St Xavier’s High School changed me forever. From a shy, reticent, awkward young boy I metamorphosed into a bold, confident, vibrant young man. This transformation was, in large part, due to the ethos of the…

Vijay Amritraj, the tennis legend who played outstanding tennis at the international level during 1970s and 1980s is truly an epitome of the education, training and discipline imparted at Loyola College, Chennai. He attributes all…

The laconic promise “I will be propitious to you in Rome” made to Ignatius at the chapel of La Storta in late October or early November in 1537 has suggested different things to different Jesuits…

Musings on Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio [auth] Need to relight our lives “In the Light of the Master” is the title of chapter three of Pope Francis’s March 2018 ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’– Rejoice and Be…

Blessed Arnáiz was beatified in October 2019. His feast day is celebrated on 2nd July, together with the other Jesuit Saints and Blessed of the day. [auth] Even a cursory scroll down the life and…

In the very first words of the post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, “Christus Vivit”, Pope Francis, declares to ‘young people and the entire people of God’: “Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful…

The Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) promulgated by Fr. Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of the Jesuits, on 19th February 2019 can be summarized as follows: [auth] 1. Spirituality 2. Walk with the Excluded 3. Accompany…

“Are you blind? Do you need spectacles? The ball just went above your head!” I shouted at Vincent, the goalkeeper, who refused to admit that the penalty shot was a goal. The argument became more…