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Facing Corona with Meditation

It is already eight months! Corona is still ruling the nations! So much suffering, death, and uncertainty. Many scientists, doctors, social workers, government and private agencies and individuals are trying their best to cope up…

Rohingya: fast becoming a lost tribe?

Unlike the 2019 peace rally at Kutupalong Mega camp, when over 200,000 Rohingya refugees converged together to mark the second anniversary of their exodus from Rakhine state, the third anniversary on 25th August 2020 was…

Can our forerunners inspire us?

Education has been an important tool in the hands of Jesuits almost from its very inception in 1542.  Within a few years of the founding of the Society of Jesus, it became clear that one…

Humour as a Way to Face the Vicissitudes…

Three aspects of humour are highlighted here: 1. Humour softens the existential suffering and also acts as protest against injustice and discrimination; 2. It’s an antidote to what cannot be changed in life; 3. Humour…

The Echo of Eden: Where art thou?

Since past nearly a month, the country’s ears are 24X7 drilled with a single monotonous news item about Rhea Chakraborty and Sushant Singh Rajput. Kangana Ranaut added spice to the story of one big circus.…

Thank you …Keep moving …

Thank you Vinayak and Jivan, for the colourful, stimulating and attractive volumes that nourish us every month; [auth] Thank you, JCSA companions, for the times that we unburdened on each other, and enlivened one another; …

Fr. Xavier Irudayaraj, SJ (MDU) 1941-2020

Fr. Xavier Irudayaraj joined the Society in 1958. His formation was fast-tracked and he was ordained a priest in 1968. This resulted in a happy coincidence years later in 2018 when he was the only…

Fr. Alphonse Susai Asirvadam, SJ (AND) 1951-2020

Fr. S.A. Alphonse, born in a pious Catholic family on 13th Sept. 1951, did his schooling in Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh. He joined the Society of Jesus on 16th June 1969, in Beschi College, Dindigul.  …

Fr. Marcus Murmu, SJ (DUM) 1957-2020

Fr. Marcus Murmu was born in Lotbarua village in Dumka District of Santal Parganas on 25th April 1957. After completing his secondary schooling he joined the Santal Region of the Society of Jesus at Jisu…