EAO Activities July 2008
8 Jul 2008

EAO Activities July 2008

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There will be a consultation of youth/young adult workers during the MAGiS08 in Sydney, Australia.

The Third Edition of the East Asian Theological Encounter Program will begin on July 27 until August 26. It will be held at the Seven Fountains Spirituality Center, Chiangmai, Thailand. It is under the directorship of Fr John Shea (NYK), with Fr Michael Amaladoss (MDU), Director of the DiNobili Institute in Chennai, as the major Tutor.

Theologians’ Arrupe Month
8 Jul 2008

Theologians’ Arrupe Month

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Participants of the Arrupe Month Six theologians, Jeevaraj Thangarasa (SRI), Imran John (SRI), Kiarie Muruga (AOR), Kituyi Ambrose (AOR), Peter Wang (CHN), John Tang (CHN), had their Arrupe Month from March 25 – April 26.

East Timor April 2008 News
10 May 2008

East Timor April 2008 News

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Novitiate Opening

Manresa Jesuit Novitiate novices Armando Smith, Luis Pereira and Gemito de Jesus, with Novice Master Fr. Joaquim Sarmento

Novice Master Fr. Joaquim Sarmento (right) with first three novices to enter Manresa Jesuit Novitiate in Dili, East Timor, Armando Smith, Luis Pereira and Gemito de Jesus.

The Independent Region of East Timor opened Manresa Jesuit Novitiate on April 22, Feast of Mary, Queen of the Society of Jesus. Fr Superior John Mace concelebrated with Frs Novice Master Joaquim Sarmento and Joao Felgueiras, with most of the Jesuits of the Region in attendance together with the parents of pioneer Novices Luis Pereira, Gemito do Carmo Amaral de Jesus and Januario Armando Smith who entered the same day.

Vietnam April 2008 News
10 May 2008

Vietnam April 2008 News

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Scholastic experiment

The scholastics have just finished one month experiment. They were divided into group two or three, and went to rural parishes of the North, Center and South of Vietnam. After each academic year, they have one-month experiment. This is an opportunity for them to experience the lives of the poor, to live with and serve the poor in teaching catechism and social service.

Tertianship ends
8 Mar 2008

Tertianship ends

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The common tertianship ends March 8. Fr Bill McGarry (MIC) will leave the Philippines on March 13, in time to join the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Pohnpei.

Arrupe International Residence December 2007 – January 2008
7 Feb 2008

Arrupe International Residence December 2007 – January 2008

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The month of December was a month of celebrations, having parties with friends, sharing gifts and joys with others, especially with the poor and needy. It was a month of enormous blessings for each one of us.

On December 3 some scholastics went to St. Francis Xavier School together with Fr Bill Currie (JPN) to celebrate the feast of Francis Xavier.

Common tertianship’s final run
7 Feb 2008

Common tertianship’s final run

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We all have some difficulty to believe it but the fact is that we are nearing the end of the present Tertianship program. After the Ministries of the Christmas Season, spent by all ten tertians in the mountains of the Cordillera, in the Vicariates of the Mountain Province and of Kalinga-Apayao, January has been dedicated to an intense but still “sapiential” and “spiritual” reading and study of the Constitutions.

Arrupe International Residence November, 2007 News
9 Jan 2008

Arrupe International Residence November, 2007 News

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The month of November has been a month of blessings for the Arrupe International Residence Community in many ways.

In the first week of the month the Rector, Fr Matsumoto (JPN), and Fr Jimmy Meehan (PHI) made their annual retreat. In the absence of Fr. Matsumoto, Fr Bill Currie (JPN) led the community as an acting rector.

On November 12 we started our classes and life began to move as usual.

Inter-Assistancy Tertianship resumes September 2008
9 Jan 2008

Inter-Assistancy Tertianship resumes September 2008

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After a thorough evaluation and much reflection, JCEAO and the South Asia Conference decided that the inter-assistancy tertianship program, based in Sri Lanka, would resume on September 2008. Fr John Joseph Amalados (AND) would be the Director, and Fr Laurentius Priyo Poedjiono (IDO), Co-director. As of date, Fr Vinai Boonlue (TAI) and Fr Petro Young-min Choi (KOR) have signed up.