Father Mangal Kerketta, SJ was born on 16th March 1975, in Corondabera Parish, under the Diocese of Gumla, Jharkhand. After his Higher Secondary education in St Ignatius School in Gumla, he entered Dhyan Ashram Novitiate,…

Fr. Royce was a man of God. This summarises his whole life. God mattered all in his life. In spite of all the great works he was doing as Socius to the Provincial, principal and…

Sushil Kujur was born on 29th November 1962, in Pinhi village, in the Diocese of Raingarh in Chattisgarh State. He joined the Society of Jesus for the Santal Region in 1985 at Jisu Jaher, Dudhani,…

In many ways Fr. P.T. has been an inspiration. If someone asked him how he felt he would reply with a smile, “pretty good” even when he was suffering. He had an art of taking…

Samuel Marandi was born in Rajapur village of Sahibganj Dt. in Jharkhand State on 20th November, 1964. After completing his matriculation, Samuel joined the Society of Jesus at Jisu Jaher, Dudhani, Dumka, on 29 June…

Fr. Sushil Sah, SJ was a loving and loveable person, who forged endearing and enduring relationships with people of all age groups and cultural backgrounds. Simplicity, availability and apostolic zeal were the hallmarks of his…

Remembering Diago D’Souza, my Jesuit friend for 55 years is for me to remember forever the favourite line of Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins – “There lives the dearest Freshness deep down things.” Diago was always…

Born on 7th August 1979, in Silvepura, Bengaluru, Fr Praveen joined the Society of Jesus in 1998 and was ordained a priest on 9th Nov., 2013. On completing his LLM, he practiced law in Bengaluru…