Philippines
Lessons from a silver jubilee
Are there lessons to be learnt from a silver jubilee? In a typically Jesuit fashion, Fr Renato Repole SJ, Rector of the Arrupe International Residence...read more
Inspired by the experience of Tacloban
From December 17 to January 1, 25 Jesuit scholastics from across the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific gathered in Tacloban City – one of the...read more
Scholastics learn how to plan for disasters
A more perfect learning environment would have been hard to find for the recent Scholastics and Brothers Circle meeting. With Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...read more
Two years after Haiyan … a new life
A new life. That is how Lilia Advincula of Barangay Calvary Hill in Tacloban City described her community’s situation as they commemorated the second anniversary...read more
Warmly welcomed halfway across the world
Fr Ignatius Tambudzai SJ of the Zimbabwe-Mozambique Jesuit Province is one of the newest members of the community in Arrupe International Residence in the Philippines....read more
Loyola School of Theology celebrates Golden Jubilee
The Philippine Jesuit Province celebrates this year the Golden Jubilee of its theologate which, in the five decades since it was established, has contributed to...read more
Pastoral care for the families left behind by labour migration
“I didn’t experience your caress when I was little because you left me on day one, and even up to now,” writes one student at...read more
Arrupe Residence and the Parable of the Sower
American Jesuit scholastic David Romero began his Regency in the Philippines, working with Casa Bayanihan and living in the Arrupe International Residence where the community comprises...read more
Respecting Indigenous Peoples and their beliefs
A new programme designed to foster understanding of Indigenous Peoples and their culture among Christian religious and laity was formally launched in April in the...read more