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A Memorial Mass for His Holiness Pope Francis was Celebrated
On May 3, 2025, a Memorial Mass was offered for His Holiness the late Pope Francis, at St. Ignatius Church in ...
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Memorial Mass for Pope Francis
We express our sincere condolences on the passing of Pope Francis. Pope Francis, a former Jesuit, visited Soph...
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Our Deepest Condolences on the Passing of Pope Francis
We extend our sincere condolences on the passing of Pope Francis. Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Chu...
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Exchange Meeting Between Sophia University Students and Young Diplomats from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Japan
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, an exchange meeting between Sophia University students and young diplomats from t...
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“Sophia University United Nations Weeks June 2025” will be held from June 10 to 24.
To consider our future through U.N Activities The Sophia University UN Weeks, launched in 2014 based on the co...
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“Sophia University Africa Weeks 2025” will be held from May 10 to 25.
“Sophia Bringing AFRICA Together!” As part of our efforts to promote understanding of the African ...
Memorial Mass for Pope Francis
- 12:00
- Main Chapel, St. Ignatius Church
- Sophia University, Sophia School Corporation, Japan Province of the Society of Jesus, and St. Ignatius Church
Ecological Imaginaries in Civil Data in Post-Nuclear Japan
- 17:30 - 19:00
- Room 301, Building 10 / In person
- Institute of Comparative Culture
Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses; A Writer’s Journey
- 17:30 - 19:00
- Room 301 (Subject to change) / Hybrid
- Institute of Comparative Culture
Reading Family Albums: Indian Immigrants in Tokyo, 1976-2010
- 18:30-20:00 (JST)
- Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University
- Institute of Comparative Culture
A screening of a documentary film “Home in the Making”
- 16:00-17:30 (JST) (A screening followed by a Q&A and a discussion)
- Room 309, 3F, Building 2 / in person / registration required
- Institute of Comparative Culture
The “Crisis” of Sociality: Caring for the Dead Otherwise
- 18:00-19:30
- Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University
- Institute of Comparative Culture
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