Higher Education

AdZU, the Ateneo de Zamboanga Jesuit University, welcomed a new president in March 2023, Ernald Andal SJ, a 47 years old Jesuit. He is often referred to as a ‘young Jesuit,’ particularly given the significant responsibilities...

In Zamboanga, the Jesuit community currently consists of ten members, all of whom are involved in one way or another in the Society’s educational work there. Fr. Arnel Ong talks about the educational, social and religious context...

Motivation to stand aside young people based on the experience of accompaniment given by All India Catholic University Federation.

Statement of the Central American Province of the Society of Jesus.

Táchira is an area in Venezuela where, in the main, religious, simple and hard-working people live. On 26 June 2023, a memorable event took place in Loma del Tejar, the headquarters of the sixty year-old Catholic University of Táchira: it was the Jesuit Superior General’s Canonical Visitation to the university. The last such visitation occurred 25 years ago.

La Javeriana is the name of the Jesuit University in Bogotá (Colombia). Clearly, the institution is named after Saint Francis Xavier. To remind students of this, the university’s pastoral center is called the “Centro Pastoral San Francisco Javier”.

The Javeriana School of Government and Public Ethics (EJG) deals with subjects that could give food for thought for many other university departments around the world. We interviewed its director, the Jesuit Luis Fernando Álvarez Lodoño.

On 22 June, Fr. Arturo Sosa, Superior General, visited the Javeriana. He participated in an encounter with representatives of the different bodies of the institution. The theme chosen for the meeting was: “Which university for which country?” He was welcomed...

On the third day of his visit to the British Province, Fr. Arturo Sosa, Superior General, went to Oxford. He visited Campion Hall, the Society’s College, which has been part of this prestigious university for over 125 years. It was not only an opportunity to get in touch...

The International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) held a board meeting at the General Curia in Rome from 2 to 4 March. The meeting brought together representatives from Regional Associations, Task Forces, the associations...

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...