Missions

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...

Fr Aric Serrano, SJ, is a Jesuit of the US Central and Southern Province. Born in Pecos, Texas, he was missioned to St. Peter Claver Parish in Punta Gorda, Belize after his ordination in 2023. He shares his reflection on the visit of Father General Arturo Sosa to the indigenous communities of southern Belize.

Fr General’s travels through the USA Central and Southern Province (UCS) continued with a visitation of Jesuit ministries in Belize. For 175 years, the Society of Jesus has been ministering to the people of the Central American country. The following is an excerpt of a brief history of the Society of Jesus in Belize...

Amid turmoil and uncertainty, faith continues to burn as a living flame of hope. “A Flame of Divine Providence” offers a deeply moving reflection by Sr Rosy Sor Moe, SMF, who walks alongside displaced and suffering communities in conflict-scarred Myanmar...

Over the past days, the Jesuit leaders reflected deeply on themes that shape the life-mission of the Society today: the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs), collaboration, Cura Apostolica and Cura Personalis, safeguarding, structures of governance, promotion of vocations...

Collaboration is at the heart of the Jesuit mission and we are on a journey together. It’s a real adventure. To support and inspire this journey, the General Curia is launching a monthly one-page Mission Partner Formation Newsletter...

We know a lot about the ‘Canadian Martyrs’, starting with Jean de Brébeuf. But let’s be guided by a lesser-known but no less fascinating Jesuit, Fr Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot. He was born in 1611, the same year that two Jesuits came to Port-Royal, Acadia, and...

Four centuries ago, a Jesuit from Lithuania, Fr Andrius Rudamina, crossed oceans and cultures, arriving in Goa, India, in 1625 with a heart set on spreading the Good News of the Gospel. Marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Fr Rudamina in India, Pope Leo XIV...

Laos, a nation situated in the heart of Southeast Asia, is a land of rolling hills, pristine forests, and the Mekong River, which flows through its entire territory and serves as a symbol deeply intertwined with the local culture...

The executive directors and programme officers of the Xavier Network gathered in Vienna from 26-28 March, 2025 for a meeting hosted by Jesuit Mission Austria at the Kardinal König Haus. This biannual gathering provided a vital space to deepen collaboration...

The Jesuit community in Amman, Jordan, is made up of three members: one from India, one from Egypt, and one from Malta. Together, they are the smallest group of Jesuits among all the countries that make up the Near East and Maghreb Province...

The US government's announcement in January 2025 that it would suspend all foreign aid for at least 90 days has profound consequences for the continuation of the important work of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and Fe y Alegría...