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The gentle breeze continues To blow over the troubled waters. This time it gushed forth The man of the hour.

We are not abandoned Yet again we are con rmed There is someone in charge The man of the hour is here.

Paradoxes and confusions A Jesuit , Jorge ! The Spirit has no boundaries The man of the hour arises.

Many a times they were sent To the frontiers of the seas and skies Bruised and battered Jesuits, The hour has arrived again!

To hear the Galilean call To wash each other’s feet The Last Supper of sharing and caring The hour of courage is here.

Beyond the Vatican hills To the depths of the hearts At the frontiers of humanity The man of the hour must go !

The man of the hour

By Kinley Tshering, SJ

Fr Kinley Tshering, SJ, is the Provincial of Darjeeling Province.

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or quite some time now I have the hope is seldom vain. We hope for FEBRUARY 2014 Fbeen asking myself, ‘What food, for health when it is lost, for exactly is the secret of the appeal of Pope friendship and for requited love. Hope Editor: Francis? What makes him such a hit with is implicit in our continuing to live at all. M.A. Joe Antony, SJ the masses as well as the media?’ The heart leaps up when it sees a rainbow I don’t know what you think, I in the sky, a daffodil or two beside the Editorial o ce administration, don’t know what the scholars will say, lake or a baa-lamb in the fi eld. ...In our typing & layout: but my answer is simple: He offers surroundings there are readymade Udaya Prabhu us hope - hope that the world and the metaphors for hopefulness: every spring, Visuvasam Church can change in order to make our every baby. lives better. But what is the basis of our hope? Correspondents: If you offer hope to people at a “If the heart is to have any hope, then Benedict Santosh, John Rose, time when there is little to nourish it, it must hold on to providence. If there Shailendra Boora, Victor Edwin then you become ‘the man of the hour.’ is no providence, then human beings That is what our poet-provincial, Kinley are in a fundamentally tragic position Tshering calls him in the poem on p.2. in the world. By providence I mean the Advisory Board: (Is there any other Jesuit Provincial who care that God gives to those who keep Agapit Tirkey, Benny S., writes poems?). Kinley says he wrote his commands. He has promised them Jerry Rosario, John , it when he was in recently and justice and beatitude as a correlative to V.T. Jose, Luke Rodrigues, someone showed it to the commands he enjoins. I do not say Amaladoss, Rex A. Pai who did something typical - wrote him that if we break our relationship with a personal note of appreciation and God everything is lost, for his promises Published by thanks. entail an undertaking to have mercy and Jerry Sequeira, SJ Hope, by the way, is something forgive the sinner who repents... His love for Gujarat Sahitya Prakash Society we humans desperately need. We live in is utterly dependable – not unknowing P.B. 70, Anand - 388 001 what they call the media age and so we or uncaring about human failures, quite and printed by him at Anand Press, can’t escape from being bombarded by the the opposite. For God has made promises Anand - 388 001. media that go after things that diminish and he has the power to keep them. His our hope. This why I like books such as love is guarantee enough that he will not Matter for publication the Assurance of Hope - an anthology that break his promises.” to be sent to: compiles writings by various authors This is what makes Julian of The Editor, Jivan on this precious commodity called hope Norwich declare, “All shall be well, and C/o IDCR (Continuum, 2006). The book’s title is all shall be well and all manner of thing P.B. 3301, Loyola College, Chennai - 600 034 actually a phrase from St Paul’s letter to shall be well.” Phone: 91-44-28175656 the Hebrews (6: 19). We should do our bit - like our email: [email protected] Christopher Howse, its editor, brother and leader, Pope Francis - to Circulation & change of address: says in his Introduction, “Each person nurture hope, shouldn’t we? So we begin Circulation Manager, Jivan, is a viator, a journeyer. If he knows with this issue ‘Cheers!’ - a column that Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, P.B. 70, he is a pilgrim to the city of peace, as will bring you things to cheer - things that Anand - 388 001, Gujarat. Walter Hilton says, still the road is long, increase our hope and therefore our joy. email: [email protected] uncertain and hard, with the dangers of At the moment I am thinking of a fi lm, an Annual Donation: Rs.250/- robbers, bad weather, thirst and tiredness. event and a book that tell us something Every pilgrim has trouble keeping up his uplifting, something inspiring, something As a service of information for the own spirits, in staying on the road, and that helps us understand, appreciate and South Asian Jesuit Assistancy, Jivan is in retaining confi dence that it is the right live our lives better. sent to Jesuits and their colleagues, road to a real place. We have an eminent panel to collaborators and friends. Articles Therefore “implicitly mankind contribute to this column: Ama Samy, appearing in Jivan express the views lives in hope. Human beings behave in Cedric Prakash, Errol Fernandes, of the authors and not of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia. The Editor practice as if there will be something Francis Jayapathy, Joseph Christie, regrets he is unable to return articles and turning up that will help them carry on Michael Amaladoss, Rex Angelo, Rappai photographs. So please keep a copy of their lives. It is a pragmatic optimism that Poothokaren, Robert Athick al and Rudolf whatever you send for publication. All generally outweighs even well-founded Heredia. From their fi eld of expertise and material sent for publication may be pessimism. In the computer metaphor of experience they will bring us things that edited for reasons of space, clarity or the day, we are hardwired to hope. To nourish and nurture our hope. policy. Readers are requested to donate persevere is in our nature. So turn to p. 18 and say ‘Cheers!’ generously towards Jesuit ministries. “At night we hope for dawn and - M.A.J.A.

