Thai Region (TAI)
Respect right of refugees to sanctuary, sustenance and education
On World Refugee Day in 2013, JRS Asia Pacific calls for renewed hospitality by host governments towards refugees and asylum seekers in order to respect refugee rights...read more
Helping ethnic minority children get an education
This year, 167 children, many from ethnic minority tribes in the hills of northern Thailand, will get help with their education costs from the Seven...read more
EATEP 2013
This year’s East Asia Theological Encounter Programme (EATEP) will be held from August 1 to 24. EATEP is a Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific programme...read more
Moving the tides of education in Ranong
The seafood factory on the southwestern coast of Thailand is sometimes referred to as the “Burmese university in Ranong”. It is one of the few...read more
17 Jesuits ordained deacon
Seventeen Jesuit scholastics were ordained deacon in Manila on September 8. They were an international group from nine Provinces and Regions in three Conferences, Asia...read more
Funding shortfall leads to education gaps
A funding pitfall in education for the Burmese refugees along the Thai border may negatively affect their preparedness to go home. The focus of the...read more
Learning from our Buddhist brethren
Filipino Scholastic Mark Lopez SJ shares on his experience of a five-day Vipassana Meditation Retreat he did in Chiang Mai last summer under the Venerable...read more
Building up the social sector
The social apostolate needs to be approached from the perspective of Ignatian Spirituality, which provides a new way of seeing all things. Fr Patxi Alvarez...read more
Reflecting on governance arrangements
Typhoon Vicente reached Hurricane Signal 10 overhead as the half yearly Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Major Superiors’ assembly continued calmly indoors in Macau’s...read more