Korean Province (KOR)

‘@CatholicChurch: An invitation to rethink Church ministry in the time of Covid-19
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...read more

Five “corona” priests in Korea
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...read more

Welcoming challenges as chances for growth in the Korean Province
Local superiors, directors of each apostolate committee, and former major superiors of the Korean Jesuit Province gathered at the Jesuit Apostolic Center in Seoul on...read more

New Provincial for the Korean Province
On 3 April, Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ appointed Fr Kim Yong-su Paschal SJ as the new Provincial of the Korean Province. He will succeed...read more

Traveling the long road to peace and reconciliation
“The past,” Faulkner warned “is never dead”, nor is it really past. Until we break down the barrier of division and fear that goes back...read more

New Japanese and Korean deacons
The Japan and Korean Provinces of the Society of Jesus celebrated the ordination to the diaconate of Japanese Scholastic Obedientia Murayama Hyōe SJ and Korean...read more

“We are breaking up now. School is closing.”
The Jesuit Mission in Cambodia has decided to provisionally close Banteay Prieb, the Jesuit vocational school for people with disabilities in Kandal Province, to make...read more

JCAP declares solidarity with Jesuits, mission companions and the people of Hong Kong
To our brother Jesuits and Companions in mission in Hong Kong: We, the Major Superiors of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, are concerned for...read more

Ordained as servants
Eight Jesuits made their promises as deacons before a Philippine bishop on October 26 in the Church of the Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University. Bishop...read more