Myanmar
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Since the coup in February 2021, which returned Myanmar to military rule, more than a million people have fled the country as refugees; hundreds of...read more
Three lights in the darkness: Jesuit ordination in Myanmar
On 3 December, as the Church worldwide marked the Feast of St Francis Xavier, the Church in Myanmar and the Jesuits celebrated the priesthood ordination...read more
“We felt this was not just serving mere mortal men but serving God.”
The second year novices from the Santa Maria della Strada Novitiate in Myanmar undertook a month-long hospital experiment. One group went to a leprosy shelter...read more
Spurring the growth of community colleges in Myanmar
The community colleges movement is set for rapid expansion in Myanmar following a successful workshop for teachers organised by the Myanmar Network of Community Colleges...read more
Amid Covid and coup: Accompanying young people in Myanmar
When the virus first began to spread throughout the world, in Myanmar “Covid” was an unknown word. Young people of the country strummed their guitar...read more
A New Status for the Golden Land
Burma has always been an exotic, isolated country. Over the centuries, the Jesuits have undertaken three distinct missions in Myanmar, as Burma is now known....read more
Handover and Final Vows in Myanmar
The Myanmar Jesuits marked two significant and joyful events in their region at a Mass on 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, in Yangon. The...read more
A smouldering wick in a great darkness: Jesuit ordination in Myanmar
Against the backdrop of the country’s worsening situation caused by the violent military coup on 1 February last year, and the crushing economic hardships of...read more
New Superior for the Myanmar Region
Fr Girish Santiago SJ has been named by Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ as the new Superior of the Myanmar Jesuit Region. He succeeds Fr...read more