The first time I met Fr. Isudas Cueli was way back in 1973, when I joined the Jesuit pre-novitiate in Ahmedabad. When the pre-novitiate in charge, Fr. Castiella, asked me who my ‘spiritual father’ was,…
As we celebrate 100 years of the arrival of Spanish Jesuit missionaries in Gujarat, I recall memories from fifty years ago. I was studying at St. Xavier’s School, Mirzapur, and Fr Pablo Gil was the…
Gujarat state is ever grateful to its enthusiastic, committed and hardworking Spanish missionaries. They were\are a bundle of joy too. They lived their life joyfully and went about spreading that joy through their jokes and…
The Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Queen of the Apostles, widely known as SRA, an Apostolic Religious Congregation of Pontifical right, was canonically established on 1st July 1923, in Vienna. Fr. Antonius Maria…
THE STORY OF FORMAL LEADERSIn both secular and religious organisations leadership is expected from one or other member who has assumed formal office. The person assuming office is greeted with accolades about her qualities from…
Environment is given greater attention in the world today due to the realization that climate change and pollution are affecting our lives. The Jesuits have chosen the decennial (2019-2029) Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) in which…
This book on prayer has something for everyone; children, teenagers, and adults. It addresses the spiritual needs of a wide variety of people who find themselves in a variety of situations in life. Fr. Learoy…
Conversation, especially one from the depth, can unite people and this is what the Conference Secretariat for Formation (CSF) experienced. The annual meeting and sharing of PCFs and Superiors of Common Houses, became an opportunity…
A Jesuit Polyglot and Scholar of Buddhism Fr. Rosario Rocha SJ, a Jesuit polyglot, scholar of Buddhism and former Provincial of Goa Province, left this world in the evening of 18th October 2021, at Rubi Hall…
Fr. Jerry Sequeira was the 5th Gujarat Jesuit victim of the dreaded coronavirus. He was an exceptionally talented person, a leader, an educationist, a formator, a sensitive care-taker and a publisher. As Pre-Novitiate Director, he…