Second Thoughts and First Impressions

This is a brief review of an e-book, meant to be read on one’s computer or tablet, as millions of readers are doing today. This little volume [30 articles, 123 pages] consists of the selected…

Biography of a Life Extraordinaire

On his 97th birthday 27th June, Father Kunnunkal was wheeled to India International Centre, New Delhi for the celebration of his birthday by over a hundred of his former students of St. Xavier’s School, Delhi,…

Reconstructing Mysore History

In these annual letters, the Jesuits have recorded how they found the local social practices to be offensive.  Indeed, these letters show some evidence to the ‘civilising mission’ undertaken by the European missionaries. However, they…

A Novel Handbook for Ignatian Retreat

This book, TO SEE ALL THINGS NEW IN CHRIST, is prepared keeping in mind the Ignatian Year and its theme. It is a collection of thirteen eight-day Ignatian retreats for various groups: religious men, religious…

Prayer Dynamics in the Spiritual Exercises

The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola is broadly referred to as a ‘school of prayer’. It provides a number of formal ways of approaching God: Meditation, Imaginative Contemplation, Application of the Senses, Repetition, Triple Colloquy,…

Ignatian Insights in Ignatian Year

St. Ignatius of Loyola underwent a deep conversion following the battle of Pamplona in 1521. To commemorate this event Fr. Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, has asked Jesuits all over the…

The Commandments of Nature

The book highlights in 17 chapters, some of the basic tenets of environment management, enumerated as the “Commandments of the Nature” in the first chapter itself. Table 1 in Chapter 1 provides an ecologically sound…