A major part of the Spirit’s activity in Jesus was the fashioning of his character. As a human being, Jesus had to grow spiritually, psychologically and physically, and he truly “increased in wisdom, and in…
The Magic of Magis
A Story: In a small village, a widowed mother and her son lived together. The mother worked as a gardener to support their family, and her son often watched her tend to the plants. One…
Channelising the Energy and Potential of Youth
A new age will be created by the passion and power of young people. Generations after generations, young people have always been a core population of our society, on whom we shoulder our present and…
AICUF – Marching Towards aCentenary and Beyond
All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF) - a student movement, inspired by God, and initiated by a visionary Jesuit, has grown over the years, and is marching to step into the 100th year of its…
National Education Policy-2020 and a New Student-Centeredness
It was in 1993 that I first started using some verses from the Sermon on the Mount in my talks on institutional development in education: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can…
Antonio Moscheni, World Class Jesuit Painter
The Jesuit Brother, Antonio Moscheni was born in the village Stezzano near Bergamo in Italy, in 1854. His natural talent for art was recognized and encouraged by his father, by sending him to the Academia…
Five Chilies and One Lemon
The first prize winning short story of the JIVAN Creative Writing Contest (Short Story) 2022. [auth] Sunita gave a yellow polythene bag to Suman with three chapattis and potato ‘bhaji’ and said, “Come back on…
Three Classes of “Superior”
St. Ignatius wrote of the three classes of human beings with different levels of responses to God. This essay explores the role of “Superior” in terms of 3 classes of leadership: Forward, Status Quo, Regressive…
The Journey of the South Asian Team for…
In his letter dated 18th February 2023, keeping in mind the felt need of the church - namely safeguarding of minors and vulnerable adults (VA), the President of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia (POSA)…