All the major superiors of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA), headed by Fr Stanislaus D’Souza, along with the General Assistants, Frs. Vernon D’Cunha and M K George gathered at Christ Hall, Calicut, Kerala…
Jesuit Mission in the field of Ethnophilosophy
In the context of post-colonialism, the concept of ‘ethno’/ ‘ethnic’ is becoming popular. Especially in ‘third’ world countries, researches are done on ‘ethno-medicine’, ‘ethno-chemistry’, ‘ethno-botany’, ‘ethno-history’, ‘ethno-economics’ and so on. But unfortunately, ‘ethno-philosophy’ is an…
St. Joseph: model of faith, hope and love
St. Joseph is one of the very few Saints who has two feast days to honour him. The scriptures don’t say much about this silent saint. In fact, St. Joseph does not speak in the…
New Education Policy – 2020 (NEP) Opportunities and…
“If we teach students today as we taught yesterday, we rob them of tomorrow.” -John Dewey [auth] In India today, we Jesuits are chiefly engaged in the apostolate of Education. The New Education Policy 2020…
Transforming Ashes into Fire
Age old symbols and practices characterise the season of Lent. Among the symbols ash, desert and fire stand out and the triad of practices drawn from the Gospels that the church recommends are prayer, penance-fasting…
Digital Jesuits: The #Hashtag Ministry
Fr. Stan Swamy, an octogenarian Jesuit priest, hailing from Jamshedpur Province, was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) on 8 October 2020. 15 January 2021 marks 100 days since his illegal arrest. [auth] The…
Wiring the Universal Apostolic Body
Jesuit Strategic communications and networking in the COVID era. [auth] W e may be experiencing one of the key global turning points of our time. This juncture, despite the serious impact it has on so…
Jesuit communications during Covid-19
An overnight nationwide lockdown announced on the 24th day of March, 2019 set off a series of events that confused, confounded, and challenged each one of us. That night, a maverick virus that flew into…
The ‘Byte’ification: Our story of going online!
The ongoing pandemic is but a corroboration to Human species’ ability to adapt, adopt and evolve to any given situation. The forced incarceration of the human species due to COVID 19 has accelerated the digital…