More than 300 student leaders from Jesuit high schools all over the Philippines gathered on 5 March for the Ignatian Youth Fest with the theme, “All Things New: Summoning Our Youth to Engaged Citizenship”. Despite the many challenges brought about … Continued
In response to the urgent call of poverty and reconciliation with creation in Asia Pacific, and guided by the Universal Apostolic Preferences and the JCAP Apostolic Plan for 2021 to 2025, JCAP takes concrete steps through a flagship initiative dubbed … Continued
“To always be on the side of the marginalised” is the core spirit of the Jesuits and collaborators in Cambodia. It is deeply embedded in our hearts from the beginning of the Cambodia Mission 30 years ago until our time … Continued
Xavier Learning Community (XLC), the Jesuit higher education institution in Chiang Rai, Thailand, has started a vegetable garden in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The garden has helped provide staff and students with a healthy source of food. XLC student … Continued
“How does a Jesuit scientist meet God?” This question paved the way for an engaging discussion between Br Guy J Consolmagno SJ, known as the Pope’s Astronomer, and over 100 young people from Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, … Continued
I have been living in Sereisophon, a small town in Cambodia, for nearly two years now. Although I was sent here as a missionary, I honestly had never had any prior experience of leading people to church to accept the … Continued
The second virtual gathering of the social ministry networks ended on 8 October, with a range of ideas on how the Jesuit conference can move forward in addressing the twin issues of poverty and ecology in Asia Pacific. This happened … Continued
At the beginning of the year, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Asia Pacific with the Indigenous, Youth, and Reconciliation with Creation ministries of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific brainstormed on a collaborative project that would strengthen social and ecological systems … Continued
Undoubtedly, Thailand is a secular society, where religion and spiritual matters rarely have meaning for the young generation. Currently, fewer young people engage in the Catholic Church, relative to the generation of our parents; a similar trend in the Western … Continued
In October 2019, I was asked to visit the works of Fe y Alegría (FyA) in Guatemala to prepare me for the international meeting in El Salvador. During that visit, I had the privilege of seeing several Fe y Alegría … Continued