Arun de Souza SJ, Author at Jivan Magazine

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Dawn at Dusk
Hope and humour
The right to hope
JCSA meets at Calicut
This is how I discern God’s plan
Seek Fellowship, not Confrontation
We have only one common home
When Jesuits had to go, she took over
Dr Ambedkar should inspire us to save Our Constitution & Our Country
Easter asks us to hope
Why should we never forget Chernobyl?
Mary, Mother of the Society of Jesus
#MysticBanter
100 years of Patna mission
All that we do here in India
The most staggering light
Life of an exceptionally gifted neurosurgeon
No one could make him unhappy
Any Woman
Do you have your own tower?
Learning to laugh
Magis 2024 award to Fr Felix Raj
HES sows seeds of peace in Jamshedpur
West Zone’s seminar draws 40 participants
Jesuits and St Joseph
Where has all the JESUIT HUMOUR gone?
Jivan Short Story Contest – 2023: Results
Resurrection’s preview and after-effects
The letters that Jesuits wrote and their significance
Looking at the World (Short Story – 1st Prize Winner)
In Search of a Lost Shepherd
#OMGIts100Years!
Jesuit Education: Can we really nurture values?
She becomes Moses to the enslaved
Good Friday
Benedict Rosario, SJ (KAR) 1948-2024
George Hilarion Thakur, SJ (PAT) 1955-2023
Ignatius Fernandes, SJ (BOM) 1948-2023
Jose Panadan, SJ (GUJ) 1969-2024
Leo Florent Tirkey, SJ (MAP) 1942-2024
Lourduraj Arokiasamy, SJ (CEN) 1945-2003
Teach me to fast!
Shall we make a difference?
Harnessing for God the energies of love
Our institutions and houses are to be Models of Alternative Energy
In the war-torn West Asia, Christians should be agents of peace
Can we really fall in love with God?
Sri Lanka: Navigating a Rocky Road to Recovery
PATHWAYS TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Lourdes: a byword for healing and hope
IGNATIUS – THE GOD SEEKER
Did your heart leap for joy?
What did COP 28 achieve?
Jesuit students of theology interact with Muslim missionaries
All of them became her children
2000 years of Christianity in India in 800 pages
St. Paul completes the four Gospels
Joseph Chittooparambil, SJ (KER) 1928-2023
Joseph Karunaidass, SJ (AND) 1946-2023
Mathew Kannadan, SJ (KER) 1938 – 2023
Peter Marandi, SJ (DUM) 1946 – 2023
Vijay Kumar Ekka, SJ (MAP) 1962 – 2023
Xavier S. Arockiasamy, SJ (MDU) 1931-2023
Spirituality demands selflessness
We can live if we have love
Out to dance
Coordinators of school education meet in Ahmedabad
An old psalm for a new year
My experiences at the Synod
Jesuit Communicators meet in Chennai
The secret to keeping our New Year resolutions
His warm smile and kind eyes…
Democracy Dreams for 2024
The Synod says: “Understand and accompany women!”
#XplodUrCreativity
Jesuit office publishes book on Pastoral planning in a synodal way
The only Jesuit institution in China celebrates 25 years
‘The Face of the Faceless’ – a powerful film on Sr. Rani Maria
The Shrine of St. John de Britto is Now a Minor Basilica
Joe Velinkar, SJ (BOM) 1930-2023
Lalith Chrishantha Fernandopulle, SJ (SRI) 1971-2023
Vijay K. Kachhap, SJ (JAM) 1956-2023
Living simply so that others can simply live
Beginning Anew
Shall we begin a renewed journey?
For hope when it is hard to hope
To whom do God’s angels sing?
A pioneer of Christian art in the Indian style
A model of fraternity and friendship
To script a new beginning
What will I do for Mary’s babe?
Christmas reveals God’s disponibility
To empower rural school teachers
JCSA meets at De Nobili, Pune
Vocation Promoters & Prenovitiate Directors meet in Goa
Did the Synod succeed?
Opened: VJ’s renovated library
Juniorate Staff meet in Mumbai
“The Christmas I still cherish”
#BelieveInUs!
Christmas in a world of war, death and grief
Jesuits organize Conference to protect the rights of minority schools
Relishing theOrdinary
“Tell me a Christmas story!”
The Jesuit mission to protect the Amazonian natives
Messengers and messages of peace
Christmas ironies
Avellino Remedios, SJ (BOM) 1930-2023
Dionysius Lobo, SJ (BOM) 1945-2023
John Britto Bonaventure, SJ (MDU) 1946-2023
Joy John Arackal, SJ (DEL) 1944-2023
Mani V. Nedumattam, SJ (DEL) 1935-2023
A garden can bring you God’s messages
In the inn of the world
Things hard to understand
Re-imagining the Society in South Asia
50 Golden years of the Sadhana Institute
Jivan Short Story Contest – 2023
Life and vision of Tony de Mello, SJ
Novice Masters meet at CIS, go on a Xaverian pilgrimage
MAGIS 2023 & World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon
Jyoti Kumari inspires Jerry
India yearns for a Mahatma!
If you respect women and give them a role…
At this age what do I expect from my superiors and fellow Jesuits?
#PrayMore!
Jesuits banned, their assets confiscatedin El Salvador
His mission was to fight slavery
A Jesuit among Muslims
“I want to see this new world”
Alexander John Robinson, SJ (DUM) 1968-2023
Francis Mathias, SJ (HAZ) 1940-2023
Irudayasamy Sebastian SJ (MDU) 1941-2023
Joseph Thadavanal, SJ (PAT) 1943-2023
Patrick Tirkey, SJ (HAZ) 1992 – 2023
Susai Raj, SJ (PAT) 1955-2023
Beneath Your Blue Veil
Your Attention Please!
Start a Silent Revolutionin our Communities!
