The Beijing Center (TBC) hosted a Virtual Internship Showcase to recap the student-interns’ experiences during their Fall 2020 semester. TBC began offering virtual internship experiences to students interested in China and its growing business market as one way of adapting … Continued
This celebration of Christmas is particularly different, and probably strange for some people. It feels more like a very long Advent rather than a Christmas celebration that we customarily do. But if Christmas means an authentic encounter with the birth … Continued
Filipino missionary Fr Martin Antonio Abad Santos SJ was one of five recipients of Timor-Leste’s Sérgio Vieira de Mello Human Rights Award for his humanitarian work in the sub-district of Railaco. Timor-Leste President Francisco Guterres conferred the award on the … Continued
Each semester, students at The Beijing Center (TBC) are encouraged to participate in local service-learning activities to practice the Jesuit tradition of helping others and attaining a sense of social responsibility. This fall semester, TBC students volunteered at Five Loaves … Continued
On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Marlito Ocon SJ professed his Final Vows to the Society of Jesus before Fr Peter Pojol SJ, Socius to the Philippine Provincial, in the chapel of Xavier … Continued
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ has appointed Spanish Jesuit Fr Miguel Garaizábal Fontenla SJ as the new Superior of the Thai Jesuit Region. He succeeds Fr Agustinus Sugiyo Pitoyo SJ who has been Regional Superior since 2012. Born on 10 … Continued
A mile from shore a fishing boat chummed the water, and the word for Breakfast Flock flashed through the air, till a crowd of a thousand seagulls came to dodge and fight for bits of food. But way off alone, … Continued
Sophia University in Tokyo held an online lecture with Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, Undersecretary of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Holy See, on 27 November. This event was the last of a series of lectures organised for the … Continued
It was a joyful occasion on 3 December, the Feast of St Francis Xavier, as three Jesuits from Vietnam were ordained to the priesthood bringing up the total number of Jesuit priests in the Vietnamese Province to 98. Fr Peter … Continued
“The attitude we need to develop is to move away from Jesuit triumphalism, thinking that with our resources, our ingenuity, and our capacities we can solve the problems of the world. We cannot.” With these words, Fr Manoling Francisco SJ … Continued