Joseph Chittooparambil, SJ (KER) 1928-2023

Born on 8 Dec 1928, at Cheranalloor, in the diocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly, Fr Joseph Chittooparambil, SJ was ordained a priest on 11 March 1958. A year after his Ordination, he joined the Jesuit Novitiate at…

Joseph Karunaidass, SJ (AND) 1946-2023

Fr. Joseph Karunaidass Durairaj was born on 29 May 1946. He entered the Novitiate on 20 May 1963; was ordained a Priest on 2 May 1976 and took his Final Vows on 3 Dec 1981.…

Mathew Kannadan, SJ (KER) 1938 – 2023

Fr Mathew Kannadan was born on 16 December 1938, in Nedumgapara, Ernakulam District. Joining the Society of Jesus on 17 May 1958, he did his Novitiate at Beschi College, Dindigul and pronounced the First Vows…

Peter Marandi, SJ (DUM) 1946 – 2023

Fr Peter Marandi was born at Dumria near Bounsi in Bhagalpur Diocese on 22 June 1946. He entered the Society of Jesus on 02 February 1970 at St Stanislaus, Sitagarha, Hazaribagh, to be a Jesuit…

Vijay Kumar Ekka, SJ (MAP) 1962 – 2023

Fr. Vijay Kumar Ekka, SJ was born on 24 November 1962, in Khijurbahar, and he grew up with two brothers and a sister. Fr. Ekka dedicated the major portion of his life to the educational…

Xavier S. Arockiasamy, SJ (MDU) 1931-2023

Br. Xavier S. Arockiasamy (92), the oldest member of the Jesuit Community of St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, was his usual self at supper on 2 December 2023. However, the next morning, the cook who went…

We can live if we have love

Henry Drummond once wrote a celebrated essay on love which he titled ‘The Greatest Thing in the World’. I have never met anyone who disagreed with the axiom that love is the greatest thing in…

Out to dance

[auth] - By Christine Evangelou And that’s the thing about hopeShe springs out of nowhereAt the glimpse of possibilityOn the breeze of a beliefThe faint chatter of faith…‘Cause hope is far mightierThan a passing pauseAnd…