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How can the Society restore itself again?

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By Michael Amaladoss, SJ spiritual. Such an impression continued to haunt them. Imprudence by a few Jesuits need not be excluded. Given he commemoration of the second centenary of the Restoration the role of the Jesuits in the field of offers us an occasion to ask ourselves how the Society can education, the leaders on all sides would again restore itself today. Blessed Cardinal Newman said, “To have been their students. Clement live is to change and to have lived long in to have changed XIV listed a lot of allegations against often.”T The restored Society of 1814 was not the same as the Society of 1773. the Jesuits in his letter of suppression The Society of today has to look to the future than to the past. Of course we without saying whether they were true, have to get back to our roots if we want to keep our deeper identity. At the but forbade them from asking for any same time, we have to adapt ourselves to a fast changing world, if we wish explanation. to be relevant. In this sense, life is an ongoing moment of restoration that The monarchs thought that is also an adaptation. removing them from the scene will Why Suppression? make their quest for power easier. The Why was the Society suppressed? The Society was caught in the Pope thought that by sacrificing them, crosshairs of a struggle between the Papacy and the monarchs. The Pope still he would ease the pressure on himself. claimed absolute power in both political and religious spheres. The monarchs But in spite of the suppression of the were seeking to affirm their own absolute power in the political sphere, Society both the monarchs and the Pope which also impinged upon the power structures of the religious sphere. The lost their absolute powers in the civil people were slowly asserting their own power against the monarchs. The sphere. Making the Society a scape goat philosophers of the Enlightenment were promoting the power of reason did not stop the historical process.

Though there have been constant reminders that these are not two distinct apostolates, but two dimensions of everything we do, we do not really see such an integration yet. against the religious power of the Church, defended by the Jesuits. The What Can We Learn? Jansenists accused the Society of being liberal in doctrine and lax in morals. In What does this event teach us? this situation, the Society was seen as a powerful influence in the educational, While we should be careful about the kind social, political and spiritual spheres of the community, attached to the Pope of faults which Vitelleschi spoke about by a special vow and loyal to him. and while we regret the suppression and The Society was also accused of promoting syncretism in the missions accept it as a kind of call to purification, because of the inculturating work of like Mateo Ricci and Roberto we can answer with the words of Pope de Nobili. The reductions were accused of instigating the people Clement XIII who, when Fr General against the monarch. More than a century earlier, a former Superior General, Lorenzo Ricci proposed to him to MuzioVitelleschi, in his letter, commemorating the centenary of the Society accept a change in the Constitutions in in 1639, recalled the accusations made against the Jesuits: being proud, order to save the Society from expulsion scheming, thinking they know everything, being more astute and political than from France, said: Autsintut sint, aut

