For over 50 years, the East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) has become the Asian hub for theological renewal, updating, experimentation and exploration for the Church. Its current residential programmes, namely the Pastoral Leadership and Management for Mission, Pastoral Education and … Continued
By December 8, 2018, Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ was on the second leg of his trip to Asia Pacific: Manila, Philippines. He had flown in from Vietnam where he visited Jesuit communities and participated in province events. Fr General … Continued
The gathering of the Jesuit Companions in Indigenous Ministry (JCIM) in Chiang Mai, Thailand from November 30 to December 5 enabled us who are working in the indigenous peoples (IP) apostolate in Asia Pacific to have a more in-depth experience … Continued
Fr William “Bill” McGarry SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference of East Asia from 1980 to 1986, died at a hospital in Manila on December 29 at the age of 90. According to an obituary published by the Philippine Province, … Continued
Superior General of the Society of Jesus Fr Arturo Sosa spent the first two weeks of December visiting the Vietnamese Province and the Philippine Province. It was his second trip to Asia Pacific; in 2017 he went to Cambodia, Indonesia … Continued
Be inspired by the First Companions in Venice. This was the message of Jesuit Superior General Fr Arturo Sosa SJ to the young Jesuits in formation in the Philippines. Just hours after arriving from Cagayan De Oro City on December … Continued
Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, travelled to Cagayan de Oro City in northern Mindanao, the second largest and southernmost island in the Philippine archipelago. Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, one of three Jesuit universities in Mindanao, … Continued
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ landed in Cebu on December 11 for the second leg of his eight-day trip to the Philippines. He was met by Jesuits and representatives of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC). He first visited the … Continued
Photos by Rev Harry Setianto Sunaryo SJ Kalookan, a highly urbanised and cramped section of Manila’s urban sprawl, has a bloody reputation. In August 2017, a 17-year-old boy from Kalookan was killed, fatally shot in the head as he was … Continued
Jesuit Superior General Fr Arturo Sosa SJ told students of the Ateneo de Manila University to be agents of reconciliation, reiterating the call of General Congregation 36 to seek and promote reconciliation between man and God, reconciliation among men, and … Continued