The close bonding between the Society of Jesus and St Joseph is deep-rooted. In the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola there are six explicit references (SE 111, 114, 264, 265, 269, 270) to…
JRS-South Asia: 40 years of Accompaniment
As Jesuit Refugee Service enters into 40 years of existence in November 14, 2020, it is not a time to triumphantly celebrate its achievements but to trace out God’s footprints and His providential accompaniment with…
A.T. Thomas: Liberator of the Oppressed and Exploited
Fr. A.T. Thomas received martyrdom on 24th October 1997. It is 23 years since his martyrdom. In 1996 he went to Manila, taking two years break from Dalit apostolate, to do his study. I was…
Thomas Gafney: A Prophet against Corruption and Drugs
Fr. Tom Gafney was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on November 28th, 1932. He joined the Jesuits in September 1952, and came to Nepal in 1959 after doing his philosophy studies at West Baden, Indiana.…
Mathew Mannaparambil: A Voice against Dishonesty and Disloyalty
Transition from one generation to the next can not only be challenging, but even be fatally dangerous, particularly when big money and other vested interests are involved. This is what happened in the case of…
James Kottayil: Emancipator from Moneylenders and Bonded-Labour
From Abel to Zachariah in the Old Testament, from Christ to Stephen in the New Testament, we see martyrs who stood for their faith and truth. Saul, who guarded the blood-stained clothes of the martyr…
Herman Rasschaert: Peacemaker among Religious Communities
Fr. Herman Rasschaert was born on 13th September 1922 in the Netherlands. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in Drongen on 7th September 1941. In the novitiate he made up his mind to go to India…
The Heaven I Imagine
What is heaven like, is a question whose answer we do not know but are keen to know. Based on the following 4 faith-linked premises, I make the following imaginative presentation of heaven [auth] Heaven…
Blessed Emilio Moscoso, SJ: First Martyr of Ecuador
Emilio Moscoso (1846-1897) was beatified in his birthplace Riobamba, Ecuador, on November 16, 2019. His feast-day is on 21st November, together with Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro. [auth] Emilio Moscoso was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, on…