A Gift that can be Snatched Away
JCSA Socii Meet – 2023 in Bengaluru
From an Elected Democracy Topopulist Autocracy
Saying Yes to Life
Protest March in Raipur for Manipur
Joys and Challenges of Being a Teacher
Jesus laughed! A Fresh Look at the Human Jesus
Embracing the Wisdomof Women
This Retreat Transformed Me!
#SerHumane (Be Human)
All or Nothing: Sr Clare Crockett (2021)
Aloysius Vanderwall , SJ (SRI) 1944-2023
Augustine Fernandes, SJ (GOA) 1968-2023
Chettiyathara John M, SJ (DUM) 1952-2023
Edward D’ Souza, SJ (JAM) 1936 – 2023
Guy Rajendram, SJ (SRI) 1934-2023
Irudayasamy Sebastian (MDU) 1941-2023
Joseph M. Gauci Sacco, SJ (DUM) 1937-2023
Leslie Francis, SJ (GOA) 1931-2023
Joy Follows Like a Shadow
He would say, “Well done!”
The Moon and Its Creator
A Conspiracy of Grace
Letting the Divine in us shine through love
My Dear Motherland
Snake-Charming Jesuits
Roots & Wings 2023
Adipoli (From CMI with Love)
Celebrating Brotherhood
India@76: Challenges and Concerns
A Board Game on Ignatius & the Questions It Raises
What Fr. General Has Done regarding GC 36’s mandates
Blessed Mother and Mother India
Will AI Lead to the Death of Democracies
Your attention please!
Rejoice or panic?
When they sow the seeds of distrust and discord…
Dare to Dream of a Beautiful India!
Back Again
Conviction, Collaboration, Concerted Effort
Showing us the way to go
Your Attention Please
Nourished by the streams of Loyola – 71st Congregation of Procurators
Many Branches, but One Root
300 Jesuit School Leaders attend LEAP
Ignatius,lead us on,even today!
Burning houses, repeating lies
Manipur: Ethnic Conflict Communalised
The Culture that Enables Sexual Harassment
Fraternity Forum established in two T.N. towns
FOJET meet in Tamil Nadu
Ekdumjhakaas (Super fine)!!!!
Rejoice always and give thanks!
Ignatian Roots of Daughters of the Cross
The Graham Staines Story
Fr. Braz Faleiro, SJ (GOA)
Fr. John Misquitta, SJ (BOM)
“I do not look toward the horizon,I only look up to God.”
Being Kind, Even When Everyone Else Is Not
Journeying with the Youth of South Asia
Thank you, JIVAN!
Formators Must Focus on Building Character
Constitutionality: A Challenge to Indian Catholic Youth
The Magic of Magis
Channelising the Energy and Potential of Youth
AICUF – Marching Towards aCentenary and Beyond
National Education Policy-2020 and a New Student-Centeredness
Antonio Moscheni, World Class Jesuit Painter
Five Chilies and One Lemon
Three Classes of “Superior”
Transfers, Tears and Laughter
South Asian Jesuit Artists Forum
SXUK Organises AICUF Workshop
Listen, Observe, Learn
Forgiveness and Love is Her Hallmark
#YehDilMaangeMore
A War Beneath the Vestment
Promotion of a Consistent Culture of Protection (PCCP): Safeguarding for Justice
The Journey of the South Asian Team for Safeguarding (SATS)
Clergy Sexual Offending: Formative Considerations
Consistent Protection: An Antidote to Abuse
Child Right Laws
The Jesuit influence on the Society of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ)
Calvary is not the end of our Lenten journey
Hindi Version of the Feature Film “Ignacio De Loyola”
Life during the pandemic and after
The Image of a Jesuit School
Why Pray or Go for Mass?
JAAI Milan, Patna 2023
Annual JHEASA Conference at St. Aloysius, Mangaluru
“Good Touch”, “Bad Touch” – isn’t there a Difference?
TATA’s Torture Tests
Jesuit Mission towards Inclusivity, Human Rights and Networking
They can kill me, but they will never kill justice
#DevaraKelasaNammaKelasa (God’s work is also ours)
Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Martyr, Servant of God Herman Rasschaert, SJ
Workshop on Creating Counter Narratives
“Khushhall Bachpan” for children by Caritas India
Fr. Antonio Falces Remirez, SJ (GUJ>ESP) 1941-2022
Fr. S. Arulanandam, SJ (NEP) 1960-2022
Fr. Francis Britto, SJ (MDU>JPN) 1947-2023
Fr. Arun Kumar Bara, SJ (MAP) 1989-2023
Fr. Paul Vaz, SJ (BOM) 1946-2023
Fr. Robert (Bob) Menezes, SJ (BOM) 1947-2023
Fr. Mathew J. Moolel, SJ (MDU) 1932-2023
Fr. Fernandes Jesuadimai, SJ (MDU) 1946-2023
Fr. Dominic Fernandes, SJ (BOM) 1953-2023
Go thou and follow Him, who gave His life for others
#MoAddaMoGuru (my conversation || my guru)
A Journey of Hope-filled Pastors
XLRI and XIM: Brands of their own
Stalwarts of Social Apostolate in Jamshedpur Province
The De Nobili School Cluster: A model of Lay Collaboration
Collaboration with the Diocese: A Cutting Edge
Give what you have!
Jesuit Institutions: Strength or User Value?
