Jesuit Mission in Cambodia

The Jesuit mission in Cambodia began with the Jesuit Refugee Service. On 8^th September 1994, the work of the Jesuits in the country was entrusted to the Conference of Asia Pacific and on 25^th May 2006, the Cambodia Mission Territory was placed under the jurisdiction of the Korean Province.

Jesuit Service Cambodia with Fr Greg Priyadi SJ as Director, is a human development agency that provides technical skills development and services for disabled people. It also engages in formal and informal rural development outreach and education.

Jesuit Refugee Service Cambodia, under the direction of Sr. Denise Coghlan, RSM, cares for asylum seekers and refugees, as well as being a strong base for the international campaign to ban Cluster Munitions.

The Jesuit mission is also engaged extensively in pastoral care, human development and in higher education.

Planting trees at the Killing Fields

On January 27, Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims, both foreigners and Khmer, gathered together at Choeung Ek, otherwise known as the Killing Fields of Cambodia, to remember and pray for the thousands of innocent Cambodians who were executed there under the Khmer Rouge regime. The remembrance of the genocide victims that afternoon was part of the commemoration of World Interfaith Harmony Week, which concluded with the planting of several trees within Choeung Ek.

Delegate of the Provincial of Korea for the Cambodia Mission

Father Francisco Oh In-don has been appointed Delegate of the Provincial of Korea for the Cambodia Mission. Korea Provincial Fr John Sin is to decide when Fr Francisco will take over the office of Delegate. Fr Francisco will take over from Fr Gabriel Je Byong-young who has dedicated himself for the last six years to consolidating the foundation and systemising the administration of the mission.