Stories

The Caring for Community and Creation (CCC) project was initiated by the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) in 2022 to address poverty and ecology as identified in the JCAP apostolic plan. The project has three specific objectives, one of which is strengthening communities through...

Launched at the 2018 IAJU Assembly, Magis Exchange offers students the chance to study across borders, cultures and academic contexts. It is more than an academic mobility program: it embodies a shared commitment to forming young people ready to engage thoughtfully...

When nearly one hundred facilitators of discernment gathered in Salamanca in late 2025, something more than a meeting took place. Convened at the desire of Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the Ignite the Way gathering set out to form facilitators for processes of communal discernment...

“On 15 January 2023, after the Angelus – I was travelling to Rome and we watched from the train – Pope Francis announced officially the ecumenical prayer vigil for 30 September of that year. He said that the path to Christian unity and the Church’s synodal conversion are linked...”

Excitement is building for MAGIS Korea 2027, the international gathering that will bring young people from across the Ignatian family to Korea ahead of World Youth Day in Seoul. A recent online information session, led by Fr Hakjoon Lorenzo, SJ, General coordinator of MAGIS Korea...

École Fondamentale Saint Louis de Gonzague was built to give every child space to be included, to live and learn alongside others, and to recognize their dignity as human beings. When the Jesuits founded the school in September 2004, in a region greatly affected by...

Pope Leo XIV’s July prayer intention is for respect for human life in all its states

A series of powerful earthquakes have struck Venezuela on 24 June, causing widespread destruction across affected communities and leaving thousands of people in urgent need of assistance...

“I did not know Pope Francis as well as many others did. Certainly not as well as some mutual friends who had known him since his days as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Nor did I know him as well as the cardinals, bishops, priests and religious men and women who worked with him...”

Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) is a Christian, socio-medical organization dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, while promoting holistic healthcare and social justice. Founded in 2008, it operates as a prominent reference centre under the care of the Jesuits in Burundi...

From 23 – 31 May, the Delegation for the Elderly of the Spanish Province organised the third edition of the formation course for elderly Jesuits at the Jesuit House in Salamanca. The program brought together 24 Jesuits aged between 70 and 85, with one or two participants in their 90s...

For ten years, MAG+S Timor-Leste has been quietly accompanying young people. In our small community shaped by friendship, prayer, and service, many young people have encountered the richness of Ignatian spirituality and discovered a deeper relationship with God...