‘Going against the flow’ aptly summarise the pontificate of Pope Francis. His prophetic gesture of washing the feet of women on Holy Thursday, his surprise visits to orphanages and hospitals as part of “Fridays of…

The Entomology Research Institute (ERI) was one of the many initiatives taken by the Jesuits of the Madurai Province to concretely promote intellectual apostolate in India. [auth] Introduction: A Brief History The Entomology Research Institute…

The Background Post 1969... I was completing my novitiate. We Jesuits were assiduously proclaiming our “Faith and Justice” mandate, our “preferential option for the poor”. The ‘Social Activists’ became the proclaimed flag bearers of this…

People oriented Research The ‘care of souls’ and ‘deep learning’, mentioned as the hallmark of the Jesuits in the Formula of Institute (nos.1 and 9), should be the propelling dynamism of every Jesuit in his…

Vincent Arthur Smith (VA Smith), who worked in India from 1871-1900 as an ICS officer, observed in one of his books that among the various branches of science, Jesuits always had an inclination towards astronomy…

Fr. Cecil Saldanha, SJ, did his Ph.D. in Botany. After his priestly formation, he continued his interest in botanical studies and spent a lot of time in the Kew Gardens, UK. As the Vice-Principal of…

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…