AwakeningIn the early years of the 21st century, journalists, print and social media, highlighted violence against children and vulnerable adults in different institutions run by State and Church agencies. Much of this media attention was…

The Sesquicentenary (150 years) of the very first Catholic Baptisms in the whole of Chotanagpur and the birth of Jamshedpur Province 75 years ago impel the Province to celebrate a festival of joy. This momentous…

Spontaneous memories of the students of the last fifty years of Vidyajyoti would vary: some may recall the buildings and the neighbourhood places like the landmark Gujarati Samaj while others remember their visits to historic…

Stories of people towards dignity In December 2019, T. Yanadhan, aged 28, born to a Sri Lankan parent living in a refugee camp in Pavalathanur, implored the district collector’s permission to kill himself due to…

“Without Brothers, the Society of Jesus would not be the Society of Jesus. Brothers embody the Jesuit call to the vowed life in an especially clear way, and they model for us ways of participating…

The proper understanding and prudent practice of religious poverty has probably never been easy in any age. Therefore, the Church in general and the Society in particular, has seen a sea change in the articulations…

Ever since the World Social Forum started in 2001, its slogan Another World is Possible has caught global attention. This slogan found an alluring echo across the world as it gave expression to a radical…

Are you a Jesuit? If your answer is ‘yes’, then I am sure you know this well. Before the formal foundation of the Society of Jesus, St Ignatius of Loyola had tried twice to form…