Being a Jesuit in Japan with Fr. Jody Magtoto, SJ

06/02/2019 16 min
Being a Jesuit in Japan with Fr. Jody Magtoto, SJ

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Episode Synopsis

February 6 is the Feast of St. Paul Miki and Companions. Paul Miki was a Japanese Jesuit brother who was martyred with 25 other Catholics in Japan in 1597. Fr. Jody Magtoto, SJ, is a Filipino Jesuit missioned to Japan. He's spending a few months in the United States "interning" with the Jesuit Conference here in preparation for launching a communications office back in Japan. He shared a bit about St. Paul Miki and what it's like to be a Jesuit priest in a country less than 0.5% Catholic.

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