Meet Naleena Prasheetha, the first transperson to get a graduate degree in VISCOM from Loyola College, Chennai. She has come a long way in challenging the accepted binary classification of gender. When asked about Loyola,…
New Appointment – Fr Arturo Sosa
Rev. Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ - Superior General, has appointed Fr. Vincent Hansdak (49) as the New Provincial of Hazaribag, through his letter dated 17th November, 2022. He was born in Giridih district of Jharkhand…
Third JHAAN (Jharkhand and Andaman) Youth Meet –…
The Third JHAAN Youth Meet, 2022, was held in St. Joseph’s Parish, Mahuadanr, in the diocese of Daltonganj, from 2nd Oct to 5th Oct 2022. Over 5500 youth had gathered for the youth meet from…
Unsettled and Unresolved
Stories of people towards dignity In December 2019, T. Yanadhan, aged 28, born to a Sri Lankan parent living in a refugee camp in Pavalathanur, implored the district collector’s permission to kill himself due to…
Fr. John D’Mello, SJ (PAT) 1932-2022
Fr. John D’Mello was known as ‘Gamcha Father’ as he used to go around with a towel around his neck. He was also known as “Happy Birthday Father” as he used to wish everyone “Happy…
Fr. Vijayanand Marialayam, SJ (GOA) 1943-2022
The affectionate, loving, and hard-working Vijay was born in Kerala – Mutholy, in 1943. Though baptised as Mathew, he changed his name to Vijayanand Marialayam in solidarity with the people he intended to work with.…
Fr. Lancelot Pinto, SJ (BOM) 1933 – 2022
For the last several years, Fr. Lancy resided at St. Xavier’s High School Community, Fort, Mumbai. On Thursday, 24th March 2022 he celebrated his 50th sacerdotal anniversary. He vested in his ordination cassock which fitted…
Jesuit Youth Ministry of South Asia (JYMSA) Annual…
JYMSA was officially constituted by the Jesuit Conference of South Asia in 1994. It was then incorporated in the newly approved apostolic Secretariat of Social Apostolate and Ecology. The declaration of Universal Apostolic Preferences in…
Annual Meeting of the Conference Secretariat for Integral…
The annual meeting of the Province / Region Coordinators for Formation (PCFs / RCFs) and the Rectors and Superiors of the common houses of formation of the South Asian Conference, under the leadership of Fr.…