JYOTI – A Flame burning for fifty years
The Social Organization of the Tribals
What Tickles about the Jesuit life
A dream envisioning a change never dies
Little Daughters of Saint Francis Xavier (LDFX)
Leadership Model of Jesus
SXUK confers D.Litt on Mamata Banerjee
St. Aloysius College, Mangalore attains A++ Grade with the CGPA of 3.67
Orienting towards MAGIS – Portugal
Fr. Francis D’Souza, SJ (DAR) 1953-2023
Fr. John Santos, SJ (PUN) 1928-2023
Fr. Peter Raj Chinnappan, SJ (AND) 1946-2023
Fr. Benjamin Tigga, SJ (DUM) 1952-2023
Br. Michael Lopes, SJ (GUJ) 1944-2023
Fr. Casper James Miller, SJ (NEP) 1933-2023
Re-imagining Education in Jesuit Institutions
Women – Nation’s Pride
Jamshedpur Jesuit Province: Two Events of Grace
Lent: A time for Soul Gardening
Becoming Ambassadors of Environment
Vidyajyoti at the Service of Theological Formation
Dialogue of Encounter with Religions, Cultures and the Poor
A Woman’s Journey through Lent
When Covid-19 was at its worst
Exploring Rationality and Animality
A scholarly walk through Jesuit Education
Totum Amoris Est: Reflections on the Apostolic Letter
Anne De Xainctonge of the Society of St. Ursula: A True Disciple of St. Ignatius of Loyola
An Uncommon Jesuit
JCSA at Shembaganur
International Symposium on AI, Robotics and Humanoids
Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network/ Eucharistic Youth Movement Meet, Pune
Pre-Novitiate Directors and Vocation Promoters Meet
Fr. Abraham Adappur, SJ (KER) 1926-2022
Fr. Ekka Marcel, SJ (MAP) 1952-2022
Fr. Victor D’Silva, SJ (KAR) 1942-2022
Fr. Ornellas Coutinho, SJ (GUJ) 1942-2022
Fr. George Nedungatt, SJ (KER) 1932-2022
Fr. Rappai Paul Poothokaren, SJ (GUJ) 1944-2022
A Lay Society of Jesus!
Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
#BeingSeekers
To NEP or Not to NEP
Raise a Generation towards Love and Peace
Double Trouble Engine
Vidyajyoti Turns Golden
#IduNammaVeedu (It’s our home)
Education in Afghanistan: Only a Nostalgic Look Back?
A Broken Pencil in God’s Hands
Human God, Lead Me On
Novice Masters Meet in Meghalaya
Annual Meeting of PCEs of South Asian Conference
New Appointment – Fr Arturo Sosa
Mission with Rohingyas in Bangladesh
JRS: Advocacy as Mission
JRS and Burmese Refugees
International Migrants Day and Distressed Migrants
The Christmas Challenge: Making The Word Flesh in Our World Toda
Unsettled and Unresolved
Challenge to a renewed way of Jesuit life
New Strategies for New Challenges
Fr. John D’Mello, SJ (PAT) 1932-2022
Fr. Vijayanand Marialayam, SJ (GOA) 1943-2022
Fr. Lancelot Pinto, SJ (BOM) 1933 – 2022
Is our ‘Esprit de Corps’ weaker than before?
Communication: Our DNA
Jesuit Brothers and Fathers: One Society, Same Vocation, Different Ministries
Formation and Ongoing Formation of Jesuit Brothers
A Visible Witness to Invisible Realities
Five Flies in My Cup of Tea
Does no one read anymore?
Dear Brothers!
Desiderio Desideravi – The “How to” of Liturgical Celebrations
#EdenGarden
Jesuit Youth Ministry of South Asia (JYMSA) Annual Meeting
Ambassador of Reconciliation – Blessed Giovanni Antonio Solinas, SJ
Brothers Down History Lane
Annual Meeting of the Conference Secretariat for Integral Formation (CSIF) held at Phesama
Jesuit Education: An opportunity to make a difference
3 Ds for our Refounding
An Order of Women Jesuits!
I Have Come to Thee, To Take Thy Touch
Gratefully in the Society of Jesus
Soul’s Terminus
Stories that portray a Rainbow of Life
The Letter: A Message for Our Earth
Mother Teresa: No Greater Love
The Best Practices of Poverty in the Society of Jesus
The Nobility, Advantages and Joyfulness of Poverty
“You have been with the Galilean”
The Chosen
Meaningful practice of Poverty in our Communities
Vow of Poverty from the Lens of the Laity
Higher Education towards Environmental Protection
How did our Jesuit Saints Pray?
Caring for Our Common Home
The Vow of Poverty is “Good News”!
Jesuit Poverty and its Challenges
Pedro Arrupe: A Steward of the Poor and the Marginalized
One Step Enough for Me
The Coat of an Autocrat
Multiple Perspectives on Synodality
Strengthening Jesuit International Education
Second Thoughts and First Impressions
An Excellent Introduction
Numbers, Algorithms and Margins
Jesuits always in the making
Another Church is Possible!
Synodal churning must go on (in India)!
Role of Clergy in the Synodal Process
Indian Religious Journeying Together
Youth and the Synod on Synodality
A Synod that Inspires Us to Care and Dare!
Long Live the Jesuit Library!
Can Religious Community Life Become Healthier, More Evangelical?
Gender Sensitivity: Our Mission
Outlook of St. Joseph: Challenges in Becoming a Synodal Church
JHEASA Delegates at International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU)
Becoming Persons of Synodality
Developing a Spirituality of Communion
Biography of a Life Extraordinaire
Reconstructing Mysore History
Neuroscience and Ignatius Offer Us Clues for Wholesome Living
Chennai to Elakurichi: Ignatian Pilgrimage
Dr. Abdul Kalam Award to Fr. Dr. S. Ignacimuthu, SJ
Have You Not Heard The Jungle Cry?
From Wastage to Wattage
Fr. Mark Kulandai Raj, SJ (AND) 1948-2022
Fr. Albert D’Silva, SJ (KHM) 1937-2022
Fr. Anthony Samy Annaraj, SJ (MDU to EOF) 1943-2022
Fr. Manuel Diaz Garriz, SJ (GUJ) 1932-2022
Fr. Gregory Xaxa, SJ (JAM) 1957 – 2022
Fr. Rufino Coutinho, SJ (GOA) 1932-2022
Agnipath
Why we need to Reinvent Jesuit Leadership
The Ragpicker’s Choice
Are We Giving Up Our Indian Dream?
