Xavier Learning Community (XLC) in Thailand was awarded the St Peter Canisius Medal during the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) conference held at Boston College in August. Fr Vinai Boonlue SJ, Director of XLC, received the medal from Fr Arturo … Continued
Jong-yun James Kim SJ from Korea was one of seven Jesuits who were ordained deacons in Boston on 24 September by the Most Reverend Peter J Uglietto VG, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston. He writes this reflection on his ordination. I … Continued
“Father General, what is really new about the Universal Apostolic Preferences?” “I can answer it in different ways: Nothing new, everything new.” Fr Arturo Sosa was responding to Gollapalle Krupa Rao, a scholastic from the Jesuit Conference of South Asia … Continued
Fr Thomas H O’Gorman SJ died at the age of 89 on 22 November at the Jesuit Health and Wellness Center in Manila. He had served the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) for many decades. News of his death … Continued
Australian Jesuit Brett O’Neill was ordained to the diaconate in St Ignatius Church, Boston College on 18 September. He was one of 12 men – 11 Jesuits and a Capuchin friar – ordained by Most Rev Mark O’Connell, Auxiliary Bishop … Continued
Leaders and educators from our Jesuit global network of schools congregated online for the second Jesuit education (JESEDU) Global Colloquium hosted by the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP). The first gathering was held in Boston College, USA nine years … Continued
Fr John D Mace SJ died on the morning of 21 February at St Camillus Jesuit Community in Wisconsin, USA. He was 83 years old. Fr Mace had devoted nearly half of his life as a missionary in Asia, which … Continued
Fr John Curran SJ died on 4 January in Murray-Weigel Hall in the Bronx, New York at the age of 91 after many years of Alzheimer’s disease. Fr Curran served as Secretary General/President of the East Asian Conference of Major … Continued
Boston College’s Jesuit Sources has published a new book, Scars of Faith: Jesuit Letters from the Mariana Islands (1668-1684), that offers a collection of primary sources dealing with the Jesuit martyrdom in the 17th century Mariana Islands. The documents and … Continued
To kick off Ignatian Month celebrations in early July, the Ateneo de Manila’s Office for Ministry and Identity invited the American Jesuit Fr James Martin SJ to give a talk on “Ignatian Tools for Today”. Fr Jim, as he is … Continued