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January 14, 2022 / Latest News

DNC Times December 2021 Issue

The Church of today needs to see the footprints of the marginalized, the poor, and the downtrodden on the floor. Everyone should feel that the Church is not only the Temple of God but a welcoming home for those who are lonely, depressed, orphans, and souls, sad unto death.
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December 31, 2021 / Latest News

Open Forum discussion on plight, challenges, rights and privileges of migrant workers

The Open Forum, with the participation of migrant workers, organisations and individuals working among them, provided an opportunity to collectively reflect on what needs to be done to secure a life of dignity for the migrant workers, their children and families.
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December 23, 2021 / Latest News

Open Forum: Accompanying Distress Migrants

The event held on the International Migrants Day was an occasion for MAIN to reaffirm its commitment to the cause of Migrants in distress.
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December 20, 2021 / Latest News

Policy Response to Address Distress Migration Needed: Open Forum on International Migrants Day

The Open Forum, with the participation of migrant workers, organisations and individuals working among them, provided an opportunity to collectively reflect on what needs to be done to secure a life of dignity for the migrant workers.
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November 29, 2021 / Ignatian News, Latest News

IGNITE- the Ignatian Year Newsletter from JCSA

The IGNITE newsletter of Ignatian Year from JCSA is an attempt to give a glimpse of some of the programmes and inspirations from the Provinces and Regions of South Asia.
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November 26, 2021 / Latest News

Jesuit Global Network of Schools Released

On the 26 th November 2021, on the Feast Day of young St. John Berchmans (SJ) the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Rev. Fr. Arturo SOSA SJ releases the Jesuit Global Network of Schools. He will preside over the Eucharist at the Tomb of the Saint at St. Ignatius Church in Rome. Fr. Jose Mesa SJ, the Secretary of Jesuit Education will concelebrate Mass with Fr. General.
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November 17, 2021 / Latest News

PAXLUMINA – November 2021 Issue

This issue of Pax Lumina focuses on the world of the differently-abled. When this topic was mentioned, there were some eye-brows raised, politically correct ones for sure. The world of the differently-abled, according to those eyebrows, conjures up an image of a different, separate world for some of us who are less fortunate than those “abled” inhabiting the rest of the society.
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November 16, 2021 / Latest News

COP26: Optimism, caution, and hope

The legacy of COP26 is yet to be determined but mainstream media has already made its success contingent on the outcome of the negotiations between governments of countries that emit the most greenhouse gases. If this was what COP26 was all about, I would agree wholeheartedly with Greta Thunberg’s assessment that the whole thing is “a failure and a greenwash PR campaign.” There are, after all, 25 other COPs to attest to this.
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Our Vision

To reconcile: with God, one another and creation;
To reorient: mission priorities and governance structures

Our Mission

To re-launch: on the pathway to God, with the marginalized and the young, in our common home – the earth.

Who We Are

Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA) represents the conference and the governing body of the conference.

It is one of six conferences of the Society of Jesus worldwide; one of the two conferences in Asia, the other being the Asia Pacific Conference (JCAP). The presence of the Jesuits in Asia began with the coming of St Francis Xavier, and two young companions, in the year 1542 to Goa.