Collaborations

Bontola daw Bigula 2025: Youth and elders gather to remember and imagine

In a mission-wide celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Month, the mountains of Miarayon stirred with the footsteps and laughter of youth arriving from the different tribes reached by the Jesuit Bukidnon Mission District – the Pulangiyēn, Umajamnon, Manobo, Higaonon, Bukidnon, and…
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Quiet achievements, stronger futures: APC-Bendum celebrates JWL course completions

This year’s Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) cycle in APC brings encouraging news – stories of perseverance, growth, and small but meaningful victories that strengthen APC’s mission. Across five different JWL courses, seven indigenous youth and teachers completed their programs and…
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APC learns and hopes with Jesuit educators at JBEC gathering

Educators from the Jesuit Basic Education Commission (JBEC) schools gathered in September 2025 at Xavier University Pueblo Campus in Cagayan de Oro City for several days of learning, prayer, and sharing. Risajean Berdesola and Bridgit Ann Cuevas-Garcia joined from APC…
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APC highlights culture-based learning in DepEd Region 10’s IPED Convergence visit, receives plaque of recognition

APC welcomed school division officials from the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 10 on 23 September 2025 as part of the 2025 Indigenous Peoples Education Regional Convergence hosted by the Malaybalay City Division, receiving a Plaque of Recognition from DepEd…
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Living (in) Laudato Si’, called to take a path less trodden

Caroline Seow Together with Louie Bacomo from JRS Asia Pacific, five urban dwellers travelled to the mountains of Bukidnon, Mindanao, to better understand the effects of climate change and unchecked development on indigenous communities. Our journey—via jeepney, motorbike, and on foot—led us to Sitio Kaulayanan in…
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