Ateneo de Cagayan to be green campus with a blue heart
17 Oct 2011

Ateneo de Cagayan to be green campus with a blue heart

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 The new President of President of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, Fr Roberto “Bobby” Yap SJ began his term with a strong message regarding man’s need to reconcile with recreation.

In his Inaugural Address on August 15, Fr Bobby declared that “care for the environment is certainly one of the most crucial and most challenging” frontiers a university can strive to reach, and announced two environmental stewardship projects he will focus on – making the campus green and adapting to climate change.

Bringing World Youth Day to Manila
12 Sep 2011

Bringing World Youth Day to Manila

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Braving the rain and Manila’s congested streets, more than 11,000 young Filipinos assembled at Ateneo de Manila University for the World Youth Day (WYD) Manila to Madrid Overnight Vigil on August 20 and 21, 2011. Most of them came from Catholic schools, parishes and organisations, and for many, this was their first WYD event.

Discovering Filipino migrants in Algeria
26 Jul 2011

Discovering Filipino migrants in Algeria

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Fr Roland Doriol SJ spent 15 years in Cebu, Philippines as a Chaplain in a maritime school and at the port, ministering to seafarers and their families.  He sent us this report after three weeks in Algeria in May, during which he met Filipino migrant workers at their work sites and in their camps.

Helping indigenous youth develop leadership skills
25 Jul 2011

Helping indigenous youth develop leadership skills

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PHILIPPINES – Indigenous youth from Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia recently participated in an intense workshop designed to help them learn leadership skills.   Held in Davao from April 28 to May 20, 2011 the Asian Indigenous People Youth Leadership Workshop is a result of the Jesuit Companions in Indigenous Ministry (JCIM) meeting held in Chiangmai in 2010.

Missioned to Timor Leste
24 Jun 2011

Missioned to Timor Leste

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“We send only the best men to the mission!” said Fr Mark Raper SJ in his homily during the missioning mass presided over by Philippine Provincial Superior Fr Jojo Magadia SJ.  The mass was held at the Arrupe International Residence (AIR) on May 13, 2011.

Although Fr Mark was recalling the words of his former superior decades ago, the statement remained valid in the missioning of Fr Lester Maramara SJ from the Philippine Province to Timor Leste.   

Learning beyond the classroom in Mindanao
24 Jun 2011

Learning beyond the classroom in Mindanao

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The third Hulas (the Pulangiyen term for training and formation) batch graduated in Bendum on May 28.  

Led by Fr Pedro Walpole SJ, the Hulas initiative reaches out to address the skills and education needs of a growing number of indigenous youth in upland communities in central Mindanao, Philippines.  The youth are encouraged to bring their knowledge and learnings into their personal vision and to use these to help sustain their families as well as the broader community in Upper Pulangi.

Universities – a larger role
25 May 2011

Universities – a larger role

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In a speech that highlights the essence of Jesuit education philosophy, incoming president of the Ateneo de Davao University Fr Joel Tabora SJ has called for universities to form students to respond to the ills in society with moral outrage and the desire to work for change, rather than apathy or fatalism.