Reimagining Jesuit Higher Education Institutions
The Beautiful Revolution
Institutional Leadership of Jesuit Organizations
Digital Leadership: The Need of the Hour
A Society Healthily ‘Off Balance’
Contemplation – Compassion – Creativity
Engineering Unleashed at IAJES Summit in Boston
Jesuit Brothers from World Over Meet in Rome
Fr. Ignacimuthu, SJ, as the Chief Editor of IJNPR
Flood fury: Response of the Kohima Jesuits
Vidyajyoti@50 in Delhi- Inaugural Jubilee Eucharist
Jesuit Leadership: Legacy and Derailments
The Inner Side of Leadership and Management
Follow Stan!
“Bacher Baba” – The Water Man of Maharashtra
The Samaritan: A Different Ranking
Fr. Joseph Alexander, SJ (CCU) 1949 – 2022
Fr. Edwin L. D’Souza, SJ (GOA) 1925 – 2022
Fr. Susai Thomas, SJ (DUM) 1955 – 2022
Br. Joseph Ullattil, SJ (PAT)
Fr. Anthony Ryan, SJ (HAZ) 1939-2022
Fr. Suman Minj SJ (HAZ) 1971 -2022
Where do we go from here?
Ignatius the Visionary to Xavier the Missionary
Fr. Christopher Kerketta, SJ (HAZ) 1953-2021
Fr. Peter Jones, SJ (HAZ) 1931-2021
Fr. Thomas Joseph, SJ (HAZ) 1947-2021
JYOTI – A Unique Youth Movement Completes Fifty Years
Street Play Campaign by AICUF, Tamil Nadu
Fr. Francis Kurien, SJ (HAZ) 1953-2021
Br. Anthony Stevens, SJ (JAM) 1936-2022
Fr. Ignace Canis Macwan, SJ (GUJ) 1957-2022
Online Workshop by Digital Jesuits
Transformation of a Boys’ Home into a Girls’ Hostel
A Tool in the Hands of God
Re-inventing Ourselves
A Man called Inigo
Collaboration: Our Way of Being and Doing
Fr. Philip Thayil, SJ (KER) 1935-2022
Fr. Anthony Kadookunnel, SJ (JAM) 1928-2022
Fr. Joseph Prabhu, SJ (BOM) 1934-2022
Fr. Poulose Mangai, SJ (CCU) 1957-2022
Fr. Fredrick Leon, SJ (SRI) 1933-2022
Fr. Felix Tellis, SJ (JAM) 1943-2022
Fr. Andrew Silveira, SJ (GUJ) 1949-2022
Fr. Colman de Souza SJ (GOA) 1946-2022
Fr. Ephrem Thomas Manikompel, SJ (KER) 1942-2022
Fr. Charles Michael, SJ (MDU) 1947-2022
Fr. Andrews Thekkekara, SJ (MDU) 1932-2022
Fr. Joseph Mattam, SJ (GUJ) 1936-2022
What we are Really Looking for is a New Story for a New Age
Ignatian Year: An Invitation to Re-imagine
The Wound of Ignatius – an Opportunity of Change!
What has Modern Business to do with Ignatian Spirituality?
Two Worldly Saints: Ignatius of Loyola and a Farmer
Ignatian Indifference: The Way It Shapes Our Jesuit Life
Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen, SJ
Prayer Dynamics in the Spiritual Exercises
A Novel Handbook for Ignatian Retreat
Ignatian Insights in Ignatian Year
Vandana Shiva: The “Gandhi of Grain”
Chilling Story of Siliguri
Fr. Mathew Pichalakattu, SJ (GUJ) 1940-2022
Fr. James Xalxo, SJ (MAP) 1944-2022
Fr. Joseph D’Abreo, SJ (BOM) 1932-2022
Fr. Vijayanand Shidonkar, SJ (GUJ) 1947-2022
Fr. Conrad Mascarenhas, SJ (BOM) 1938-2022
Fr. Mathew Pullattu, SJ (KER) 1935-2022
Mother of Trees
Divine Drama
What do they say about NEP 2020
Exploring New Frontiers of the Universe
A Francis in Every Jesuit – The Question of Jesuit Response to Environmental Issues
Our Rights, Our Fights
Xavier Green School – A ‘mad man’ who transformed a ‘mad tree’ wasteland
Protecting Environment and People
How Late Have I Loved You – Caring for Our Common Home
The Commandments of Nature
Voices of Justice for all
The Priest as God’s Suffering Servant
Jesuit elected as President of Indian Theological Association
Critical Thinking and Social Analysis in Contemporary India, ISI Delhi
5th JAAI Governing Council meeting at Kolkata Xavier’s
Raipur Deanery Synodal Church meeting
‘Bullet’ Moments
Making the Extinct become Distinct
Sri Lanka – Paradise at a Loss | Humanitarian and Civic Response of the Jesuits
Did we miss the Synodality Train?
Participating in the Public Discourse
Pascha’s Coming: A Plea to Cease Conflicts
Being Close to the Poor
From Gethsemane to Galilee
Do Jesuits Neglect their Health?
