One morning, as I paddled from 66 into 67, a warm cup of tea brought surprising clarity. I realized that this phase of life is not about counting years but about finally understanding them. After…
Pre-Novitiate Directors and Vocation Promoters Meet
The annual meeting of the Vocation Promoters and the Pre-Novitiate Directors of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia was held at Matigara. Thirty-eight Jesuit Vocation Promoters and Pre-Novitiate Directors took an active part in the…
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…