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Transformation of a Boys’ Home into a Girls’…

St. Aloysius College in Mangalore started the Aloysian Boys’ Home in 1980 as a memorial of its centenary year. It was meant as a rehabilitation home for delinquents and destitute found on the street. The…

A Tool in the Hands of God

The cannonball experience helped Ignatius take a 180-degree turn in his life. St. Ignatius in his early life looked for success and glory. After the cannonball experience he lived only for the Greater Glory of…

Re-inventing Ourselves

In the name of ‘re-structuring’ or ‘re-configuring’ itself, the Society of Jesus is ‘re-inventing’ or ‘re-imagining’ itself. As ageing and shrinking in numbers catch up with us, and diminishing vocations and increasing deaths bring us…

A Man called Inigo

At Pamplona, the battle was raging,When a cannonball hit brave Captain Inigo,As he led his men and kept on fighting,For king and honour, ready life to forego. [/auth] The enemy troops, awe-struck by one so…

Collaboration: Our Way of Being and Doing

I am just back from the CONSIGLIO ALLARGATO (CA), the extended consult of Fr General. Incidentally, the theme that we discerned in the CA was collaboration. [auth] Collaboration is an integral part of our Institute.…

Fr. Philip Thayil, SJ (KER) 1935-2022

On 18th March 2022, we lost Rev. Fr. Philip Thayil, a true son of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. He hailed from Kiliroor in Kottayam Dist. He joined the Society on 31st July 1956. He studied…

Fr. Anthony Kadookunnel, SJ (JAM) 1928-2022

Fr. Anthony Kadookunnel SJ, fondly known as Fr. K C, was born on 8th September 1928, at Erumely, Kanjirappaly Diocese, Kerala, to Mr. Chandy Cherian and Ms. Aliamma. He was fifth among the seven siblings.…

Fr. Joseph Prabhu, SJ (BOM) 1934-2022

Jesus told Martha that He is the Resurrection and the Life, and the Preface of the Mass for the Dead reminds us that, “For your faithful people life is changed not taken away.” So though…

Fr. Poulose Mangai, SJ (CCU) 1957-2022

Poulose Mangai was born on 15th September 1957, at Kalady, Kerala. After serving 7 years as a lecturer in Engineering Colleges, he joined the Society on 21st June 1987. He was a man of simplicity…

Fr. Fredrick Leon, SJ (SRI) 1933-2022

Fr. Joseph Frederic Leon was born at Kotahena, Sri Lanka, in 1933; he entered the Society in 1951 in Calicut, Kerala, sailed through Shembaganur for Philosophy, and Galle, Sri Lanka, for Regency, to Louvain in…