The Healing Touch
Alternative Medical Care – A Holistic Approach
Healthy Ageing
Love-Giving and Life-Gifting
The Green Medicines
Every Area Starts to Enter Renewal
Palliative Care in Life-Limiting Condition
The Commission on the Role of Women
A Tale of One Township – Bandra
How Anthropology Developed in India
Recollections of a Jester
The Platinum Year of Jamshedpur Jesuit Province
Jesuits in Science meet in Bengaluru
Islamic Studies Association marks 40th Anniversary
Autism Sunday at JAICARE Hospital, Madurai
Fr. Jose Luis Arana, SJ (GUJ) 1930-2022
Fr. Viaguladasan Manickam, SJ (MDU) 1938-2022
Fr. Jeyaseelan Thomas Barnabas, SJ (MDU) 1952-2022
What is your Goal and Purpose in Life?
Solar Energy on Wheels
A Drive for Humanity
‘Her’ Story
Restructuring
A Synodal Lent
Challenges to Religious Life Today
The Devotion to St. Francis Xavier after 400 years
Losing God in the Religious Life
Being an Astronomer Brother
The Relevance of Religious Vows
Called To Be Women Of The Resurrection
Catholic Religious and Mainstream Politics in India
The ICT-friendly Religious
Into the Spider-Verse: Religious Life and Artificial Intelligence
JCSA Meeting Online
Jesuits Celebrate Human Fraternity Day
Fr. Lucas Rayappan, SJ (GUJ) (1662-2022)
Fr. Lawrence Pinto, SJ (KAR)
Peace Rally of 2008
Ranthambore’s First Woman Naturalist
Not Child’s Play
A Conversation for Conversion
The Four Pillars of Meaning
World Interfaith Harmony Week
Keeping Stan Alive
We are Our Ancestors
Come out of your Comfort Zones: Call to Solidarity with Civil Society
The Stan Saga: Retelling it is an Imperative
Rekindling the Stan Spirit
The Enviable Stan
Uncompromising Stan(d) against Injustice: In Solidarity with the Adivasis
Need More Swamies like Stan
Entrepreneurship and Higher Education
Annual Meeting of Vocation Promoters and Pre-Novitiate Directors (VPND)
Inauguration of LIBA’s New Building by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
COP 26 – A Renewed Call to Solidarity
Handbook on Community Mobilisation in 10 languages!
Inauguration of the Consortium of Minority Schools in Tamil Nadu
Do Cannonballs Boomerang?
Mir of Kashmir: Wildlife Rescuer
AIDed Transformation
The Greatest Christmas Gift of All
Synod and COP 26: Reading Signs of Time
PM Modi meets Pope Francis
Christmas from the Lens of St Joseph and Covid-19
See With the Eyes of Christ – Blessed Rutilio Grande, SJ
Christmas With Migrants
From Jesus Christ to Pope Francis
Bombay’s Utterly Brotherly Lot from Spain
A Jesuit Christmas
Obscure Guest at Christmas
No Christmas Please
Towards Him All Time
The WORD in the World
Your Goal was to Save Souls
A Thought-Provoking Collection
More than Soul-Searching
Know the Indian Jesuit Scientists
Jesuits and Higher Education
When Faith Meets Reason
JCSA Meeting in Secunderabad
JCSA AT COP26 – CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME
Three-day Workshop on Green Journalism
Fr. Amritlal Thomas Xalxo, SJ (MAP) 1959-2021
Fr. Hermann Bacher, SJ (ECE) 1924-2021
Fr. Lalit Kumar Ekka (MAP) 1971-2021
Fr. Lawrence Caruana, SJ (DUM) 1926 – 2021
Fr. Marianus Kullu, SJ (DAR) 1960-2021
Fr. Pablo Gil, SJ (GUJ) 1926 – 2021
Br. Bernard Singh, SJ (PAT) 1932 – 2021
Fr. Sebastian Thengumpallil, SJ (KER) 1962-2021
Fr. Aemilianus Lakra, SJ (MAP) 1936-2021
The Sun of Abba
Farmer’s Unique Marketing Idea
From Labour Pain to Saviour’s Gain
MAGIC MAGIS
Beloved Spanish Missionaries, We are Forever in your Debt !
Wear Glasses, Feel Pulses
In Gratitude- En Agradecimiento
From a Foreign Mission to a Local Church
Spanish Jesuits and their Education Ministry
Spanish Jesuit Missionaries and their Pastoral Charism
Up Until the First Spanish Missionary Arrived
They Came: To Serve With Love
Viva La Espana Misionera
Spanish Jesuits, the Early Communicators
The Band of Brothers, the Unsung Heroes
Lighting Small Lamps to Lessen the Darkness
Etched in my Memories
As I Knew Them
The Spanish Humour
Missionary Sisters of the Queen of the Apostles and Fr. Bodewig, SJ
Follow Which Leader? A Rethink of Leadership
Grow Environmentally Sustainable
Finding God in Day to Day Life
Annual Meeting of the Conference Secretariat for Formation
Fr. Rosario Rocha, SJ (GOA) 1952 – 2021
Fr. Jerry Sequeira, SJ (GUJ) 1947 – 2021
Fr. Jean Englebert, SJ (CCU) 1929-2021
Fr. Gregory Naik, SJ (GOA) 1933-2021
Fr. Andrew Francis, SJ (CEN) 1961-2021
The Cannonball that Hit a Boundary
Keeper of Kerala’s Silent Valley
Enrolling Model
The Floral Trail
Our Common Houses and Works
Synodality in the Church : Both a Gift and a Task
Synodal Spirit, lead us on!
The Spanish Jesuits in Bombay (1921-2021)
Go, Set the World on Fire
Psalm and Ignatius
Our Master, St. Ignatius!
ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
Inigo, Canonball, Crossroads and the Jesuits
A Cannonball Struck and the World was Transformed
Musings on the Conversions of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatian Heritage and Ashram Ministry
Waves from the Sea of the Heart
Who was Stan Swamy really?
