Note: Every year the South Asian Assistancy conducts competitions in essay and short story among the six Juniorates across the Assistancy. Following is the first-prize winning essay of the year. “Although we hail from different…

John Sullivan (1861-1933) was born on 8th May in Dunlin, Ireland, and was raised in both the Protestant tradition of his father and Catholic tradition of his mother. In 1872, he was sent to Portora…

With twelve years of industrial experience I decided to join a Jesuit institute ten years ago. It was a right decision for it has given me great joy in life. I am a non-Catholic, a…

As I walk into the campus every morning it gives me great joy and satisfaction seeing the tiny-tots of St. Xavier’s School, Jawalakhel, Kathmandu, greet one another spontaneously. It is indeed my privilege and pleasure…

What do I, as a layperson, wish to share with the Jesuits? Appreciation!. There are so many memories! Where do I begin? [auth] The Jesuits have been part of my life from early childhood. My…

My association with the Jesuits dates way back to the mid 1950s. I was yet a little girl then, but I remember my father rather proudly harping on the fact that what made him the…

In the Catholic Church in every generation there have been outstanding men and women who have paved the way to find solutions to vexing problems, and acted heroically when facing the challenges of their times.…

I was brought up in close quarters with Jesuits in Patna – bluff, hearty Americans of the Chicago Province who ran our “Girja” at Bankipore, close to the banks of the Ganges near Mahendru Ghat.…