For me and my Jesuits friends and those who knew him, Garriz Bapu will always be a wonderful human being and an incomparable icon for inculturation. He told me cultures and religions in India were scarcely in conflict with each other, and that the one who influenced him…
His sudden demise on 7th August 2022 saddened all Jamshedpur Jesuits and his family members. He was born on 24th May 1957, to Joseph and Angela Xaxa at Kesramal, Rourkela diocese, Odisha. He had six…
Fr. Rufino passed away peacefully on 9th August 2022, at Xavier Residence, Porvorim, Goa. He would have been 90 years old on 4th September 2022. He served people in Goa, Patna and Nepal, for a…
[auth] It was the Rathyatra decades agoIgnited a flame for the foot soldiers to go,When their fortunes were nose-diving,United them against a humanity living;Destroyed their place of worship,Shattered the beautiful friendship,Galvanized them to brute power,To…
Are you a Jesuit? If your answer is ‘yes’, then I am sure you know this well. Before the formal foundation of the Society of Jesus, St Ignatius of Loyola had tried twice to form…
The first prize winning short story of the competition of common Jesuit Juniorates. [auth] The Sun had already set and the freezing winter made the entire slum shut in and shivering. Men dared to warm…
“Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom”: A cliché has come alive for us in India! What a dream our Founding Mothers and Fathers had for our country at Independence! And we made it almost…
Alfred Lord Tennyson in his book, The Passing of Arthur, had rightly said, “The old order changeth, yielding place to new; and God fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom shall corrupt the…
If the intention is good; if the goal is the Common Good; if the means are good; if there is group camaraderie, loyalty and joy in the struggle; if there is determination to overcome any…
This small article is written based on my experience of engaging with Jesuit institutions - mainly social centers. I have also worked with Jesuit institutions to promote and strengthen collaboration between Jesuits and lay leaders.…