A scant three months after its return from the JCAP Magis Asia Pacific programme held in Cambodia, the eight-person delegation from Myanmar has organised the first Magis Myanmar. Scholastic PV Joseph Buan Sing SJ, who accompanied the group, shared that … Continued
Students in community schools and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in refugee camps in Myanmar are learning about peace building through workshops run by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). JRS launched the Peace Education Project in November last year to address … Continued
Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost” says the shepherd in the parable of the lost sheep (Luke 15:6). Putting aside the question of whether Catholics in Myanmar can be compared to the lost sheep, … Continued
February 24 was a day of grace for Myanmar Jesuit Mission. It received the gift of a new local Jesuit priest with the ordination of Stephen Mar Tay. Fr Mar Tay is only the fourth Myanmar Jesuit priest. It was … Continued
Fr Mark Raper SJ, Superior of the Myanmar Jesuits, writes of the meeting of Pope Francis with his brother Jesuits in Yangon during his visit to Myanmar from November 27 to 30, 2017. The private conversation with Pope Francis … Continued
“What we saw and experienced in the camps was beyond comprehension,” reported Fr Dunstan Vinny Joseph SJ, Socius of the Myanmar Jesuit Mission upon returning from a visit to the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. “The new arrivals, who have already … Continued
On September 29, St Michael’s Parish in Nanhlaing village in Banmaw Diocese was formally entrusted to the care of the Jesuits. The handover ceremony was timed to coincide with the feast of the parish patron saint, St Michael the Archangel. … Continued
In May 2015, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) approached the Jesuits in Jakarta for the help of Myanmar scholastics as translators for its interviews with Myanmar citizens who had been enslaved in the Thai fishing industry. Several scholastics did so, among them Simon Kam Sian Muan, who is now back in Myanmar for his Regency. He shares here what he learnt from the experience.
The Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, delivered an inspiring talk to the students and staff of Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit school in the United Kingdom, when he visited on Saturday May 21. He spoke of the role of the Catholic Church and the struggle for religious freedom in his country Myanmar.
Since the historic elections in November 2015, there has been a wave of optimism for national reconciliation, which may allow for Burmese refugees who fled to camps on the Thailand-Myanmar border decades ago to return.