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 Korean youth. Throughout the pandemic, our group in Japan had been communicating online with Fr … Continued
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: Matthew Lee Bo-Ram, Jerome Park Byung-Hoon, James Kim Jong-yun, and Chrysanthus Yang Seung-Hwahn. The ceremony … Continued
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 tools for expressing his prayer, and considers art as having an important meaning in his … Continued
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 work and reconciliation”, was scheduled to begin with a joint dinner on the first day, … Continued
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 Cathedral in Seoul. With their ordination, the Korean Province now has 141 priests out of … Continued
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 Yu ordained only one Jesuit to the priesthood, Fr Park Min-woong Joseph SJ. In his … Continued
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 incorporated in the Society of Jesus. On 4 January, Fr Kim Youn-su Stefano SJ made … Continued
In February 2010, the Korean Province founded the Jesuit Research Center for Advocacy and Solidarity (Jesuit Research Center) in order to support field activities and research for justice, peace, and integrity of creation. Recently, the Jesuit Research Center commemorated its … Continued
Rev Hwang Chang-yon, a parish priest and famous YouTuber, had already insisted several years ago that the Church should be built in cyberspace. In a pandemic era, where many churches have been shuttered, his remark has taken on a renewed … 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