IGNATIUS – THE GOD SEEKER

What moves the Jesuits at their core? The classical answer to this question is: “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius. But what are they about? What happens in the Spiritual Exercises? The film Ignatius -…

What did COP 28 achieve?

The context: For the past three decades, the discussion on climate change and global warming has taken center stage on the world’s platform. Ever since the 2015 Paris Agreement, limiting global temperature rise to within…

My experiences at the Synod

Jim, thanks for talking to Jivan about your experiences at the Synod. We were happy to hear you were invited by Pope Francis to attend the Synod. How did it begin? [auth] We began with…

His warm smile and kind eyes…

Since I happen to be the President of the Xavier Board of Higher Education, the Vatican Dicastery of Education and Culture invited me to join their conference on ‘Time for Listening”. I was one of…

Democracy Dreams for 2024

It is widely accepted that it was the Greek city-states, particularly Athens, which gave to the world, as early as the 5th Century BC, a political system which is the forerunner of modern-day democracy. [auth]…

2024: Dreams and fears

Four young Jesuits in formation share their anxieties, dreams, and plans for the year 2024 [auth] I’ll look for those moments The Greeks speak about two different ‘times’: firstly, chronos, the time that keeps moving,…

‘The Face of the Faceless’ – a powerful…

The way the film opens is intriguing. It highlights the water crisis faced by the villagers. The director’s deliberate choice to start the film with this scene is a clever way to emphasize the context…

To script a new beginning

Christmas is upon us once again at a time when “the still sad music of humanity,” that William Wordsworth talked about has become a screeching scream. This is so obvious in the context of the…