They are coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Somalia, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and even Iraq. Some of them are children and some were still children when they first set foot in Thailand years ago. What do they have in common? … Continued
Fr Min Kim SJ, Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific Coordinator for the Migration network, shares his realisations and the apostolic responses of Jesuit conferences around the world towards the situation of refugees and migrants from the meeting of the Global … Continued
On March 6, Xavier University, the Jesuit university in Cagayan de Oro, the local government of Marawi and the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines held the groundbreaking ceremony for Angat Buhay Village, a resettlement area for families … Continued
Instituto São João de Brito (ISJB) in Timor-Leste has moved to its own campus next to Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola (CSIL). On January 8, its Rector, Fr Side Pereira SJ, led the transfer of the furniture, books and … Continued
Street children and out-of-school youth in Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines are getting an opportunity to finish their education thanks to an alternative school programme run by Xavier University, a Jesuit university in the city. For 10 months, four … Continued
February 24 was a day of grace for Myanmar Jesuit Mission. It received the gift of a new local Jesuit priest with the ordination of Stephen Mar Tay. Fr Mar Tay is only the fourth Myanmar Jesuit priest. It was … Continued
The sound of children playing in a school playground or the bell ringing to signal the start of class may be commonplace for most of us, but for many asylum seekers and refugees in Bangkok, it has been a long … Continued
Educational institutions are without a doubt the Jesuits’ main point of contact with the world, according to survey results published by the Jesuit Networking Project. The online survey led by Entreculturas was conducted from May to August 2017 to better … Continued
The Jesuit Social Center Migrant Desk in Tokyo is discussing ways to collaborate with the Vietnam Jesuit Province, after seeing a sharp increase in the number of Vietnamese workers entering Japan under the guise of trainees. Within the last three … Continued
Ateneo de Manila University went on air for the first time on Ash Wednesday, February 14, when it soft-launched its very own campus radio station, Radyo Katipunan. Radyo Katipunan is managed by Jesuit Communications Foundation (JesCom), the media arm of … Continued