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Bihar flood \ Catholic Church \ Jesuits
Ground Zero: Getting Gaunaha back on its feet
The official death toll of the devastating floods in Bihar stands at around 514 in 19 out of 38 districts. The real figures are far more. Patna Jesuit Social Action initiative is working with some of the most affected areas in North Bihar. An update: West Champaran district bordering Nepal has been hit badly. Continuous torrential […]
Jesuits \ St. Ignatius Feast \ St. Xavier's College Patna
Sorrowful First Feast day!
Sir, Today, on 31st July, St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology celebrates its feast day. Being an alumina, I remember my first feast day of St Ignatius. Our college had given us a particular time for reporting, but I was late. I was told by my professor that I could not attend the program […]
Bihar \ Jesuits \ St. Ignatius Feast
Jesuits must be Voices for Justice
The Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola is an important spiritual milestone each year for Jesuit Schools and Ignatian organisations alike. As we (Jesuits, friends and collaborators ) celebrate the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola on July 31st, we have a chance to pause and reflect on all the efforts for social justice […]
Catholic Church \ Jack Kenealy \ Jesuits
Catholics in Bihar bid farewell to ‘Jack of All Trades’
The citizens in Patna are going to miss the sight of the big ‘gora American in chappals’ who was often seen on a striking vintage motorbike weaving through the lanes and bye-lanes. Fr John Joseph Kenealy, a “jack of all trades” American Jesuit missionary, who cared for Bihar’s girl children decades before the government focused […]
Camille Bouch \ Jesuit education \ Jesuits \ letters
Remembering Camille Bouche SJ
Sir, The good old boys of St. Xavier’s Collegiate School in Calcutta recounted the good old days in memory of one of the best loved teachers. Anecdotes about Father Camille Bouche SJ were shared at the school assembly on Thursday, bringing alive the man generations of Xaverians have loved and revered. Alumnorum Societas (Alsoc), the […]
Catholic Church \ Christian \ Jesuits
Sosa, from Venezuela, 31st Black Pope!
The Society of Jesus has elected its first Latin-American leader since its foundation in 1540, a Rome-based Venezuelan whose past curiously parallels that of Francis, the first Jesuit pope. Like Jorge Mario Bergoglio, (Pope Francis)who steered his divided province through the 1970s Argentine dictatorship, Father Arturo Sosa SJ, 67, was Venezuelan provincial between 1996 and […]
Catholic Church \ Jesuits \ Vatican
Soon, there will be a new Black Pope!
Soon, very soon, we shall have a new ‘Black Pope’, but will the new Jesuit Superior General be from India? A Jesuit priest has explained how the leadership election process works within the order. The Jesuits have a unique process for electing a superior general for their order, a process that “if you have not […]
36th General Congregation \ Catholic Church \ Jesuit education \ Jesuits
Who will be the new ‘Black Pope’?
All the top Jesuit priests are heading to Rome for the 36th General Congregation. Its main business will be to elect a new Superior General. (A long time ago, the head of the Jesuits was also called the Black Pope, perhaps because of the black robes they wore at the time, or because they seemed […]
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