Namaste: “I bow to the God within youâ€Â.
“Namaste” is an ancient Sanskrit greeting still in everyday use in the Nepal Himalayas. It means, “I bow to the God within you”, acknowledging that we are all created...
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Introduction to Development Education
Introduction As a child I was fuelled with wonder about the world I could not comprehend the injustices presented through the daily news. Famine in Ethiopia, war in Somalia,...
Jesuit Mission Offices meet
Twice a year (March and October) the Xavier Network (XN) of Jesuit Mission Offices and NGOs meet to work on increasing cooperation on development issues with a view to...
Frontiers of fear
Fr John K. Guiney, Director of the Irish Jesuit Mission Office, reflects on a recent meeting of the European Social Delegates which explored Jesuit work with migrants at borders/frontiers...
Reaching the Unreached in Nepal
St Xavier volunteers deliver tarpulin sheets to remote villages for sleeping under Fr. Boniface Tigga SJ, Regional Superior in Nepal reports: ““”¦we the Jesuits with our collaborators and co-workers...
Earthquake in Nepal
Monday 27 April 2015Kathmandu, Nepal On Saturday, a few minutes before noon, a massive earthquake struck Nepal. The epicenter of the quake, which registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale,...
Irish Men Behind the Missions: Fr Joe Hayes SJ
Grateful for Life’s Hospitality Fr Joesph Hayes SJ takes time out from a busy visit to Ireland to share his insights into his 40 year ministry in Zambia. Against...
Remembering Fr Frans Van der Lugt SJ
Fr Frans Van der Lugt SJ: 10th April 1938 – 7th April 2014 Fr Frans Van der Lugt SJ was killed in Syria; he was abducted by a gunman...
Where a Farmer must know his Land
For some years I had been thinking out loud about engaging in volunteer work. Each time I expressed these thoughts my wife would reply, ““Yes, wait until you retire”....
Seeing and Finding God in all Things
The phone call offering a position with the Jesuits of Eastern Africa Province could not have come at a better time. I had been discussing my desire for working...
I Believe in People, in Men and Women for Others
I like working for the Society of Jesus, they have a vision of the greater good and try to hold that before them in all their dealings with others....
Jesuit and Muslim Community Collaboration in Chad
I am lucky to collaborate directly with refugees in Djabal camp, in Eastern Chad, as part of the Jesuit Commons Higher Education at the Margins (JC HEM) programme. We...