Born in Manapla, Negros Occidental, Philippines on 14 September 1940, Fr.JJ was the fourth child of Arsenio and Naty Jesena.
He finished Grade School at Bacolod West Elementary School in 1952, and High School at the Ateneo de Davao in 1956. After three years of College, JJ was admitted to the Jesuit Novitiate in Novaliches. He pronounced his Perpetual Vows on 31 May 1961.
In 1969, he went down to Negros Island to experience the life , work, and sufferings of the migrant workers in the haciendas. Fr.JJ's report, " THE SACADAS OF SUGARLAND", was abombshell, received worldw more...
