Tribute song to last year’s Philippines typhoon victims

A tribute to the victims of last year’s Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines.

Chitrabani

Chitrabani is the social communication centre sponsored by the Kolkata Province of the Society of Jesus.

‘Mad Monk’ to lead Australia’s Opposition

Australia’s new conservative opposition leader, Tony Abbott, once trained for the priesthood and gained the nickname the “Mad Monk” for his staunch defence of Catholic values.
Describes as a pugnacious and socially conservative Catholic who has fought everything from attempts to make Australia a republic to embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriages, Abbott was elected [...]

US knew of planned Salvador Jesuit murders: Prosecutor

Thousands of pages of declassified US documents appear to indicate that the CIA and US State Department had foreknowledge of the plan to kill six prominent El Salvador Jesuits in 1989.
The documents, which were presented to Spain’s National Court by attorneys representing the victims’ families, provide new clues that could lead to an increase in [...]

Cherishing life as a Jesuit volunteer

When I decided to apply for the Jesuit Volunteers Philippines (JVP), I knew there would be questions from my parents and friends about my decision to choose this path after graduation. I was moved during the JVP recruitment talk on volunteerism in our school. But I wanted to discern whether this mission was really meant [...]

Udayani Social Action Forum

Udayani Social Action Forum is the social action and animation centre of the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus.
It carries out work to empower and uplift marginalized and rural peoples.
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Udayani Social Action Forum

El Salvador remembers Jesuit martyrs

El Salvador has commemorated the 20th anniversary of the murder by soldiers of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter.
“The Salvadoran brothers to whom we pay homage today gave their lives so that El Salvador might get out of its infernal cycle … that breeds death, and get on the road of reconciliation,” President [...]

Bethlehem Van Java

This 18 minute excerpt of a 63 minute video produced by the  Studio Audiovisual Puskat in Indonesia shows the story of Fr. Van Lith who had worked as a pioneering missionary in Java.
It looks at the challenges he faced in the mission and follows his story. He advocated for education, saying that only when people were freed from [...]

A Museum for Tushanwan

Shanghai World Fair comes with a surprise: The Tushanwan Museum, to be opened in May next year, celebrates the Tushanwan Training Studio and Orphanage established in 1852 by Jesuit missionaries. (Cerise Phiv, eRenlai)
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The founder of the workshop was the Jesuit Spanish Brother Juan Ferrer born near Valencia in 1817. His father had been a distinguished [...]

Taipei Ricci Institute

Named after the great Italian sinologist, Matteo Ricci, the Ricci Institute was founded in 1966 by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus.
The purpose of the Institute is the study topics of importance in Chinese culture, both ancient and modern, such as Chinese lexicography, religions and society.  In January 2004, the Institute founded “Renlai [...]

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