“You must yourselves be men of deep faith in order to be effective messengers of faith.” These words of the POSA, Fr. Stany D’Souza, set the tone for the reflections and deliberations of the coordinators…
The Annual Meeting of the Province Coordinators for Education (PCEs) was held at Good Shepherd Convent, Bangalore from the evening of 2nd Oct. to 5th Oct 2022, under the able leadership the CSSE Secretary, Fr.…
Rev. Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ - Superior General, has appointed Fr. Vincent Hansdak (49) as the New Provincial of Hazaribag, through his letter dated 17th November, 2022. He was born in Giridih district of Jharkhand…
The Third JHAAN Youth Meet, 2022, was held in St. Joseph’s Parish, Mahuadanr, in the diocese of Daltonganj, from 2nd Oct to 5th Oct 2022. Over 5500 youth had gathered for the youth meet from…
“We too escaped on boat like the Vietnamese people in the video. It also made me feel sad that people have been suffering like this down the history. But there are others like the JRS…
14th November 1980, was a historic day in the annals of the Society of Jesus! Traditionally, it was the Feast of St Joseph Pignatelli – regarded as the second Founder of the Jesuits. [auth] On…
Just as the cry of the boat people of Vietnam in 1979 shocked Pedro Arrupe to initiate the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in the Society, the plight of People of Concern (PoC) fleeing away from…
Madhesh Manjhi hailed from Masaurhi which is just 30 km from Patna - the state capital of Bihar. Finding no gainful employment, he left with some of the villagers in the first week of November…
Every year when Christmas comes along, I go through an almost allergic reaction of frustration and incredulity, to the narrative that is repeated, emphasised and swallowed unquestioningly by everyone. It is so different from what…
Stories of people towards dignity In December 2019, T. Yanadhan, aged 28, born to a Sri Lankan parent living in a refugee camp in Pavalathanur, implored the district collector’s permission to kill himself due to…