Journeying with Youth

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...

Over fifty years ago, a quiet revolution took root in the rugged tribal heartlands of West Bengal. The Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus heeded the Gospel’s call to justice and love, offering hope to the Santal people – India’s largest yet most marginalized indigenous community...

The history of Jesuit education in the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus is more than a tale of institutions and academic achievement. Since the mid-nineteenth century, schools such as St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, St. Lawrence School and St. Xavier’s College have helped shape...

After touring Jesuit works in Denver, St. Louis, Houston, and New Orleans, Fr General Arturo Sosa landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to continue his official visitation of the Jesuit USA Central and Southern Province (UCS). His first stop was at the Centro Universitario Católico (CUC}...

Fr Hak-joon Kim, SJ, known as Lorenzo, presented to the Enlarged Council of Father General the progress in the preparation of MAGIS 2027, the Ignatian meeting of young adults. The meeting will take place in South Korea from July 25 to August 2, 2027...

When Fr Mark Ravizza, SJ, Counsellor for Formation at the General Curia, addressed the MAGIS Think In gathering in Rome, he posed a question that cuts to the heart of the meeting: Is vocational discernment an “add-on” to young adult ministry, or is it integrated into...

Ameeting of MAGIS Movement, bringing together Jesuit and Ignatian Young Adult Ministry, took place in Rome in early January. Its motive was to listen to the cry of young people today and to discern how God might be asking us to respond...

When Msgr Lucio Ruiz, Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication at the Holy See, addressed Jesuits and lay collaborators on the feast of St Francis Xavier, he issued a challenge that resonates deeply with the MAGIS Think In gathering that took place in the first days of January...

Walking with young people to a hope-filled future was the backdrop for a four-day conference at the General Curia from January 6th to 10th. The meeting brought together the coordinators for young adult ministry from each of the six Jesuit Conferences of Provincials, the Jesuit organising Magis South Korea in 2027...

In 2021, JWL responded to students’ and graduates’ numerous requests for higher education in the Sinjar region and, in collaboration with Nadia’s Initiative, opened a learning centre in Sinuni, followed by a second one in Sinjar City in 2022. JWL’s Peace Leader programme...

In German, people say that things that naturally belong together go together “like a pot and a lid”. That’s exactly how Jesuits and education fit. From the very beginning, theological and philosophical education have been a cornerstone of the Jesuit order...

As in many other European countries, interest in matters of faith is declining among young people in Germany. This is especially true for Catholic youth aged 12 to 25, as the 2024 Shell Youth Study notes: “For young people belonging to the...”