JCAP

For 75 years, the Institute of Social Order (ISO), known to be one of the oldest non-governmental organisations in the Philippines, has played a vital role in the formation of civil society organisations,

Since last January the 27th, the Promotion of a Consistent Culture of Protection Project (PCCP) team, John Guiney SJ (project coordinator) and Dr. Sandra Racionero-Plaza (assistant project coordinator), are in Chiang Mai (Thailand) for the Major Superiors’ Assembly of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP).

In Sri Lanka, the MAGIS Foundation has launched a project to counter the many faces of the country's crisis, which is economical, political, environmental and also food-related.

Since the coup in February 2021, which returned Myanmar to military rule, more than a million people have fled the country as refugees, hundreds of thousands more have been internally displaced, villages have been burned to the ground, thousands of children have been killed, and many places of worship have been destroyed.

This month, Jesuit Social Services’ Centre for Just Places launched its Collaborative Action Plan, articulating a shared vision for climate justice in the west of Melbourne.

In response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, Jesuit Mission Australia has launched an Emergency Action Appeal for Christmas.

Last week Jesuit Mission held their latest webinar - Water the Gift of Life, about the uplifting impact of the Water Project in empowering rural communities in Timor-Leste. The webinar welcomed special guests and project partners of Jesuit Mission, Fr Júlio Sousa SJ, Director of Jesuit Social Service (JSS) Timor-Leste and Jose Da Costa Pereira Soares, the Program Manager Assistant of the Water Project, who both spoke about the importance of handing over the project to local leaders.

For eight months, the Jesuits in Europe, with the support of Jesuit Mission Australia, have been providing emergency assistance, shelter and opportunity to refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.

Haiti is one of the poorest and most backward countries on the planet, and after the devastating earthquake of 2010—it is now in a new economic and political crisis.

In preparation for the General Assembly of the Federation of Catholics’ Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) in February 2023, a Preparatory Event entitled Our Ocean Home will be held online on 28 to 30 November 2022, together with the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.