial Fr Primitivo Viray Jr SJ on 29 June, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, in the Immaculate Conception Chapel of the Jesuit Residence in Ateneo de Manila University. … Continued
On 1 July, five Jesuits in the Korean Province were ordained as priests. They are Fr Kim Hak-joon Michael, Fr Kim Min-ho Martino, Fr Kim Woo-jung Stephen, Fr Kim Hyun-jhik Thomas, and Fr Oh Hyun-cheol Francis. The ordination Mass was … Continued
Moved by their deep desire to serve in the vineyard of the Lord, six young men from the Chinese Jesuit Province were ordained as priests and deacons in four separate celebrations in Rome, Hong Kong, Ottawa, and Taipei. D Xu … Continued
Philip Shi, a scholastic from the Chinese Jesuit Province, was ordained deacon on 27 June in St Ignatius Chapel in Hong Kong. He shares a reflection on his ordination day. It just occurred to me, in the Gospel according to … Continued