Taiwan
Chronicling the struggles of migrant workers to adapt
The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Migration Network has published a second book. “Settling down: the struggles of migrant workers to adapt” brings together...read more
Seeing the face of Christ in migrant workers
As a child, Sr Wei Wei spent a summer listening to Bible stories elaborated by a young volunteer in a market place in her village....read more
Rerum Novarum Center’s “little” ambassador
The Jesuit social service centre in Taipei has a “little” ambassador. Twenty-seven-year-old Lily jumps at the opportunity to introduce Rerum Novarum Center whenever she hears...read more
Companions in Taiwan
As you look back on life, who is the superior or leader you admire the most? What specific trait about him or her garnered your...read more
Migrant workers come back to their “mother’s home”
“Returning to Rerum Novarum Center is like coming home,” said Hanh. Hanh and many other migrant workers like her who had sought the comfort of...read more
Remembering Fr Jerry Martinson SJ
Fr George Gerald “Jerry” Martinson SJ died on May 31 in Taiwan, 50 years after he first arrived in 1967 from the California Jesuit Province....read more
In the footsteps of Matteo Ricci
Four centuries after Matteo Ricci arrived in China, Jesuits continue in the way he forged for engaging with the country. Where Ricci shared his expertise...read more
Exploring new ways of promoting the Jesuit vocation
Vocation promoters across the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) continue to discuss inventive ways of encouraging young men to inquire about vocations in the...read more
The most heart-warming Mid-Autumn Festival
The mooncakes might have been hard and the lanterns dim but this celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival was the most heart-warming one the migrant workers...read more