Jesuit mission in early modern India

In Testing Ground for Jesuit Accommodation in Early Modern India: Francisco Ros SJ in Malabar (16th–17th Centuries), Antony Mecherry, SJ, explores the underlying dynamics of the accommodation experiments led by Francisco Ros SJ (1559–1624) -…

Everyone has a Story

Imaginative writing – poetry, plays, novels and short stories – the writing of fiction, in other words, is one of the best ways we have of understanding ourselves. As novelist Henry James put it, “The…

The Post-mordern relevance of Gandhi

This volume brings together articles that have been published elsewhere before. Chapter one explores Satyagraha as the journeying towards authenticity; the next that Satya is the truth of existence, as it acquires an existential dimension…

Daily prayers by laity and religious alike

Fio Mascarenhas has beautifully woven together various scriptures to share deep insights into the love and power of the Triune God. Lucidly explaining some of the most dynamic Scripture texts, his reflections here are supplemented…

Stepping into the customized shoes of Saint Ignatius

“Examen” is a Spanish word meaning “exam”. “Examen” is the title of the unique tool for spiritual discernment that St. Ignatius of Loyola devised and placed strategically in his book Spiritual Exercises (originally in Spanish).…

Exploring the horizons of the Spirit

Sebastian Painadath’s life has been a constant pilgrimage; he has been a relentless spiritual seeker, a wanderer between Continents. He has been constantly on the move from the early years of his formation in the…

Locating Catholic Social Teachings in India

This book Catholic Social Teachings: towards a Catholic Faith in Action by Fr. Prakash Louis is published by the Indian Social Institute. Undoubtedly this is a timely book which makes a humble attempt to present…

Revolutionaries of Tender Love

What do Oscar Romero and Jorge M. Bergoglio have in common? Latin Americans, God’s fearless prophets, people’s pastors, tireless campaigners of human rights, trailblazers of ecumenism, protectors of the poor, friends of mother earth, dialoguers,…