Are you and I doomed to watch helplessly the eclipse of the India we know and take for granted? Or will God work a miracle to preserve what we have cherished for nearly 73 years…
Research in Social Sciences, an Engine of Evangelization
If the family is the domestic church, human society is the local church. Church in its ever-becoming mode is human society in its ever-changing form, calling us to map these changes from time to time.…
#WeToo: The Ecological abuse and Justice
I told the students in the class, “Your grandchildren will ask you ‘Grandpa/ma, what is this thing called rain?’ and you will attempt to explain, ‘Beta, rain is like the shower in our bath but…
Communication: Ministry of all ministries
For us Jesuits communication is not just one among many ministries. It is the ministry of all ministries, for what is a ministry if it does not communicate Christ - the supreme communication to the…
Changing Gears of Formation
In a church shaken by the crisis of clergy sex abuse, the formation of religious is bound to feel the tremors. The tragic taking of sides by religious as seen in the embarrassing public revolts…
Gold and silver, I have none
Peter, the Apostle, shows us the most effective way of evangelization (Acts 3:6). The sheer power of his faith helps him heal a physically challenged person: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth! Peter…
Let my country awake
As he entered Parliament as the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, knelt and kissed the steps of the Temple of Democracy. Barring the theatrics, one would not have difficulty agreeing with the act.…
Science – The Divine Milieu
Science, dealing with the laws of nature, is closest to God and the mystery of creation. Scientific laws and principles therefore provide the deepest of spiritual insights and inspiration. Science and religion both ultimately attempt…
“Who do you say I am?”
Jesuits and humility? Forget it. They are a bunch of arrogant ‘know-it-alls.’ Some would say this citing the dictionary definition of ‘Jesuits’, and pointing to their suppression in the late 18th century. For this issue…