Asia Pacific’s meeting regional meeting with participants coming from different countries in the region, they had opportunities to recharge emotional batteries, pray and play together, and jointly take stock of our three-year strategic plan at the halfway point of its implementation. I am grateful for all the hard work put into preparation, presentation and follow-up of this work; grateful to our facilitators; grateful to our benefactors for their solidarity and support; and indeed grateful to the entire JRS family in the region who work so that forcibly displaced may feel respected, listened to, and accompanied on their life journey.

Entering the season of Christmas reminds us to invoke the Prince of Peace, that he give us all courage and wisdom to prepare for his future coming by being more generous and more hospitable in his service.

Fr. Joseph Hampson SJ
JRS Asia Pacific Interim Regional Director