5-minute reflection programme on the ABC5 called "Three Minutes a Day". Jesuit Communications In 1968, Reuter and two fellow Jesuits founded the Philippine chapter of the Jesuits Engaged in Social Communications or JESCOM. Initially, the group served as the communications arm of the Society's Philippine province. JESCOM took part in rural evangelization with the production of radio soap serials and comics with storylines that appeal to rural communities. Prisoner Ministry Cases He served as the spiritual adviser to American Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, an accused in the highly controversial Subic rape case. Death and funeral The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines officially announced Reuter's death at 12:51 PST (UTC+08:00) at the church-run Our Lady of Peace Hospital along Coastal Road in Parañaque. He had earlier suffered a mild stroke after staying in the hospital for the last three years. Reuter's casket lay in repose at St. Paul University Manila on January 3, 2013, and was transferred to Church of the Gesù inside the Ateneo de Manila University's Katipunan campus. As per custom, his casket was laid feet facing the congregation to reflect his life's status as a priest ministering to the faithful. A vigil Mass was said by Noel Vasquez, with Asandas Balchand preaching the sermon; the next day, Catalino Arevalo and Joaquin Bernas also said Mass, with a combined choir from the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, Bukas Palad Music Ministry, and Ateneo College Ministry Group. The Requiem Mass for Reuter was held at 08:30 PST on January 5, 2013, said by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, Jose Cecilio Magadia, with Bienvenido Nebres as homilist, with the Reuter's Glee Club as the choir. The interment followed at Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches, Quezon City at 11:00, where Reuter was buried along with other Jesuit priests and seminarians. Reuter founded the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission Inc. and directed live on stage presentation of Family Theater in the Philippines, the Family Rosary Crusade (TV program). Funeral service References External links . . . Selected published stage plays written by Fr. James B. Reuter, SJ Fr. James Reuter: Life at its fullest Timeline, Fr. James B. Reuter Funeral, Fr. James B. Reuter Fr. James B. Reuter, S.J. . 1916 births 2012 deaths 20th-century American Jesuits Academic staff of Ateneo de Manila University 20th-century Filipino Jesuits Writers from Elizabeth, New Jersey Ramon Magsaysay Award winners