Supporting the Myanmar Church with ARC
27 Jan 2013

Supporting the Myanmar Church with ARC

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A socio-pastoral resource centre has been set up to help the Church in Myanmar meet the emerging new challenges in the country.  Established by the Jesuits in Myanmar, the Animation and Resource Centre (ARC) aims to produce resource material and build up a knowledge centre to serve the Church; Karuna Myanmar Social Services (KMSS), a faith based social network established by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar to serve the poor and the needy; and other organisations.

Missioned to the Conference
18 Dec 2012

Missioned to the Conference

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The Conference team is expanding and strengthening.  Consultations between the President and Provincials over several months have resulted in the missioning of Jesuits from various Provinces to core positions in the Conference.  This generosity of spirit will greatly help the Conference to keep the Society in Asia Pacific oriented towards the service of faith and the promotion of justice. 

The appointments announced by Conference President Fr Mark Raper SJ in December are:

Loikaw – a timeless land
12 Oct 2012

Loikaw – a timeless land

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Fr C Amal SJ, an Indian Jesuit missioned to Myanmar, was recently in Loikaw, the capital of Kayah state, at the request of the Bishop to accompany 102 diocesan priests in retreats.  He offers two reflections on Loikaw, where many of our Myanmar scholastics are from.  This first reflection is on Loikaw, the second reflection is on the Church there.

17 Jesuits ordained deacon
18 Sep 2012

17 Jesuits ordained deacon

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Seventeen Jesuit scholastics were ordained deacon in Manila on September 8.  They were an international group from nine Provinces and Regions in three Conferences, Asia Pacific, South Asia and Africa. Six of the new deacons are from the Philippine Province and the other 11 from Arrupe International Residence (AIR).

Funding shortfall leads to education gaps
16 Sep 2012

Funding shortfall leads to education gaps

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A funding pitfall in education for the Burmese refugees along the Thai border may negatively affect their preparedness to go home.

The focus of the international donor community is shifting from the camps towards Burma, and a lack of sufficient resources has forced many organisations working in the camps, such as Jesuit Refugee Service, to make cutbacks to critical programmes like schooling.

Reflecting on governance arrangements
18 Aug 2012

Reflecting on governance arrangements

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Typhoon Vicente reached Hurricane Signal 10 overhead as the half yearly Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Major Superiors’ assembly continued calmly indoors in Macau’s Colégio Mateus Ricci in the last week of July.  From the meeting room window, the bright umbrellas of some of Macau’s annual 30 million visitors could be seen at the Ruins of St Paul, a reminder of the 500-year Jesuit history integral to the identity of the former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region of China.

Where the Church can serve in Myanmar
17 Jul 2012

Where the Church can serve in Myanmar

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Myanmar is at a crossroads; an exciting point in its history as a nation. One of the poorest, most ethnically diverse and conflict-prone societies in Southeast Asia, Myanmar is now emerging from decades of isolation. Changes are afoot, as the release, election to parliament and recent travel abroad of Aung San Suu Kyi demonstrate.  A parliament is in place; interim elections passed without major offences. Many political prisoners have been released.  The demands to halt construction of the Irrawaddy Dam project appear to have been heeded. 

JCAP releases report for 2012
26 Jun 2012

JCAP releases report for 2012

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The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific has produced a modest 16-page annual report, simply titled “Jesuits in Asia Pacific 2012”.