Philippine Jesuit Aid Association

Our aim is to invite men and women to become our partners in the mission entrusted to us and help support that mission with their prayers and generosity especially in the following areas:

Philosophy, theology, communications — these are but some of the fields in which our young men need training. Aside from academic formation, future workers in the vineyard must also be given opportunities for spiritual growth. Investing in the next generation of ministers is investing in the Church.

The Philippine Province is engaged in rural parishes and parish schools. One example is our work in the island of Culion. Although Culion is no longer a leper colony, the Society is still engaged in educating the people of the island, many of them the children of former lepers. The Province also sustains four other mission parishes in Mindanao, and many other social centers and retreat houses.

Jesuits priest and brothers who have grown old working long years in the educational, social, parish apostolates, or in retreat work and are now in the Province infirmaries deserve in a special way our care and compassion. The Philippine Jesuit Development Office, with you as our partners in mission, helps to ensure that these men receive adequate medical care.

The Philippine Province is engaged in mission in Southeast Asia. This work especially cannot bear fruit without the prayers and generosity of the Jesuits of the Philippine Province and you our partners in bringing the Gospel to others.

The Philippine Province maintains and staffs two seminaries: San Jose Seminary on the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, serving the Philippine Church nationally; and St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro City serving Mindanao and Bohol.