Fr Luis Ruiz worked in China with a special ministry with people suffering from Hansen's Disease. Many people will know this crippling disease as leprosy. Fr Luis wrote regularly to his supporters all over the world, including the St Mary's (North Sydney) Parish Leprosy Fellowship group. His letters provide a wonderful snapshot of the remarkable work done by this dynamic priest who, until his death in 2011 at the age of 97, showed little sign of slowing down or retirement.

Remembering Fr Lius Ruiz SJ

Renowned Jesuit missionary Fr Luis Ruiz has died at the age of 97 in Macau. Fr Michael Kelly SJ remembers him as ‘one of the greats’, a man who was a giant not because of his words, but because of the size of his heart. Read more...

To give and not to count the cost

Apart from their crippling physical deformities, lepers have the burden of feeling unwanted, ostracised and blamed for the condition that has befallen them. For the lepers who have borne children, the shame of being a product of a leper also has its social shame for the little ones. Fr. Ruiz caters for some of these children by financing their education in schools in other areas where their family background is unknown. Read more...

To love without measure.

In China, thousands of lepers and their families are being cared for, and are finding hope and love,through the work of a remarkable man. He is Father Luis Ruiz, a Jesuit priest, who treks about the Chinese mainland finding colonies of lepers eking out an existence without the most basic necessities.Read more...