When attacked with acid she had just turned 19. The reason was that she was beautiful. A man in her village forced her for months and stalked on her. She has now a disfigured face…
Frustrated by the erratic power supply, Gitaram Kadam built a windmill and a solar power plant in Maharashtra, to help irrigate farmlands in his village. [auth] He bought a 12-acre land in the village to…
Most Rev Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J., passed away on 27th February 2021. He was 99. His funeral Mass was held on March 1st 2021 in St. Teresa Parish Church, Kolkata, at 8.30 a.m., in…
The life of ‘Tony the Leader’ reminds us to always celebrate life to the full. Tony lived life joyously and passed on that joy to others. We shall revisit his long, fruitful life under…
Fr. O.P. Mathew was the first vocation and the first Jesuit from the Chirackal Mission in Kerala founded by the Italian missionaries. He joined the Society as a Brother, but was later ordained a priest…
Fr. Stanley J. D’Souza was born on July 4th, 1932, in Zanzibar, East Africa. After his school education in Bombay, BE in Pune and MS in the US, he entered Milford Novitiate, USA, in 1957,…
Fr. X. Savarimuthu, a remarkable priest and spiritual director of Jesuits, other men and women religious and lay people, made a significant impact on the spiritual journey of many in Tamil Nadu Catholic Church in…
Fr. Lancy Pereira was a man who was fascinated by the deep mysteries of life, strove to understand them and encouraged others to make their own explorations. His life was one relentless quest to get…
It is a Herculean task to write the obituary of a multifaceted and multitalented personality like that of Fr. Vasco do Rego, SJ, of Goa Province. He was a student counsellor, spiritual father of Rachol…
Fr. Ronald Menezes, SJ, was born on 10th March 1972 in Mangalore. He joined the Society of Jesus on 20th June 1994, and took his first vows on 21st June 1996. He was ordained a…