During my maiden visit to the central provinces of India, a fascinating thing that caught my attention was the round tables in the community dining halls. As the days went by, I realized that this…
Response to COVID-19 – Jesuits and the Church…
The onslaught of the second wave of COVID-19 and its impact in an unprecedented manner has led to disease, devastation and death. On the one hand, the impact of this virus on the physical, emotional,…
When Tribal Land Matters and their Lives do…
It happened in 1921…. ‘Traders from other parts of India, knowing the improvidence of these simple aboriginals, have settled among them to exploit it and trade upon it. Their stocks are always well provided with…
The Spiritual Exercises – A Handbook for Lay…
Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, the Jesuit General, has called this year, 2021-2022, “the Ignatian Year”, as it marks the 500th anniversary of the conversion of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Fr. General invites us ‘to see…
The Conversions of Ignatius of Loyola
On the third floor of the Loyola family mansion –La Santa Casa- there is a room now known as the “Chapel of the Conversion”. It is believed that in those scarcely 30 square meters, Ignatius…
An Ignatian Moment of Conversion
The Society of Jesus plans to observe the year 2021 – 2022 as Ignatian Year during which she would relive the conversion experience of St. Ignatius. [auth] The Society traces her origin, charism and spirituality…
The Divine in the Face of the Other
As a young girl I remember the catechism class teacher asking me “Where is God?” I responded in faith by saying that God is everywhere. Back then, I didn’t fully comprehend the full implication of…
The Mysticism of St. Ignatius
“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or not a Christian at all” - (Karl Rahner). That future has already arrived but not fully yet. Ignatian spirituality properly comprehended has a critical place…
Peter Joseph de Cloriviere: In Search of God…
The Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary (DHM), has just celebrated the bi-centenary year of the death of their co-founder, Fr. Peter Joseph de Cloriviere, a Jesuit priest, who went to his…