Higher Education towards Environmental Protection

The dawn has come for the Society of Jesus in South Asia with the venturing of a school of Environmental Science at SJU, Bengaluru. The new university has established PG and Research Programs in Environmental…

How did our Jesuit Saints Pray?

Have we ever wondered, ‘How did Francis Xavier, and his saint-confreres (Faber, Canisius, Kostka, etc.,) pray?’ or ‘Who was responsible, under God, for training them in holiness and prayerfulness?’ The answer, of course, is that…

Pedro Arrupe: A Steward of the Poor and…

(1907, 14th November, born at Bilbao in Spain)  Joyous, you deserve, basking in Heaven sure, we revere;Noble Basque the Family you come from, we adhere;Born for higher things, Greater Glory of God held you sway,Poised to…

One Step Enough for Me

Years ago, when I was studying at St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, I heard a lovely hymn being sung. It was sung in a melodious voice by no less a person than the late Fr. Cecil…

Synodal churning must go on (in India)!

“The purpose of this synod is not to produce more documents. Rather, it is intended to inspire people to dream about the church we are called to be, to make people’s hopes flourish, to stimulate…

Role of Clergy in the Synodal Process

Pope Francis declared that synodality is what God expects of the Church in the 21st century. He has put his own transformative stamp on the meaning and conduct of synods, saying that a synod ought…

Indian Religious Journeying Together

It was in May 2022, that I was in a synodal meeting held at the laity center of the Diocese of Berhampur, in the eastern Indian State of Odisha. More than 70 representatives from 26…

Youth and the Synod on Synodality

“This journey, which follows in the wake of the Church’s ‘renewal’ proposed by the Second Vatican Council, is both a gift and a task: by journeying together and reflecting together on the journey that has…