The Jesuits in Timor-Leste have taken a significant step towards the implementation of a child safeguarding policy through a partnership with Plan International, a development and humanitarian organisation focused on children’s rights. The collaboration is seen as an important contribution … Continued
When Emmaus Farm started in 2016, its intent was to help former inmates successfully reintegrate into society. Today the farm has expanded to become a place where people, not just ex-prisoners, can encounter and recognise “God with us”. A lay … Continued
All of a sudden, 2019 became a very difficult year for people in Hong Kong. Shocked by the unexpected political and social crisis, many were concerned for the welfare of young people. Xavier House Ignatian Spirituality Centre, a Jesuit retreat … Continued
It’s Christmas eve and I should be at home having dinner with my family. I should be listening to the same Christmas carols I’ve been listening to for the last 10 years while I gaze at the twinkling lights of … Continued
More than 80 young people, including Jesuit and lay animators, ended 2019 and started off 2020 with the third Magis Asia Pacific gathering in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This year, the theme centred on diversity and Ignatian indifference with participants coming … Continued
The Myanmar Jesuit Mission introduced its updated Policy on Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults to Jesuits and partners in mission in two workshops in late November in Yangon and Taunggyi. The Mission’s original policy, For the Greater Good, in … Continued
In a span of 18 months, Jesuit Communications (JesCom) Vietnam trained nearly 300 young Vietnamese Catholics in media literacy through their Media Education Project. Inspired by the CommLab programme of SIGNIS, the project, which was started by Fr Nguyen Van … Continued
Indigenous youth from different villages in Upper Pulangi, Bukidnon, Philippines gathered in Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center on September 19 and 20 for a youth summit on climate action. The event was held in solidarity with the youth-led Global Climate … Continued
“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.” – Brian Tracy It was the third time that I went back to Karen State (Kaw Thoo Lei). I was happy when I … Continued
A young Jesuit volunteer was killed while serving as a teacher in a community high school in Pangantucan, Bukidnon in the Philippines. On August 23, Genefir Buckly and fellow Jesuit volunteer Ann Kathleen Gatdula were attacked and stabbed by a … Continued