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In Mae Chan, in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai, you will find the youngest higher education project of the Society of Jesus. It is the Xavier Learning Community, a campus that has been under development for nearly five years...

“Can a Jesuit be a magnet? I believe so! M.J. Peter is one such Jesuit. He irresistibly attracts the crippled, the lame, and the weak to himself with his magnetic therapy coupled with his vivacious personality.”

In February of 2019 Pope Francis missioned the Society of Jesus with the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs). What have we learned after living the UAPs for four years?

The Society of Jesus has been developing a specific programme for Thai seminarians and members of religious congregations in Thailand for the past five years. This is the Xavier Immersion Program. We interviewed its academic director, the Jesuit Tom Michel.

Last month, from June 12 to 23, the University of San Francisco, Loyola Andalucía University and the Baraka Center carried out the faculty led program "Crossing Borders, Changing Lives: Migrants at the Spain Morocco Border", held in Seville, Cordoba, Granada and Nador (Morocco).

In consonance with the 2019 Amazon Synod’s recommendation and answering indigenous communities’ call, the Programa Universitario Amazónico (PUAM) and JWL are joining efforts to serve indigenous communities of the Amazon basin through quality and transformative higher education programmes.

The International Association of Jesuit Engineering Schools (IAJES), a global leader in fostering a new generation of engineers and scientists rooted in the Jesuit mission, announces its inaugural Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on November 10-11, 2023.

During the meeting held last year at Boston College and following the calls made by the General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU), commissioned the creation of an International Working Group for the promotion of democracy, which is headed by Dr. Luis Arriaga, SJ.

In the last few months, the Discerning Leadership Program was offered to over 100 leaders from various countries across Asia. The program had two formations in Bangalore, India, for 70 religious leaders, among whom there were 38 men and 32 women from India and Nepal.

Staff and interns of The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, the only Jesuit education program in Mainland China, visited the tomb of the Venerable Matteo Ricci, S.J., and honored him on the 413th anniversary of his death.

In accordance with the provisions of the IAJES Roadman 2022-2024, to promote collaboration and partnerships between universities and within each IAJU region, it was decided to hold regional biennial meetings.

On March 16, 2023, Loyola Chicago’s annual Climate Change Conference examined how climate change impacts global human migration. Nearly 300 people gathered on campus for the event, and almost 400 tuned in virtually. Steve Bynum of Chicago Public Media served as the moderator.