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…
A Jesuit to lead the Xavier Board of…
The 24th Triennial National Conference of the Xavier Board of Higher Education in India (XBHEI) was held from the 22nd to 24th October, 2022, at St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Old Goa, on the…
Fr. Abraham Adappur, SJ (KER) 1926-2022
Fr. Adappur engaged in constant dialogue with the secular world. Aged 96, he died in Christ Hall, Kozhikode. His convictions, opposition to communism, and sense of justice, made him a philosopher-ascetic. He presented Christian doctrines in a secular style.…
Fr. Ekka Marcel, SJ (MAP) 1952-2022
Fr. Ekka Marcel SJ, participated in a fellowship programme in Social Management in Ahmedabad in 1985, and in 1986 involved himself in training the Balwadi Activists, organizing protest rallies against the Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary project…
Fr. Victor D’Silva, SJ (KAR) 1942-2022
Fr. Victor Eugene D’Silva was born at Bondel, Mangaluru, on 23rd August, 1942. He was the fourth among five children. He did his initial schooling at St. Lawrence Higher Primary School, Bondel. He completed his…
Fr. Ornellas Coutinho, SJ (GUJ) 1942-2022
Fr. Ornellas Coutinho (GUJ), affectionately called ‘Orny’, was born on 6th August 1942, in Goa; joined the Jesuits on 20th June 1961, pronounced his first vows on 21st June 1963 at Vinayalaya, Bombay; ordained a…
Fr. George Nedungatt, SJ (KER) 1932-2022
Fr. George Nedungatt passed away on 26th October 2022 at Christ Hall, Kozhikode. Born in Peringuzha near Muvattupuzha, Fr Nedungatt began exhibiting his talents already in his school-days by organising the Marian Sodality in his…
Fr. Rappai Paul Poothokaren, SJ (GUJ) 1944-2022
78 years of fulfilled life, 61 years as a Jesuit and 49 years as a priest. Initially a professor of economics, his search for the MAGIS led him to the Communications ministry. Ultimately he found…
Novice Masters Meet in Meghalaya
The Directors of Novices of JCSA had our annual meeting, after two years of COVID break, from August 21st - 30th 2022, at Arrupe Renewal Centre - Jesuit Novitiate, Meghalaya. All fourteen novitiates were represented.…