Fu-Jen Students Among the Needy of Kolkata
20 Dec 2009

Fu-Jen Students Among the Needy of Kolkata

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Fr David Yen (CHN), director of Fu Jen Catholic University Service-Learning Centre in Taipei reports that a group of students and teachers from the University participated in a service trip to work in the houses for the dying in Kolkata, India that were founded by Blessed Mother Teresa. In fact, for a number of years, the Catholic University in Taiwan has been organizing yearly service trips visiting such places as India, Mongolia, Cambodia and parts of Taiwan where those most in need live. These missionary experiences of charity are aimed at help

Sri Lanka: Doing all they can to prevent further bloodshed
21 Apr 2009

Sri Lanka: Doing all they can to prevent further bloodshed

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The Jesuits first went to Sri Lanka hundreds of years ago, not long after the time of Francis Xavier in the 16th Century. Many Sri Lankans became Catholics. The Jesuits opened parishes, schools and colleges, especially for Tamil migrants from India, who worked as labourers in the tea and coffee plantations. After independence, the previous balance between the two ethnicities of Sri Lanka, Tamils (of Sri Lankan origin) and Sinhalese, became more and more distorted.

New President for JCSA
10 Mar 2009

New President for JCSA

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Fr General appointed Fr Edward Mudavassery (HAZ) Provincial of South Asia and President of the South Asian Jesuit Conference (JCSA). Fr Edward was born in 1944, entered the Society of Jesus in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1976. Formerly, he was the Provincial of Hazaribagh and presently serves as Rector of Vidyajyoti College of Theology in Delhi. He will commence on May 31, 2009.