The long-awaited MAGIS 2023 officially opened on 22 July with an enthusiastic welcome for the nearly 2,000 young pilgrims from more than 80 countries, including 225 pilgrims from Asia Pacific. During the welcome ceremony held at the Colégio de São … Continued
Simon Yong Kong Beng SJ professed his Final Vows on 15 February during a Mass at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Johor Bahru, where he has been the parish priest since 2018. The ceremony was simple with Jesuits … Continued
The soft waves rock as I drift on the surface, eyes half closed and trained on the dive line. My soft palate closes and opens gently with each breath of air that flows through my snorkel, regulating the airflow and … Continued
Three scholastics of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) were among the 12 newly ordained deacons at the laying on of hands by Most Rev Don Carlos Cardinal Osoro, Archbishop of Madrid, on 4 February in the parish of … Continued
The Malaysia-Singapore Jesuit Region (MAS) will have a new Superior beginning 15 December. Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ has appointed Fr Francis Lim Chin Choy SJ to succeed Fr Christopher Soh Yeow Fook SJ, who has been MAS Regional Superior … Continued
For a few days in November, some of our young Jesuit school leaders in Cambodia, Timor-Leste, and Malaysia travelled to the Philippines to meet and learn with seasoned educators and educational leaders around Asia Pacific. Their colloquium was part of … Continued
Parishioners of the Jesuit Church of St Ignatius in Singapore turned up bright and early, and with great enthusiasm at a nature stateland area of Adam Road on the morning of 28 September to plant trees. The initiative, which was … Continued
After a two-year hiatus, the Farmers’ Market of the Gardening Group of the Green Movement of the parish of St Ignatius, Singapore returned to Sacred Heart Hall on 24 September as part of the parish programme for the Season of … Continued
On 22 September at 8.30pm in Singapore, members of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Singapore together with 30 plus invitees spent some time via Zoom to pray and reflect on Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. … Continued
In 2019, at the end of his first year in the novitiate, Jasper Ong SJ received indications that the Lord was calling him to be a Jesuit brother. After almost two years of discernment, on the Feast of the Archangel, … Continued