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 5 cover feature non sint – Let them be as they are, or to us by the Constitutions and the in his duchy. not be at all! Following this advice, Spiritual Exercises. The Exercises help The Restoration Today we have to hold our middle ground us to become people of discernment, Perhaps without explicit reference against the extremisms on the right ridding ourselves of self and finding to the experience of suppression/ of the Jansenists and on the left of the God’s will in all things and at every restoration, challenged by the Second Enlightenment philosophers. moment. If the world is changing, so Vatican Council and the changing We need not be apologetic about will God’s will in relation to the world. situation of the world, the Society the policies either of Ricci The Exercises gives us a freedom to has been engaged in restoring itself and de Nobili or of the Jesuits of the be continuously relevant and not to over the last 50 years. Responding Paraguay reductions. We have to be tied down to historical precedents positively to the directives of the post- continue and even intensify them, and structures. The Constitutions Vatican II General Congregations 32 now encouraged by Pope Francis. We offer us a structure in which the to 35 were an attempt to restore the cannot withdraw from the affairs of superior discerns God’s will with us Society today. Basing myself on this the world which we want to reform. and confirms us. Our task is to be ongoing effort at restoration, I shall

Our educational institutions used to have a ‘missionary’ purpose. Now they have become minority institutions focused primarily on service to Catholics.

So there will be tension. I am intrigued available for mission anywhere, at any make some comments. I shall group by a GC 34 passage which asks the time, in any way. them according to the two areas that Jesuits “to live, as always, with the Our Apostolate: I have mentioned above: our identity tension involved in being faithful to The second area concerns the and our apostolate. I shall also limit the teachings of the Church and at the fields of our apostolate. From the my comments to the South Asian same time trying to read accurately the documents of this period, these seem situation which I know better. signs of the times.” (GC 34: 14,14) to be three: education, formation Our Identity as Jesuits The suppression of the Society of youth, and the service of faith The 32nd GC started its was unjust and, so rather than yield, through various pastoral ministries declaration on Jesuits Today saying we must affirm our basic identity as like preaching, hearing confessions, that to be a Jesuit “is to know that one spelt out in our Constitutions and the etc. Another important work given is a sinner, yet called to be a companion Spiritual Exercises. This was insisted to us was the missions. The education of Jesus… It is to engage, under the upon by Pius VII in his letter of and formation of youth was seen as standard of the Cross, in the crucial Restoration and the letters written by particularly important by Catherine of struggle of our time: the struggle for by Fr General Roothan (1829-1853), Russia, who did not let the Society be faith and that struggle for justice which who is often considered the second suppressed in her territories and by the it includes.” (GC32:2,1-2) Jesuits need founder of the Society. Duke of Parma, who was responsible a sense of profound humility and at the Retaining our identity: for the beginnings ofthe restoration in same time a sense of self-affirmation of This ‘being as we are’ consists of Western Europe, when he invited the being the companions of Jesus, which two areas. One is the identity given Jesuits from Russia to come to work involves the readiness to struggle.

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Humility does not mean passivity make us people of discernment, or fear of the powerful. It is significant individually and collectively. My own that in his interview to the Jesuit impression is that today we have a magazines Pope Francis identified lot of consultations and community himself as a sinner. To be companions meetings, but not much discernment. of Jesus involves being “servants of Listening to God in prayer to know Christ’s mission”, according to GC 34. God’s will seems rarely a part of these (2,1) It goes on to elaborate on Jesuit consultations. The Society is an identity by exploring the characteristics apostolic body. But the Constitutions of our way of proceeding in a special do not focus much on community decree: Deep personal love for Jesus structures. The superior is the point Christ; Contemplative in action; An of communion. In an atmosphere apostolic body in the Church; In of growing individualism one speaks solidarity with those most in need; of community life itself as mission. Partnership with others; Called to I hope that we would not focus on learned ministry; Men sent, always community structures (life and prayer Though we claim available for new missions; Ever together), but on being ‘friends in the searching for the . (cf. GC34:26) Lord’ through mutual communication Referring back to the alleged words of and prayerful support to each other. as a pioneer St Ignatius to St “Go, So here we have the different facets set the world alight” and quoting what of an image of a Jesuit of the 21st of inculturation, was said about St , century. There is a lot here to mediate the Church remains GC 35 identified Jesuits as “a fire on, to be aware of and to become what that kindles other fires.” (GC35: we really should be. What better way largely foreign and 2,25) The image of fire adds a certain to restore ourselves? the central authority dynamism. Our Apostolates Jesuits are also called to be on Let us now look at our in the Church the frontiers, as Paul VI told them: apostolates. I have evoked three areas sees to it that “Wherever in the Church, even in earlier: education of the youth, service the most difficult and exposed fields, of faith and mission. I shall group we remain so. in the crossroads of ideologies, in my reflections around these. I am not the social trenches, there has been going to make any value judgments. I or is confrontation between the shall limit myself to pointing out some multiplied and the Jesuit presence is burning exigencies of humanity and areas and asking questions. limited. How much of our time goes the perennial message of the Gospel, Education: At the time of the in administration? How much time there have been and are the Jesuits.” suppression, about two thirds of the do we have to reach out to students (Dec. 3, 1974) This has been repeated Jesuits were involved in education. It and establish personal contact? How by John Paul II and Benedict XVI. may be true also today. But today, far do we succeed in animating, Jesuits are not people whosettle down we no longer have a monopoly on enabling and empowering our other to a comfortable life. Jesuits should be education. The government itself collaborators on the staff to share our available to go anywhere where there and many other private players have ideals, goals and practices? Character is a need. This does not mean that they entered the field. But what is special cannot be formed only through classes. have to be loners. They are called to about our schools? Do they excel What kind of extra-curricular activities collaborate internationally with other merely in getting better results in do we have to supplement the class Jesuits and everywhere with all people government examinations? Or are they room work? What kind of contact do of good will, not only inviting them also involved in character formation we have after they leave our campus? to work with us, but also going out to and value education? What are the The students that come to us work with them in their projects. (cf. special efforts that we are making to are not only Catholics, but members GC34: 13; 21; CG35: 6) achieve this? Are they adequate? of all religions. What are we doing The Spiritual Exercises should Our educational institutions have to reach out to the youth of other

