At 8 am tomorrow our flights leave! After all the preparation, we are now ready to put ourselves in the shoes (or maybe funny robes?) of the Jesuits!

  Before we leave for such a research expedition, it is important that we are knowledgeable about the topic that we are going to be researching. This is why we organized a meeting with the Director of the National Museum of Oriental Art ‘Giuseppe Tucci’ in Rome, Dr. Massimiliano A. Polichetti, a man who has dedicated…

Jesuit travelers who arrived in China from Europe were never left alone to their faith. In fact, the Jesuit order in the XVII century was a huge community and had contacts worldwide. Every new Jesuit that arrived had contacts with those already in the country who helped him to integrate himself to the new country…

China is not an easy country to travel for someone who does not know the language. You cannot just arrive and decide day-by-day where and what to do. Why is that? – Very few people speak English – All the signs are in Chinese – Chinese people are 1.3 billion and it seems like most…