Fr Gaston Roberge SJ, founder of Chitrabani Institute, Kolkata, and film and media scholar par excellence, passed away at St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, on August 27, 2020. He was 85.  [auth] Both Chitrabani, started by…

Fr. Paul Frederick Joseph Jackson, SJ, a well-known scholar of Sufism, passed away at Kurji Holy Family Hospital, Patna, on 5th July, 2020. He had turned four scores and three years on 6th June, a…

In the days since Father Nicolás’s death, I have thought often about him. Even though I said goodbye to him when he left the Curia after GC 36 and said further goodbye in letters and…

Fr. Samuel Rayan, SJ (KER) 1920-2019 1920-2019 How do you summarize a life that filled the hearts of thousands, a mind that stimulated lakhs of people, formed a whole set of leaders of India, including…

Fr. Kurien Kunnumpuram is not physically present with us anymore. What a loss to the Jesuit family and to the Church in India! Kurien was very active till recently continuing his theological writings while staying…

He lived as he wanted to, a servant of the Divine Master, with humility, tenacity and trust in God alone. Baptized Jesus Cueli, he changed his name to Isudas, not wanting to be named after…

I was told that a Jesuit has to be a soldier, saint, and gentleman. Ambrose was one such. He was a soldier. He fought for a cause/an idea/an ideal/an ideology, be it for the poor,…

Fifty years ago, Fr. Mignon was appointed Director of the nascent Bengali language school of the Province. In this capacity, he visited us during our Patna Novitiate to assess our knowledge of the language. The…