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 7 cover feature religions? Our educational institutions Exercises in a creative way. complicated matters further by saying, used to have a ‘missionary’ purpose. Service of Faith & Justice: The “The aim of our mission (the service Now they have become minority other two areas of the apostolate of faith) and its integrating principle institutions focused primarily on are the service of faith and mission. (faith directed towards the justice of service to Catholics, so they almost Today the traditional idea of mission the Kingdom) are dynamically related claim the colleges as theirs. Though as foreign mission has practically to the inculturated proclamation they may not help us much, they claim disappeared. People who do go of the Gospel and dialogue with benefits. Is this the primary purpose abroad, do so more to help the local other religious traditions as integral of our educational institutions? What Churches. dimensions of evangelization.” (GC about our mission to everyone and to The Society has rethought its 34: 2,40) This is a beautiful, holistic the world? mission seriously after the Second vision, especially relevant to us in Formation of youth: Today the Vatican Council. The 32nd General South Asia which has highly developed youth are formed, not so much by Congregation redefined mission as cultures and living religions going the -oriented academic education, the service of faith which includes back 4000 years. but more by the peer groups and the the promotion of justice. There was a But as a matter of fact, Christianity social media. How present are we in tendency among some Jesuits to reduce is still seen as a ‘foreign’ religion in the the social media? Do we have youth the first to the second. Though there country, not without justification,

What is special about our schools? Do they excel merely in getting better results in government examinations? Or are they also involved in character formation and value education?

groups who can be our mediators have been constant reminders that since we have our power centres and with other youth? So how do we these are not two distinct apostolates, sources of funding elsewhere. Though restore our apostolate of educating and but two dimensions of everything we claim Roberto de Nobili as a forming the youth? An observation of we do, we do not really see such an pioneer of inculturation, the Church Benedict XVI indicates to us that our integration yet. In a Province, some remains largely foreign and the central educational apostolate is not limited will be involved in education, others authority in the Church sees to it that to the youth. In his letter to Fr. Peter will be doing pastoral ministry and we remain so. In every province there Kolvenbach before GC 35, he writes: still others will be busy working for may be a couple of Jesuits who show “The evangelizing work of the Church the liberation of the poor. There may some interest in dialoguing with other very much counts on the formative not be much co-ordination between religions. We are not inculturated responsibility which the Society has in these. The challenge is that though and inreligionized (to use Aloysius the areas of theology, of spirituality, an apostolate focuses particularly on Pieris’s term) as we ought to be. We and of mission.” (Jan 10, 2008, No. one dimension, say education, it must are happy to convert a few poor people 6) This includes, besides the youth, attend to the promotion of faith and who live a cosmic religiosity without a also lay adults, religious and priests. justice through education. developed culture or religion. Spiritual formation will also depend Inculturation & Dialogue: We are not present in the cultural upon the way we use the Spiritual The 34th world of literature and the arts of any

