The Jesuit Youth Ministry of South Asia, in collaboration with the Patna Jesuit Youth Commission, has a five-day Youth Animation Training Program from May 4-9, 2025, at Atmadarshan, Patna, capital of the eastern Indian state of Bihar.
Jesuit Father Joe Arun (59) was appointed as the Chairperson for three years of its 10-member Minorities Commission in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu on July 23.
Fr. Felix Raj said, “An award reflects people’s appreciation and recognition of what one has achieved in the past and an invitation to continue the work further for growth in the future. And I still have miles to go.”
"The Telugu Bishops have trusted me to run this Catholic TV channel. I will have to inject both theory and practice into my responsibility to bring in a certain professionalism. I never expected this to happen. The credit goes to Cardinal Anthony Poola, President of TCBC, and the Bishops of TCBC, and I am told to take charge by May 31," said the 59-year-old Father Ignacimuthu, a member of the Andhra Jesuit Province.
Father Arun Bara SJ, a newly ordained priest, died in a road accident. "We Jesuits have lost a very young priest who was ordained in October 2022 and asks that he be received into God's glory and granted eternal peace," Jesuit Provincial.
The report released by the American forensics firm Arsenal Consulting confirms that a hacker planted multiple “incriminating documents” in the computer of activist-priest Father Stan Swamy, over a period of a few years. The 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy was arrested in October 2020 on false charges of "sedition." He died in custody on July 5, 2021.
Father Abraham Adappur, a noted Indian Jesuit thinker and writer, who boldly discussed cultural and social issues from a Catholic perspective passed away at the age of 96, on December 3.
