As we turn the calendar to 2019, we take a look back on a few of the most significant moments in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific in 2018. January 21 to 25Bendum, Bukidnon, Philippines The Reconciliation with Creation … Continued
Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola (CSIL), the Jesuit secondary school in Timor-Leste, celebrated a historic event with the graduation of its pioneering batch of students on December 22. The ceremony started with a thanksgiving Mass presided by Timor-Leste Regional … Continued
Fr William “Bill” McGarry SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference of East Asia from 1980 to 1986, died at a hospital in Manila on December 29 at the age of 90. According to an obituary published by the Philippine Province, … Continued
Eleven regents from the Myanmar Mission, with one lay volunteer from Singapore, participated in a workshop on Ignatian Pedagogy from December 27 to 30. The workshop was held at the newly opened Myanmar Leadership Institute in Yangon and conducted by … Continued
Dear friends and mission partners, Greetings of Peace. It is striking to note that the first ones to receive with great joy the news of the birth of Jesus are the shepherds, not the rich and powerful. The shepherds are … Continued
As a young Vietnamese Jesuit in the process of formation, I came to Thailand for my regency after completing a three-year philosophy programme in Vietnam. In the first year, I learned Thai at Union Language School in Bangkok. Learning a … Continued
Superior General of the Society of Jesus Fr Arturo Sosa spent the first two weeks of December visiting the Vietnamese Province and the Philippine Province. It was his second trip to Asia Pacific; in 2017 he went to Cambodia, Indonesia … Continued
Be inspired by the First Companions in Venice. This was the message of Jesuit Superior General Fr Arturo Sosa SJ to the young Jesuits in formation in the Philippines. Just hours after arriving from Cagayan De Oro City on December … Continued
This Advent Season, the Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica offers the gift of a first-hand and personal account of Pope Francis’ conversations with the Jesuits he meets in his travels with the publication of “Pope Francis: Fraternal and Spontaneous”. The … Continued
Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, travelled to Cagayan de Oro City in northern Mindanao, the second largest and southernmost island in the Philippine archipelago. Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, one of three Jesuit universities in Mindanao, … Continued