The word ‘alumnus’ comes from the Latin root alere meaning ‘to nourish’. Therefore alumnus or alumna literally means nourished or foster son/daughter and alma mater would, therefore, mean the nourishing or foster mother. What produces…

During my tertianship the one-month experiment at Freedom Foundation - the Rehab centre for HIV patients, drug addicts and alcoholics in Bangalore - a slogan drew my attention: First things first. [auth] In the context…

About two hundred Jesuits from the South Asian Assistancy gathered in an assembly from 25th-28th April in JDV, Pune. The participants reflected, deliberated and prayed on the theme “Interculturality for Reconciled Life and Mission.” [auth]…

What bears the name of Jesus must be characteristically marked by love. In the Passion Week, we will commemorate Jesus taking his love “to the very end” (Jn.13.1). We will witness the triumph of love…

A REGAE (Reorienting for Greater Apostolic Effectiveness) workshop participant said during the final evaluation that he was carrying home the art of Spiritual Conversation as the fruit of the workshop. [auth] Yes, the methodology of…

If the family is the domestic church, human society is the local church. Church in its ever-becoming mode is human society in its ever-changing form, calling us to map these changes from time to time.…

I told the students in the class, “Your grandchildren will ask you ‘Grandpa/ma, what is this thing called rain?’ and you will attempt to explain, ‘Beta, rain is like the shower in our bath but…

For us Jesuits communication is not just one among many ministries. It is the ministry of all ministries, for what is a ministry if it does not communicate Christ - the supreme communication to the…