Missions

“I have just said to Your Excellency that the people of this reduction are very good, docile, and amenable, [...]. They attend Mass and sermons very well on Sundays and feast days. Easter, Corpus Christi, St John’s Day and the feasts of Our Lord are celebrated with great joy...”

A one-day conference titled “Matteo Ricci: A Heritage of Friendship, Dialogue and Peace” was held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, in honor of the renowned Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (Macerata 1552 - Beijing 1610). The Italian Jesuit is acknowledged...

In a significant step to deepen and promote more Brother vocations in the Society, Father General Arturo Sosa, on 31 October 2024, established an International Commission on the Jesuit Brother (ICJB). The ICJB builds on the work of the International Assembly of Jesuit Brothers...

The document De Statu Societatis (DSS - State of the Society of Jesus) published after the 71st Congregation of Procurators, included a chapter entitled “Becoming collaborators in the mission of Christ”. In it, Superior General Fr Arturo Sosa said...

The Madurai Province is one of the oldest Jesuit Provinces in India, and as such it has a glorious past and eventful history. The Jesuit presence in Tamil Nadu began with the arrival of St Francis Xavier in Goa on 6 May 1542. In October of that year...

“Journeying in Dignity. Listen. Dream. Act”: this is the theme of the tenth International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking on February 8, a day established in 2015 by Pope Francis on the feast day of Saint Bakhita...

How the Spanish missionaries of Gujarat foresaw the Apostolic Preferences of today.

After two weeks of participation in the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality in the Church, Bishop Enrique Figaredo SJ, pastor of the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang (Cambodia), shares his experience with us.

A conversation with young Syrians about the reality of their lives and the pastoral support they are receiving in a country ravaged by war.

On June 20, 2022, the Jesuit priests Joaquín Mora and Javier Campos died victims of violence in Mexico, in the Parish of San Francisco Xavier, in the Jesuit mission of the Sierra Tarahumara in Cerocahui, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Even before the foundation of the Society of Jesus, missionary work has been part of the charism that would come to guide the Jesuits. From Ignatius of Loyola, after his conversion when he vowed to spend his life...

Jesuit social apostolate encompasses a wide spectrum of activities and engagements ranging from works of charity to taking sides in solidarity with historically marginalised peoples and their struggles to bring structural and systemic change for a more just and humane society.