Webinar on ‘Dialogue of Life’
Inauguration of Jesuit Media Centre – JEMCEN
From Storm to Stillness
Urban Jungle on Terrace
Teaching the Unreachable
Fr. Placido Fonseca, SJ (BOM) 1937-2021
Fr. Cheruparambil J. John, SJ (AND) 1949 – 2021
Fr. Stanislaus Miranda, SJ (KAR) 1930 – 2021
Fr. Varghese Paul Chollamadam, SJ (GUJ) 1943-2021
Fr. Arputham Jesuraj, SJ (GUJ) 1960-2021
Fr. Maxim Crasta, SJ (GUJ) 1966 – 2021
The Jesuit Principal
The Mindful Education
Covid Beckons New Teaching Perspectives
Protecting our Educational Rights
Speaking Truth to Power
Women in Islamic Religious Thinking
Exploring New Frontiers in Interreligious Dialogue
Zoom Masses Unite a Faith Community
O God, Where are You? – A Post-pandemic Reflection
Remembering Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 – 1889)
Eco-Storytelling: Sowing Seeds of Transformative Action
Covid Trekking
The First Railway Station in India with Vertical Gardens!
My Manresa Experience!
Fr. Paul Valappila, SJ (GUJ) (1943 – 2021)
Fr. Peter J. Kurukula Aratchi, SJ (SRI) 1939 – 2021
Fr. Anton Weerasinghe, SJ (SRI) 1939 – 2021
A Conference Webbing together the Ignatian Spirituality and Islamic Teachings
People of All Faiths Pledge to Pursue Stan’s Legacy
Nashik based Jesuit NGOCares for the Covid Affected Tribals
First Jesuit Residence in Tripura, “Arrupe In” Inaugurated
The Eucharist that Really Was
Gender Justice for Women Religious
Educating for Depth – Discerning for a Hope-Filled Future
Will we Allow our Democracy to Collapse?
Dare to be on the Move
WERE I TO BE ELECTED
Murder in the Temple (of Democracy)
Not a Silent Spectator…
The Prophet of Our Time
NOBLE STAN (Modeled on St Ignatius’ March)
Exploring Shia-Catholic Dialogue
Renaming Xavier University as ‘XIM’ University
The Three Jesuits who Bridged Christianity and Islam
Meet the Joyful Jesus
Democracy to Defend, Not to Destroy
THEOLOGY ONLINE – Encountering God in Cyberspace
Vows in the time of the Pandemic (aka “Love in the time of Cholera”)
Father Stan Swamy and the Bagaicha Movement
For Stan, the Secular was the Sacred
Stan: An Icon of Adivasi Articulation
Johar Stan!
Walking humbly with God… and with Stan Swamy
Introduction to the Mass in memory of Fr Stan
Instruments for Liberation
A Chapel with a Cosmic Countenance
Stan’s Life and Message
Response to COVID-19 – Jesuits and the Church of Varanasi
Lead Us On
When Tribal Land Matters and their Lives do not, what happens!
The Spiritual Exercises – A Handbook for Lay Spirituality
Nearer, My God, to Thee – Finding God in the Second Wave
A Service Truly Auto
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE – TO SOLVE PERENNIAL WATER CRISIS
The Pandemic and the Big Challenges
Thankful
The Conversion of Ignatius: Where’s the Path-breaker in me?
IGNATIAN YEAR: A Call to be Partners in God’s Dream for the World
Open Your Hearts: Interview with Fr. Arjen Tete, SJ
The Conversions of Ignatius of Loyola
An Ignatian Moment of Conversion
The Divine in the Face of the Other
The Mysticism of St. Ignatius
Peter Joseph de Cloriviere: In Search of God during Revolutionary Times
Hope in the Valley of Tears : The Anguish of a Pastor in the Pandemic
An arid Kerala village checked water for irrigation
ARMY OF HELP
The Face of the Face-less
Engineer-turned Farmer harnesses Wind & Solar Energy
Crucial Conversation
JCSA Meeting
Centenary Celebration Jiffies
Christian Faith as a Co-pilgrim in Bihar: A Pastoral Perspective
Dreaming into the Future
Social Action: Glorious Past yet Searching for a New Beginning
Patna Jesuits on the National Frontiers
Educating for a Stronger Bihar
Our Province, Our Vision
Patna Jesuits: as I saw them
Collaborating with Jesuits of Patna
Recalling my Jesuit associations
They have shaped my Life
In Love with the Mission
MAIN (Migrant Assistance and Information Network) Inaugurated
Easter: from Despair to Hope
A Century of Patna Jesuit Mission: 1921-2021
Man of Letters
Smashing Gender Norms
Theology Emerging from Below
Jesuit Response to Feminist Concerns in South Asia
Building Bridges across Religions
Echoing the Cries of the Cosmos
Wrestling with Indian Casteism
Jesuit Mission in the field of Ethnophilosophy
St. Joseph: model of faith, hope and love
New Education Policy – 2020 (NEP) Opportunities and Challenges
Transforming Ashes into Fire
From Desk-Bound to Deshi Theology
CONVERSION
In a Different Farm
Farmers Turn Organic with Bumper Crops and Profit
Digital Jesuits: The #Hashtag Ministry
Wiring the Universal Apostolic Body
Jesuit communications during Covid-19
The ‘Byte’ification: Our story of going online!
Farmers on the Roads: An Opportunity for the Jesuits
Assessing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Go! Set the Web on Fire!
Fr. Valles: The Gujarati Jesuit, Mathematician, Writer, Guru
Online JCSA | Oct, 2020
From Babri Mosque to Ram Temple
Christmas in the time of COVID-19
The Birth of Hope to Heal the World
NEP 2020 Structural Changes in School Education
Stan in Jail: Implications for Christian Mission in India
Challenges Raised by the Jail Custody of Fr. Stan Lourduswamy
Infirmary in the Pandemic
Fratelli Tutti in the light of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Yamraj: The God of Life
Kiran Nidhi Yojana
Pandemic Christmas
Silent Crackers
Organic Fruits from Drought-Prone Beed Dt.
