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The Beijing Center has recently published a collection of letters written by Matteo Ricci (1552-1610). Only 54 letters survive from the vast correspondence Ricci kept while living as a Jesuit missionary in China. During his time in China, Ricci, according to the center, “created the first European-style world map in Chinese, introduced Euclidean geometry to

From October 18–20, the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco and Mary’s Shrine in Ontario co-sponsored an international symposium entitled “Life and Death in the Missions of New France and East Asia: Narratives of Faith and Martyrdom.”   The symposium began with remarks by Thomas Worcester, S.J., the president

On May 24, a two-day symposium begins at l’Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 to consider Jesuit-Protestant relationships from the Reformation to the 21st century. “Jésuites et protestants, XVIe-XXIe siècles” has been organized by Yves Krumenacker (université Lyon 3) and Philippe Martin (université Lyon 2).   The event features presentations by fifteen scholars on a range