IAJU Board meets in Rome to advance the Bogotá agenda

IAJU Board meets in Rome to advance the Bogotá agenda

On 30-31 March 2026, the Board of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) met at the General Curia in Rome to review the ongoing implementation of the Strategic Agenda (2024-2028) and the priorities defined at the Assembly in Bogotá in July 2025...

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Fr Albertus Bagus Laksana appointed Provincial of Indonesian Province

Fr Albertus Bagus Laksana appointed Provincial of Indonesian Province

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr Albertus Bagus Laksana as the new Provincial of the Indonesian Province of the Society of Jesus. He will formally assume office on 27 July 2026. Born in 1972, Fr Bagusentered the Society of Jesus in 1992 and was ordained to the priesthood...

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New Provincial for the Near East and Maghreb Province

New Provincial for the Near East and Maghreb Province

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr Arturo Sosa, has appointed Fr Marek Cieślik as the new Provincial of the Near East and Maghreb Province (PRO). The Province comprises Algeria, Egypt, the Holy Land, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Turkey...

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New Provincial for the Central Africa Province

New Provincial for the Central Africa Province

Father General has appointed Fr Dominique Dhedya Bamunoba, SJ, as the new Provincial of the Central Africa Province of the Society of Jesus. Fr Dhedya was born on 27 June 1976 in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. He had his primary education and part of his secondary education at Collège Imara in Lubumbashi...

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New Provincial for the Province of Southern Poland

New Provincial for the Province of Southern Poland

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr Mateusz Janyga as the new Provincial of the Province of Southern Poland of the Society of Jesus. Born in 1978 inWodzisław Śląski, Fr Janyga completed his secondary education in Rybnik before pursuing studies at...

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Kohima Jesuits: A Frontier Mission Comes of Age

Kohima Jesuits: A Frontier Mission Comes of Age

The Kohima Jesuit Province stands at a decisive moment in its history. In the far north-eastern corner of India, the Jesuit mission that began modestly in 1970 has grown into a vibrant apostolic presence. Rooted in more than fifty years of frontier mission across Northeast India, the Kohima...

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From Dreams Deferred to Doors Opened: A New Era Begins at St. Xavier’s College, Simdega

From Dreams Deferred to Doors Opened: A New Era Begins at St. Xavier’s College, Simdega

The inauguration of St. Xavier’s College’s new building in Simdega represents far more than bricks, classrooms, and laboratories. It’s a declaration: Quality higher education belongs here. Your children deserve the same opportunities as youth in Ranchi, Delhi, or Mumbai...

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Where Living Water Flows: Jharna Spirituality Centre and the Formation of Jesuit Identity

Where Living Water Flows: Jharna Spirituality Centre and the Formation of Jesuit Identity

When Jharna Spirituality Centre in Ranchi Province opened on 13 September 2008, it answered a deep longing. Thousands have since crossed its threshold seeking spiritual renewal – Jesuits primarily, but also priests, religious sisters and brothers, and laypeople...

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The Fire That Refuses to Die: Why Fr Constant Lievens Still Matters

The Fire That Refuses to Die: Why Fr Constant Lievens Still Matters

In 1885, a 29-year-old Belgian Jesuit stepped off a train in Ranchi and into a landscape scarred by injustice. Fr Constant Lievens had travelled thousands of miles from his homeland, driven by a calling he couldn’t ignore. What he found in Chotanagpur shook him to his core...

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How a Small Village Became the Heart of Hope for Bangladesh’s Forgotten Tribes

How a Small Village Became the Heart of Hope for Bangladesh’s Forgotten Tribes

In the rural expanse of northwestern Bangladesh, where dusty roads wind through villages most of the world has forgotten, a quiet revolution of faith and justice is unfolding. This is the story of Pachuria – a remote mission station where Jesuit priests have chosen to live among the Santal people...

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A novitiate takes root in Bangladesh

A novitiate takes root in Bangladesh

The establishment of the first novitiate in Bangladesh in 2022 marked a milestone for the Society of Jesus in the region, responding to growing pastoral needs and reflecting confidence that more men in Bangladesh are responding to the call to Jesuit life...

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The Raghabpur Jesuit Mission – A Beacon of Hope for the Poor

The Raghabpur Jesuit Mission – A Beacon of Hope for the Poor

Continuing his visit to the Calcutta Jesuit Province, Fr General Arturo Sosa visited the Raghabpur campus of the prestigious St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Raghabpur was originally established to extend higher education to women and to respond to the growing need for inclusive learning spaces.

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