Finding myself with others
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
“We are breaking up now. School is closing.”
The Jesuit Mission in Cambodia has decided to provisionally close Banteay Prieb, the Jesuit vocational school for people with disabilities in Kandal Province, to make way for the plans of the Cambodian government. *** Someone with an artificial leg came … Continued
Remembering Ernest Go, a friend of the Jesuits
Mr Ernest “Ernie” Go was a longtime friend and benefactor of the Jesuits in Asia Pacific. He was a good friend of then Jesuit Conference of East Asia and Oceania President Fr Ismael G Zuloaga SJ, and for many years … Continued
Amid Taal’s eruption, a surge in solidarity
The heightened activity of Taal Volcano in the Province of Batangas, Philippines on January 12 prompted townspeople surrounding the area to flee for their lives. The volcano’s eventual steam-driven eruption with ash caught many people by surprise as Taal’s last … Continued
Called to live Laudato si’
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In the beginning of January, a group of Jesuit scholastics from Arrupe International Residence studying theology in Manila attended an immersion workshop at the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) in Bendum, a small village tucked in the mountains of … Continued
Filling up my “empty cups”
In my 21 years in religious life, I have been engaged in two ministries: Formation and Generalate. I was a formator in the novitiate and pre-novitiate and later general superior of the Missionary Sisters of St Paul (MSP), one of … Continued
A week in Bendum – in pictures
Native flora and fauna thrive in Bendum, Bukidnon in southern Philippines where Ecojesuit Coordinator Fr Pedro Walpole SJ directs the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC), a Jesuit institute for the integrated and holistic education of indigenous children and youth … Continued
2019 at a glance
We start the year 2020 with a look back on some of the most significant events that happened in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific in the last year. February 5Rome The diocesan phase of the process of beatification and … Continued
Seeking the grace to fulfill our roles in safeguarding minors and vulnerable adults
The New Year is a traditional time to contemplate both the past and the future, which made it a most suitable setting for the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Scholastics and Brothers’ Circle workshop on Safeguarding and Protection of … Continued
Sending warmth to foreign fishermen in Taiwan
Rerum Novarum, the Jesuit social centre in Taipei dedicated to serving disadvantaged workers in vulnerable situations, gave winter supplies to foreign fishermen to help keep them warm during the bitter cold of winter. In two occasions, Fr Hsu Sen-Yi SJ … Continued