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Musings on the Conversions of Saint Ignatius of…

In an interview with Pope Francis in August 2013, Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of Civilta Cattolica, began with an unscripted question, asking the Pontiff point-blank: “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” Spadaro notes: “The pope…

Ignatian Heritage and Ashram Ministry

Jesuits have always been pioneers in meeting new challenges of the times. When science challenged religion, they met that challenge as scientists, and so also in the social fields as lawyers and social workers. In…

Waves from the Sea of the Heart

Waves – Story Bank, is Father Felix Raj’s tenth book, published by the St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata Alumni Association. The book contains 75 inspirational stories. In his Foreword Prof. Suranjan Das, Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University,…

Who was Stan Swamy really?

The death of the 84-year-old Tribal rights activist, Fr. Stan Swamy in the judicial custody on July 5th, 2021, is considered by millions in India and abroad an institutional murder orchestrated by the Indian State.…

Webinar on ‘Dialogue of Life’

The Secretariat for the Service of Faith [SoF] organized a webinar on Dialogue of Life: Challenges and Opportunities in Our Troubled Times on 23rd August, 2021, with Joseph Victor Edwin SJ as the resource person.  Fr. Arun Kumar SJ,…

Inauguration of Jesuit Media Centre – JEMCEN

The long-awaited dream of starting a media centre came true in July 2021, when Fr. Jebamalai Irudayaraj SJ, the first Provincial of the Chennai Province, formally blessed and inaugurated the centre in the Viscom Block…

From Storm to Stillness

My childhood days peppered with mischievous pranks were a pleasant memorable experience with the privileges of being the single darling son amidst five girls, to my parents. Even with their minimum income as middle school…

Urban Jungle on Terrace

A retired Engineer from Bengaluru, Nataraja Upadhya has created an urban jungle on his terrace with many trees, and lots of butterflies and birds. Bengaluru is a concrete jungle now. Waiting for a hot summer,…

Teaching the Unreachable

The school, Agasthya Ega Adhyapaka Vidyalaya, is located atop the hills within the area of the Agasthyarkoodam, which is a 1,868-metre (6,129 ft)-tall peak in the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala. You can’t reach the…

Fr. Placido Fonseca, SJ (BOM) 1937-2021

Fr. Placido Fonseca (Placie) has truly been a pioneer of child rights in India. He received the National Award for Child Welfare from the Government of India in 1985.  He was also Chairperson of the…