Korea
80 years after the war, a gravestone inscription at Nagatsuka novitiate
There is a Jesuit house in Nagatsuka, Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima City. It used to be a novitiate where young people hoping to join the Society...read more
“Let the faithful guide you on how to live as priests”: Four new Jesuit priests in Korea
The Korean Jesuit Province welcomed four new priests on 3 July during a ceremony held in the Myeongdong Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Seoul. The...read more
The heart of the boy who offered five loaves and two fishes: Cultivating a relationship of trust for peace, migrants, and refugees
In the latter half of September, I accompanied 11 young people from Japan to a peace camp called “Youth Peace Festival”, where they interacted with...read more
Called to unveil the fullness of Christ: Jesuit ordination in Korea
On 28 June, Bishop Job Koo Yo-bi of the Archdiocese of Seoul presided over the ordination ceremony of four Jesuits who were ordained as priests:...read more
When art is prayer, and prayer is art
Fr Young Gil Pedro Bae SJ believes that art is a form of prayer. He uses his background in calligraphy, architecture, and art therapy as...read more
Missionary work and reconciliation, a pilgrimage in Nagasaki
The Japan-Korea Jesuit social apostolate meeting took place in Nagasaki from 31 October to 3 November. The four days of pilgrimage under the theme, “Missionary...read more
To be like Christ: Priesthood ordination in Korea
The Korean Province of the Society of Jesus celebrated the ordination to the priesthood of five of her men on 6 July at the Myeong-dong...read more
Of lambs, Francis Xavier, and the power of one
In 2015, Bishop Timothy Yu celebrated the priesthood ordination Mass of 10 Jesuits. Six years later, on 30 June, in Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, Bishop...read more
Final vows in Korea
In the beginning of 2021 even in the midst of the pandemic, two Korean Jesuits took their Final Vows, through which they have been definitively...read more