Philippine Province (PHI)

Loyola School of Theology launches Asian Theology Programme
The Loyola School of Theology (LST) in Manila has begun offering a theology programme through which students, especially Jesuit scholastics, can engage with Asian contexts.read more

An experience of synergy among development officers
In the mathematics of synergy, 1 plus 1 does not equal 2, but 3 or more. The sum total of the experience and practical know-how...read more

A Filipino practice of faith
French Jesuit Pierre de Charentenay has just completed a year in the Philippines. He offers here his impressions of faith as it is practised in...read more

Building back after Typhoon Haiyan
Three months after Typhoon Haiyan struck, thousands of people in the islands of Visayas continue to reel from the devastation it wreaked. Debris from wrecked...read more

Attending “school” in a plantation
It was a hot day but that did not bother the group of men who were setting up a tarpaulin tent. Along the sides, some...read more

Learning about liturgical music
Ten Jesuits recently spent 10 days learning about liturgical music, actually composing pieces as an assignment. They learnt about about the principles of liturgical music...read more

Philippine Jesuits begin commemoration of the Restoration
The Jesuits in the Philippines have responded to the call of Father Adolfo Nicolás, Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, to all Jesuit communities to...read more

The role of structure and infrastructure in disaster reduction
There is now an awareness that after typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit central Philippines on November 8, infrastructure broke down, and not just roads and bridges,...read more

Rebuilding after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
Three weeks after Typhoon Haiyan (“Yolanda” in the Philippines) wreaked widespread devastation on the Philippines, the survivors are slowly beginning to pick up the pieces....read more