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 8 cover feature of the major languages of the region. Women & Ecology: Two new We may sing the praises of foreign areas of our apostolic concern emerged missionaries like Beschi, Thomas in GC 32, namely women and ecology. Stevens or Camille Bulke. Where Women’s contribution is not to be are the Indian Jesuits who can stand limited to the family but must include beside them? Rather we seem to the Church and public life. Jesuits be going backward. Taking Tamil too have contributed to a spirit of Nadu as an example, we had more clericalism in the Church. It is now classical poets and musicians in the the moment for Jesuits to “listen Church 60-100 years ago than now. carefully and courageously to the Our schools and colleges are in the experience of women… in a spirit forefront of enabling our students to of partnership and equality, and to migrate abroad. We are persecuted align themselves in solidarity with by Hindu fundamentalist groups and women.” (GC 34: 14, 12-13) With so we become self-defensive rather regard to ecology, the Jesuits are than dialogue oriented. Are we told: “In our preaching, teaching, more interested in survival than in and retreat direction, we should invite mission? An inculturated programme all people to appreciate more deeply of formation evolved nearly 40 years our covenant with creation as central ago after an exploration and study by a to right relationships with God and special commission seems to be slowly one another, and to act accordingly collapsing in an era of globalization in terms of political responsibility, We are not present centred in Euro-America. We do employment, family life and personal not seem to realize that we cannot life .” (GC35: 3,36). in the cultural transform South Asian society in the Reconciliation & Collaboration: world of literature power of the Gospel if we do not GC 35 has also insisted on become ‘incarnate’ in it as Jesus did reconciliation, as establishing right and the arts in Palestine. We are ethnically South relationships with God, others and of any of the Asian. But our Christianity has not creation and on collaboration within become South Asian and is not able to the society from a global point of view major languages dialogue with the South Asian cultures and with others, especially with all of the region. and religions from within, so to speak, people of good will, “in building a new following the incarnate way of Jesus. future in Christ for a ‘globalization Intellectual apostolate: GC in solidarity, a globalization without naïveté perhaps, his being available 34 had a special decree on The marginalization.’” (GC35:3,30) In straightaway, his careful interior Intellectual Dimension of Jesuit South Asia we could encourage the discernment, the fact that he was a man Ministries. (GC34:16) This would Ignatian Family movement that brings capable of great and strong decisions involve research and writing, which together every one who feels inspired but also capable of being so gentle seem to be lacking in South Asia by Ignatian spirituality in mission. and loving.” The Pope continues: to a large extent, proportionate to Conclusion: A Call to “Ignatius is a mystic, not an ascetic… our numbers and presence in higher Mysticism And Faber was a mystic.” Perhaps education. Some of the other parts On 17 December 2014, his this is our greatest challenge today of the Society have journals for the birthday, Pope Francis declared our as Jesuits: How can we all become educated people like America, Etudes, companion a . He mystics finding God in all things, like StimmenderZeit, Civilta Cattolica, etc. is certainly a model for us. In his Peter Faber and Ignatius? We have experimented with reviews interview to the Jesuit magazines,  like New Review in Kolkata and Thai the Pope says why he likes Peter Fr Michael Amaladoss, SJ (MDU) Nadu in . But they are Faber: “[His] dialogue with all, even is the Director of Institute of Dialogue with things of the past. Where are such the most remote and even with his Cultures and Religions. He can be contacted at reviews today? opponents; his simple piety, a certain [email protected]