Martyrdom and Jesuits of South Asia
Let us together make a difference
Contemplation in Political Action
JRS-South Asia: 40 years of Accompaniment
A.T. Thomas: Liberator of the Oppressed and Exploited
Thomas Gafney: A Prophet against Corruption and Drugs
Mathew Mannaparambil: A Voice against Dishonesty and Disloyalty
James Kottayil: Emancipator from Moneylenders and Bonded-Labour
Herman Rasschaert: Peacemaker among Religious Communities
The Heaven I Imagine
Blessed Emilio Moscoso, SJ: First Martyr of Ecuador
Moves and Halts in South Asia: 2014-2020
Thrills and Trials in Being Utterly Brotherly
Of a different Kind-ness
Unique Bamboo Houses Survive 7 Assam Floods in 3 Years
Gandhian and Christian Martyrs
The Ignatian Year 2021-2022: Celebrating the Conversion of St. Ignatius
The NEP 2020: Reforms tilted towards the Rich and the Powerful
Facing Corona with Meditation
Rohingya: fast becoming a lost tribe?
Can our forerunners inspire us?
Humour as a Way to Face the Vicissitudes of Life
Salute to the Sindhudurg girl of Sahyadri Mountains
‘Lockdown’ student cultivation
Thinking Out of the Gender Box: Challenges to Jesuit Identity and Mission
Jesuits and Gender Equality
Mission Partnership with Jesuits: Who calls the shots?
Women Religious and Ignatian Spirituality
Showing the Way to God : Spiritual accompaniment for and with women
Rewriting the Jesuit Narrative on Women
Go to the Frontier Mission
Higher Education and National Education Policy 2020
Feast on Silence
Jesuit Community among the Planets
Loretos turn green
Nation Submerged
Social Media: The Indefatigable Host of Corona Content
Baptism by Covid-19 Has it changed the Church?
Post-Corona Governance Compassion, Connection and Reconstruction
A Psychological perspective on the Pandemic
The Virus of Hate
Violence against the Dalits in Nepal
‘Thatha Sami’ Fr. Louis Lèveil
Marching with the Migrants
Transforming Education after Covid-19
How Kerala’s Health Minister became a corona virus slayer
Love Bomb
Take Heart
Jesuit Resource and Response Hub (JRH)
The SWAN Girls: Prophetic Witness of the Youth
The Rights of Stateless Citizens
Pandemic: A call to Indigenous way of life
Migrant Solidarity Centre, Bagaicha
“I can’t breathe” in India too
The Person of Ignatius
The Pandemic and the Humanitarian crisis: Fixing Responsibility, Finding Solutions
A Prelate not too late
Gratitude and prayer are two sides of the same coin
Lockdown exit strategies of the Jesuits of South Asia
Beyond the peripheries – among the Transgenders
Reaching out to distressed migrants
Corona virus: Moment to reclaim spiritual space
First Jesuit Brothers
Living in solidarity with the environment
Online Retreat: A Lifeline experience
Coping Apostolically with COVID-19
Slumdog hero of slab school
Toilets with plastic bottles
Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Kohima Jesuit Region
Easter in the time of COVID-19
A story of Hope: Educating the rural poor of Northeast India
Shepherds of the flock: Pastoral history of the Kohima Region
Empowering the powerless: Social ministries in Kohima Region
Fifty years of Jesuit Presence in Northeast India: Genesis and Milestones
Beacons of Hope: Children’s Homes in Kohima
Our Growing Numbers
Whither the next fifty years of the Kohima Jesuits?
The vision of Kohima scholastics
Post-Jubilee Musings
The Easter Egg
Missionary in our streets
The Core of Christianity
9th National Congress of JAAI- Trichy
National Workshop on Peace and Reconciliation for Teachers
Are women not givers and mediators of life?
A Lenten Roadmap
The First Woman: Cursed forever
Integral Proclamation of the Word of God
A balance of Ecology and Ecosophy
Will Women’s Struggle for Dignity Ever End?
Jyoti breaks through
Terrible Man made God
Ekta Chappal Ghar
International Year of Plant Health, 2020
Should we not ‘Walk the Talk’?
The Citizenship Bill and the Northeast
CAA and its implication on refugee communities
Protest and Resistance
Six months of being hunted, yet not vanquished
Christian love is neither deaf nor blind
Are we short of “vocations”?
In the time of shaky Citizenship
Begged Life
Expanding Eco Education Network
The True Peace of the Prince
Crucial Conversation
50th Anniversary of the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES)
National Seminar in Honour of Fr. Sebastian Kappen, SJ
JCSA STATEMENT ON THE EMERGING SITUATION IN JHARKHAND
Expressive Club: Philosophical Implication of Language
A Language that could not be Written | The Story of Hrusso Aka
Krista Purana: Thomas Stephens’ Contribution to Indigenous Language
A ‘Labour of Love’ in Indigenous Languages
God’s Presence, God’s Present
The Dawn of a New Life
Jesus: A name St. Ignatius Carried in His Heart
The Encyclopaedia Mundarica of Fr. John Hoffman, SJ
Responding to REGAE II and Looking at the Future
The Synod of the Amazon
Delivering goodness
Bartering plastic waste for food, school fees, etc
Lok Manch: Exploring opportunities – Experiencing graces
Jesuit contribution towards Tribal Identity and Culture
UDAYANI – An experience of ‘birthing’ a movement by Dalit and Adivasi women
Caring for our common home
Inter-State Migrants (ISMs) in Kerala
Society of Jesus on its global mission
Arrupe helps us ride the waves
Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat
Walking in the footsteps of saints and martyrs: a pilgrimage of hope
Jesuit Novice Masters of South Asian Assistancy meet
It’s winter again!
