Protecting our common home
Creation is a precious gift given to us at the beginning of time. Yet, we do cruel acts that destroy it. Ever since I was a young girl, I would go with my dad to catch fish. As the years … Continued
Preserving our oceans
This summer, Yap Catholic High School offered its seniors the opportunity to participate in the Marine Island Ecology Course (MIEC), where we learned about marine life and its impact on humanity and vice versa. The MIEC team worked hard to … Continued
Changing the tide
Laudato sí is a Latin phrase that helps us understand what it means to love and care for our planet. As the years go by, we often forget how much our actions impact the environment around us. Especially as islanders … Continued
Greetings and Farewells: Updates from the Jesuits in Micronesia
The Jesuits of Micronesia and Fiji warmly welcome Indonesian Scholastic Tomas Becket (TB) Pramudita Praba SJ for Regency at Xavier High School in Chuuk. The partnership between the Indonesian Jesuit Province and the Jesuit Mission in Micronesia goes back more … Continued
A century of Jesuit mission in Micronesia
This month marks 100 years since the arrival of Jesuit missionaries in Micronesia, when on 6 March 1921, two Jesuits — Fr José Pájaro and Br Florencio Mancera — arrived on the island of Tonoas (Dublon) in the Chuuk lagoon … Continued
New book publishes letters of 17th century Jesuit missionaries of the Mariana Islands
Boston College’s Jesuit Sources has published a new book, Scars of Faith: Jesuit Letters from the Mariana Islands (1668-1684), that offers a collection of primary sources dealing with the Jesuit martyrdom in the 17th century Mariana Islands. The documents and … Continued
Little big things in Chuuk: Earth Week in February
There are things happening in small and distant places around the world that speak out for a more sustainable world. They go unheard in a globalised world, but does that mean they failed? Like the “ooze of oil”*, activities of the youth are slowly and imperceptibly drawing people and nature together.