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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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November 11, 2021 / Latest News
An appeal to focus on eco-education in COP26
Jesuits in India appeal to policy makers to give focus to eco-education in COP26 to raise awareness and action on environmental concerns and encourage public participation to tackle climate change issues.
The Jesuit Ecological Network in India has more than 30 years of engaging in initiatives such as awareness creation, eco-education, organic farming, renewable energy, afforestation, preservation of biodiversity and endangered plant and animal species and there is much work being done to prevent the destruction of the natural environment and protect Mother Earth, Our Common Home.
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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.