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…
Walking with Jesus and People | Questions to…
Questions to Fr. Stan Swamy [auth] Denzil: You have been working for the tribals in Jharkhand for the last three decades. Looking back at your life and work what have your successes and achievements been?…
JRS reaches out to Rohingya refugee children
One year on... On 25th August 2017 Rohingya refugees in their thousands, largely women and children began pouring into Bangladesh from Rakhine across the Myanmar border. Such a sudden and massive influx was as unprecedented…
Alphonsus Rodrigues The witness of a life that…
Alphonsus was born in Segovia in July 1533. At that time Ignatius of Loyola was studying in the University of Paris. Alphonsus’ father was a well-to-do cloth merchant so the children had a decent family…
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga: Model for Modern Youth
Pope Francis declared 9th March 2018-2019 as Jubilee Year of St Aloysius Gonzaga. [auth] The October Synod in Rome on “Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment”, and the January 2019 World Youth Day in Panama…
Girl-child trafficking
Migration as a universal phenomenon has become a global issue in recent times. It is defined as people moving from one place to another for a certain period of time seeking livelihood. [auth] People migrate…
Reminiscing a fellow pilgrim and companion: FR. ISUDAS…
How does one capture a personality that has grown to assume proportions larger than life? How does one do justice to a Jesuit stalwart, with an immense contribution to the Gujarat Church, through religious literature…
Women Religious in India: In service or servitude?
Early this year L’Observatore Romano published an article on the widespread exploitation of nuns in the Catholic Church. It was received with some surprise coming as it did from the Vatican. The article elicited responses…
The Poverty of Jesus: Solidarity
Why was this perfume not sold… and the money given to the poor? (Jn. 12.5) [auth] While it is not popular to quote Judas, these words of his in John’s gospel give us a very…