Category: News

29 November 2018

Teach a Woman to Farm, and Feed a Village for a Lifetime
Female farmers in Kasungu learn techniques such as manure making, afforestation, soil cover, and maize variety selection through JCED’s Farmers Field Schools. Jesuit Adrian Makasa’s work with the Jesuit...

20 November 2018

Fr Victor-Luke Odhiambo SJ RIP
“Fr Victor-Luke worked with all his energy and gave his sweat and blood for the promotion of good education in South Sudan. This effort reached its climax at Mazollari...

09 November 2018

Love at the Heart of Mission
Our annual memorial Mass to celebrate the lives and work of deceased Irish Jesuit missionaries and volunteers took place at the Gonzaga College Chapel on Sunday 4 November 2018....

26 October 2018

Zambia Honours Irish Jesuit for AIDS Work
Irish Jesuit, Fr Michael Kelly SJ, was conferred with The Order of Distinguished Service by Zambian President Edgar Lungu, in State House, Lusaka on 24th October. The honour was...

11 October 2018

Harold Naylor SJ: A “wonderful life” in Hong Kong
Fr Harold Naylor SJ died peacefully in Hong Kong on 4 October, 2018 at the age of 87. He is the third Irish Jesuit missionary to have passed away...

11 October 2018

Death of a renowned Jesuit botanist
The funeral Mass of Fr John J. Moore SJ took place on Monday 24 September in Kasisi Parish, Lusaka. Fr Moore, who was 91 years old, died on 20...

03 October 2018

Our 2017 Annual Report has just been published
Our 2017 Annual Report has just been published, and we are pleased to be able to share it with you. The report outlines our work for the year, in...

16 August 2018

Finding my Ignatian Family Through the Xavier Youth Project
Jian Ming Sun, his wife Jing and their daughters.  Jian Ming Sun, his wife and children are a family unit, but they are also part of the global Ignatian...

16 August 2018

A Kite From a Plastic Bag and Two Sticks
Students participate in a science class assisted by Irish teacher Aoife Jenkins The simplicity and warmth of rural Cambodian life moves Aoife Jenkins, who would like to see an...

16 August 2018

Families in Exile in Zimbabwe
Daniel Tshimanga and Sr Perpetua Gomba  Tongogara Camp was established soon after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1981, providing refuge to those fleeing the war in neighbouring Mozambique. It closed after...

16 August 2018

It Takes the World to Raise Some Children
Fr. Tony O’Riordan with Children of Maban, South Sudan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey Little baby Pia was born on a dark night into one of the poorest communities in the...

31 July 2018

Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola
A message from Fr Endashaw Debrework SJ, Regional Director of JRS Eastern Africa, on the Feast of St Ignatius.  Today [31st July] is St.Ignatius Feast Day, the day we...