"Lord, direct us to what is best." From July 7 to 10, 2026, the students and professors of St. Aloysius College in Sydney, Australia, embarked on a Service Learning Immersion with the Philippine Jesuit Prison Service Foundation, Inc. What began as an opportunity to learn soon became a life-changing experience of encounter, listening, compassion, and shared humanity. Throughout the immersion, participants stepped beyond the familiarity of classrooms and entered spaces where stories of pain,...

June 17, 2026, became a beautiful reminder that God's call continues to unfold in places where hope quietly takes root. Inside the Our Lady of Grace Chapel at the Reception and Diagnostic Center of the New Bilibid Prison, hearts gathered in gratitude as Fr. James Santos, SJ celebrated his Thanksgiving Mass with the Persons Deprived of Liberty, prison personnel, and members of the Philippine Jesuit Prison Service Foundation, Inc. For Fr. James, this celebration was more than his first...

Finding Hope Through Shared Stories There is something deeply healing about being heard. On June 27, 2026, forty Persons Deprived of Liberty gathered at Our Lady of Grace Chapel inside the New Bilibid Prison Reception and Diagnostic Center for the second session of Bagito: Bagong Landas entitled Liwanag at Anino. It was a space where courage quietly unfolded, one story at a time. The session invited participants to reflect on their Liwanag, the moments of goodness, hope, and strength they...