Sr Lini Sheeja MSC – He wanted to become a priest! But, the financial crisis stood in the way! He was born to an educated
Read more
Category: Features
Pope Francis – 11 Years Going, 11 Good
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Apparently, the Italians have a proverb: “After a fat pope, a thin pope “, which essentially means that different men bring
Read more
Contextualising Pope’s Message to Prime Minister from the Book of Isaiah 32.15
Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan – For Christmas 2023, the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a felicitation for a Christian delegation at his residence in
Read more
Nurturing Transparency and Accountability: Strategies for Mitigating Clericalism in the Indian Catholic Church
By Verghese V Joseph – Clericalism, a hierarchical structure entrenched within religious institutions, has long been a subject of concern within the Catholic Church worldwide,
Read more
Ashes to Green, Sin to Salvation
By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – The world took notice of the devastating effects of climate change when wildfires ravaged millions of hectares of forest land
Read more
A Season to Pause
By Tom Thomas. It is amazing how the seasons change, almost like clockwork. As I pen these lines, the pleasant, cool wintry days in my
Read more
The Vice of Sorrow
By Tom Thomas. In the run-up to Lent, it is interesting that the Holy Father keeps the focus every week on a specific vice. This
Read more
Marriage: A Gift to Society
By Dr Jeanette Pinto – Marriage is God’s gift to individuals, families and society at large. World Marriage Day is an observance sponsored by an
Read more
Religious Life: A Call With a Purpose
Sr Lini Sheeja MSC from Germany – The God who anointed Moses and Samuel, the God who called Peter and John, the God who ate
Read more
India as an Observatory: Involvement of Jesuits in India
By Franky Fernandes – As we have seen, Jesuits who came to the “mission fields” were trained in practical astronomy and considered India as “theater
Read more
One Look and Two Words!
By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC from Germany. Did Jesus find no other place than the seashore to call the first ones whom He wanted? In
Read more
Jesuits Contribution to Astronomy: From Rachol and Beyond
By Franky Fernandes – India has a long tradition of astronomy influenced by Greeks and Arabs, but modern science was introduced in India by the
Read more
The Power of the Word
By Tom Thomas – “Oh no! Here they come!” At sharp 8 am, this is the thought going through my mind as the gates open
Read more
Making a Difference: ‘Silence Encourages the Tormentor, Never the Tormented’
By Tony Magliano – In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, the late Elie Wiesel, reflecting on the Holocaust, and his personal experience of
Read more
St. Thomas Aquinas: A Theologian Par Excellence
By Leon Bent – Saint Thomas Aquinas OP was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential
Read more