The processes of assimilation and internalization of the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) continue in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP). In a workshop with Jesuits and collaborators in the Cambodian Mission on 19 February, the anniversary of the promulgation of the UAPs, JCAP President Fr Antonio “Tony” Moreno SJ reminded the participants “that the UAPs are a Mission of the Church entrusted to the Society, and stressed that it is not only the doing that is important but also being what the UAPs expect of the Jesuits.” Fr Tony shared with Ecojesuit his 10 UAP takeaways that guide and ground our work in the different ministries all around the world: The UAPs are orientations entrusted to Jesuits and their companions in mission by the Church through the Holy Father. In a sense, they are not simply our “preferences,” but discerned missio Dei. The UAPs are not just about doing something apostolic and how we do things. They invite Jesuits and their companions to a process of conversion, a way of being. They are expressions of the crying need of the 36th General Congregation for conversion at all levels: personal, communal and institutional. “The preferences are also about how God can change us.” (Fr General Antonio
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