Ecumenism and the Society of Jesus today
Receptive Ecumenism
Promoting Christian Unity in the Divided World
Women and Ecumenism in India
REGAE II – a destination already and not yet
Two years on: ‘No light at the end of the tunnel yet’
Mahatma and Saint
Ageless value
One man’s Eco dream – lived!
Spring Offensive
Interview with Fr. Markus Schmidt, SJ
The canonisation of John Henry Newman: an encouraging moment for ecumenists
Lessons from the Abkhasians with their incredible lifespan
Not All Crap! – Selling waste Online
Sacral Interculturality: a visit to a Sufi Dargah
The changing face of Inter-religious dialogue
An Inter-faith pioneer from rural Bihar: Peter Doherty, SJ
Promotion or Denial of Education? – a critical look at the DNEP – 2019
Hinduism and Inter-faith dialogue in contemporary times
A journey into the heart of the ‘religious other’
Everyone is a victim – therein lies our hope
Sameeksha a Jesuit Āśram of inter-religious harmony
Dialogue with Sikhs
The Zen faith
Christians and Yoga
Inter-religious couples: A new Inter-faith dialogue
Fr. Angelo Benedetti, SJ Swami Shubhananda
Ministry of fostering integrity and integration
Media Training Workshop for the Scholastics of Western Zone
The Dragon King of Bhutan
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam an Eminent Jesuit Alumnus
Nothing beyond those years
The Xaverian ethos
Confession by Mr. Lakshmi Narayan Mittal
Where I fell in love with sport
My golden decade
I look on all Jesuit priests with respect and affection
He believed I had the ability to do something for India
My years at St. Xavier’s College
From XLRI to Mozambique
To be a Xavierite is to be a chosen one
Loyola legend Vijay Amritraj
The Jesuit Story – its Charism and Values
The Trek to Trent
Murali – the Missionary
Chennai Engineers develop nozzles to cut water wastage by 95%
Elections 2019: Jesuit response to a stunning verdict
Behind Closed Doors
Shrine of St. Anthony at Kachchathivu Island
Fr. Jose Ignacio Tellechea Idigoras (1928 to 2008)
Death by a thousand (paper) cuts: Ignatius and the Promise of La Storta
Shedding Light on Clerical Closets
Firebrand Jesuit! Blessed Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz
Pope Francis’ message to young people: “Christ is alive!”
Innovative Interreligious Initiatives Fulfil UAPs
A Walk to Remember
Cyclone ‘FANI’ brought three-fold unique graces to Puri
Towards becoming Transformative Leaders
A Call to appreciate a Call
Drawing from Nature – Art and Mother Earth
Preparing for the first Universal Apostolic Preference
Jesuit South Asian Assembly (JESAA), Pune
Easter Sunday Horror
Gender Sensitivity and the Catholic Clergy
Jesuits and Geographical Exploration
In the Spirit, from the Heart, to Practice: Jesuit Identity and Universal Apostolic Preferences
Ensuring ‘No One is Left Behind’: The Call of SDGs and UAPs
Religion: Peace, Fraternity, Dialogue
Two Thesauruses by a Jesuit ‘wordsmith’
Let him become what he desires to become
The significance of Theology in Jesuit Formation
No Odds Unbeatable
A ‘Green Parish’
JCSA at Pedro Arrupe Institute, Raia, Goa
UAPs: Possibilities and Challenges to Formation
India’s elections: Learning the hard way
Universal Apostolic Preferences and Education in South Asia
Two Root Causes of Clericalism: A Theological Fallacy and a Formational Deficiency
An Indian Christian response to emerging India
The Resurrection: A message of Hope in a hopeless world
A Vote for Good Governance
Em-PAWAR-ed Village
Arun Anand, a retired Indore engineer, grows his own food in his terrace garden!
The Cause for Pedro Arrupe
Barren Acre transformed into Thriving Forest in 3 years
Jyoti of the Musahar community
International Symposium on Stephen Hawking and God
Labour of Love: Jesuit Mission Outreach in Afghanistan
The non-Christian initiatives for inter-religious dialogue
The Lenten Triangle
Mary Magdalene: Re-reading a ‘sinful’ woman
Do Women Count? A Teilhardian Perspective
Counterculture Education
Udaybhai: an Auto-matically Great Man
Plastic Man
Fr. Benjamin Henry Miller, SJ (SRI) (1925-2019)
Nation at Peril
Displacement Studies and Social Research
Need for more Social Scientists among Jesuits and in the Catholic Church
Social Sciences in Bombay Province – A Brief Historical Sketch
Reiterating our perspective on Adivasi studies
Papal Seminary: Home of Love
Stephen Hawking’s Missed Love-God Linkage
CHRISTMAS with a difference
TARUMITRA: Empowering students and teachers for a Green Earth
ECO-FEMINISM: Voices of Women for Mother Earth
Dhartari, Kansari and the Warli Woman
Eco-Spirituality and Novitiate Formation
Gujarat Jesuit Ecology Mission (GJEM)
Drawing from Nature
Kashi Darshan: A journey into Popular Hindu Religiosity
Green Ignatius of Loyola
#WeToo: The Ecological abuse and Justice
A Christmas after Christmas

Arun de Souza SJ

The author taught Sociology at St. Xavier’s College Mumbai for 12 years and is currently the Provincial of the Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus.

Dawn at Dusk

GardenApril 16, 2024

I watched the teens running with friends along the riverFlowing from the snows of the Himalayas,They jumped into the water, they collected pebblesThat captivated their eyes and their senses.They ate, they drank, they made merry…

Hope and humour

What Do You Think?April 16, 2024

Are you and I doomed to watch helplessly the eclipse of the India we know and take for granted? Or will God work a miracle to preserve what we have cherished for nearly 73 years…