Gabriel Abdi Susanto

About 900 students and accompanying staff from eight Jesuit educational institutions across Indonesia gathered at Loyola College High School in Semarang, Central Java, from October 12 to 16 for a national meeting challenging young people to take action on social issues and build friendships across cultural and regional boundaries.

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, presided over a thanksgiving Mass marking the 50th anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Indonesia at the Indonesia Arena in Jakarta on October 11, urging Catholics to proclaim the Gospel through their lives and service to society.

The Archdiocese of Medan in North Sumatra urged the Catholic Church to strengthen pastoral support for migrant workers and their families while taking greater preventive action against human trafficking.

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Archbishop of Jakarta, marked seven years since his creation as a cardinal with a Eucharistic celebration on October 5 at Jakarta Cathedral, Indonesia.

Sr. Maria Silvia Bate, OSB, a nun from Maukeli, Nagekeo, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, was officially appointed head of the Monastero Benedettino di Orte, or Benedictine Monastery of Orte, Italy, on September 27, 2026.

The Indonesian Laudato Si’ Catechism, a concise reading guide to help Catholics understand Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ on care for the environment and humanity’s common home, is now available in digital form after about 2,000 printed copies were distributed.

A Catholic parish in Central Java, Indonesia, marked its 100th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass on Saturday, September 26, calling the Catholic community to carry its century-old legacy into a new era of mission.

Long before Pope Francis published Laudato Si’ in 2015, SD Kanisius Kenalan, a Catholic primary school in Magelang Regency, Central Java, had been developing an approach to education rooted in children’s daily lives and their natural surroundings.

An Indonesian documentary on Jesuit philosopher Fr. Franz Magnis-Suseno, SJ, explores the intellectual and personal journey of the German-born priest and his decades-long engagement with Indonesian society, philosophy, faith and public life.

More than 100 Catholic children took part in a planting activity at a parish in Central Java, Indonesia, as a Jesuit agricultural training center brought ecological education directly to the Catholic community.