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As we explore different ways to share the gospel with the world, Sossai E. Lawrence SJ (PATNA) shares his thoughts on Universal Spirituality. He combines elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity in his perspective. Universal Spirituality can lead humanity toward peace, reconciliation, and hope. It emphasizes caring for our shared world, supporting one another, building relationships across different faiths, seeking truth, practicing compassion and mercy, advocating for justice, and working together to find meaning and purpose in life.

Ignatius Ismartono SJ reflects on a life spent "walking with the wounded. His journey has taken him from remote villages to the heart of interreligious conflict, teaching him what it means to be "the other." He witnessed recurring patterns of human suffering: how stigma leads to marginalization and victimization, turning victims into the guilty. Yet, he also saw paths to healing emerging from conflict, where tolerance blossomed into dialogue and collaboration. He says that ministry is about walking alongside people in their most vulnerable moments, allowing their resilience to transform reality.

The "Slow the Flow Project" in Eugowra, Australia, led by ISMAPNG and Jesuit Care for Our Common Home, uses regenerative farming and natural methods like leaky weirs to prevent floods. Integrating Indigenous wisdom, it restores landscapes while building community resilience, aligning with broader Laudato Si' goals on environmental and social justice.

Our common home, the earth, is sick. The pain of environmental damage is not a result of the earth’s will to harm itself but a consequence of human mismanagement of creation.

This is the context in which the Jesuit mission operates in Timor-Leste. We understand the importance of strengthening communities from the ground up. So we persist in reaching out to people in remote and rural areas, where intervention is most needed.

My experiences as a Timorese woman from a country with a long history of struggle for independence have shaped the way I see the world, my community, and my Timorese brothers and sisters.

Ignatius Ismartono SJ is the Director of Sahabat Insan (Friend in Humanity), an apostolate for Indonesian migrant workers and victims of human trafficking.

Despite these challenges, we are confident as our community leaders closely guide us amid such difficulties. Eventually, we continue praying to the Almighty there will be peace in our lands. We at APC continue to serve the communities of Upper Pulangi as we dream that the Pulangiyēn children can find hope in their studies.

Caring for our home planet drives Cristina Molina, who is keen to understand the link between ecology and spirituality.

Akhfaa, who is 19 years old, is one of ten student-boarders who reside with his family in the Pesantren. Founded in 2008 by Nissa, the boarding school aims to teach young men the Qur’an and farming practices of agroecology.