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“In this important journey, knowledge and personal integrity or shame or threatening others? - The challenge of inclusion: are of prime importance. We need to develop a positive attitude Humanity has come a long way to understand the need to include and approach towards collaborative initiatives,” said Fr Edward everybody in our societies and schools. This means a new way S. Mudavassery SJ, POSA, in his key note address at the JEA to conceive our service in education and to struggle to make our Triennial – 2013 on the theme ‘Leadership in Jesuit Schools’. schools more inclusive to everybody.- Caring for the environment: The triennial was organized mainly for the Principals of Jesuit Today we understand our mission as three dimensions: faith, schools in the South Asian Assistancy on 07-10 Nov ‘13 at JDV justice, care for the environment.- Networking: We need to educate campus, Pune. About 160 Principals, mainly Jesuits and a few our students, faculty, parents, alumnae and of course ourselves to lay collaborators, participated in the triennial, organized by Fr be part of a global network with strong local and regional work. Norbert, Secretary of JEA. Ms. Melina Fernandes (St. Vincent’s School, Pune), Sr. Fr. Edward underlined five areas for reflection and action: Lourdes Mary (St. Xavier’s School, Hazaribagh), Dr. Vincent (St. - The Jesuit legacy to be shared with our lay collaborators - Joseph’s Indian P.U. College, Bangalore) and Ms. Jennifer Diaz Proper apostolic planning with the urgency to update and develop (St. Xavier’s School, Mumbai) were the panelists who shared competency - Rationalization of our institutions: the need to think on the positive elements of collaboration with the Jesuits in their of inclusive expansion and moving to new frontiers - Meeting the institutions and highlighted some areas for growth.The main challenge of misinformation against the backdrop of the general positive elements shared by the panelists included full freedom elections. - In the context of polarization, the need to maintain a with respect, constant encouragement, concern for the welfare harmonious, inclusive atmosphere and communal harmony. of the collaborators, generosity in providing resources for work, “As leaders of Jesuit schools, we are called to be leaders to continuous monitoring and guidance, humane approach, trust and focus on people, do the right things, inspire, influence, motivate, confidence placed on them. build and shape entities. A leader’s power is rooted in positional They also pointed out some areas where Jesuits need to authority, expertise, information, right relationship, commitment, grow:frequent transfers of Jesuits, evaluation of the principals, transparent integrity and personal power” emphasized Fr. proper code of conduct, lack of teamwork, lack of clarity regarding Emmanual Arockiam SJ, Deputy Director, LIBA, Chennai, while roles, constant interference in the administration, underestimating delivering his thematic presentation on ‘Being effective leaders in the capacity of the lay collaborators, lack of clear vision, goals and Jesuit schools’. The personality traits of a promising leader include actions, narrow outlook, superiority complex and authoritarianism. verbal facility, honesty, initiative, self-confidence, focus on goals, Fr S.M. John Kennedy S.J, moderated the panel discussion. Fr originality, sociability and adaptability. Fr. Emma explained that Joe Mathias, SJ, Director, NVSC, spoke on ‘Providing a Safe level 5 leaders have humility and professional will. Environment for Holistic Growth of Children and Youth in Schools’. Fr. Jose Mesa S.J., Curia secretary of secondary education, He detailed the measures we could adopt in our schools to prevent Rome spoke on Jesuit education and its legacy and challenges. child abuse. After descrbing the historical legacy and the contibutions of former At the concluding session, the following five areas were Generals to our understanding of this important Jesuit apostolate, finalized as follow up measures of the triennial: Jesuit Legacy he underlined the following challenges for Jesuit education today: to be imparted to our staff, parents, students and stakeholders - - Training in the Ignatian vision: training in Spiritual Exercise, our Updating and ongoing training for our staff and Jesuits - Networking pedagogy, in conversation with current developments in education: (personnel and resources) at local / national / international smart schools, cooperative learning, neuroscience… and in the levels -Promoting alumni/public relations - Asserting RTE and creation of school communities - Identity vs. diversity: we welcome Minority Rights. Each province will work out actions plans on the diversity: religion, ethinicities, students with disabilities, social aforementioned thrust areas and carry them out in the coming classes… Do we express our identity joyfully and without fear years. - S.M. John Kennedy, SJ

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By P.A. Chacko, SJ

The accidental death of a migrant worker, Ramakant Patmanji from Odisha, in an unlicensed stone quarry on 23 July ‘13 at Vengola, Ernakulam district, is but the tip of an iceberg. An average of 20 non-Keralite migrant labourers die every month in , says Mathrubhoomi (04 Sept ‘12), From convent About 20 non-Keralite kitchens to industrial backyards girls and boys from north India slog under work conditions fixed by the local employers. migrant labourers die Patmanji was one of Kerala’s 3 million migrant work force eking out a living at Vengola, known for its garland of death traps every month in Kerala of deep gorges of quarries with sky-embracing rocky ridges. He was one of the four victims in Mr. Rajan’s unlicensed quarry at work force. Before they reach the destination most of them are Vengola. This quarry functions just about 500 feet away from at the mercy of middlemen-contractor nexus which extracts its Vengola Panchayat office. But the officials turn a blind eye to ‘pound of flesh’. These sharks continue to demand a share of unlicensed quarries, illegal quarrying and preventable accidental wages once the workers land a job. In addition, they also get their deaths of labourers. contract money from the owners who employ the workers. There Kerala is described by the National Geographic Traveller are contractors or middlemen who just sit at home and collect as one of the ten ‘paradises’ in the world. Also known as God’s a payroll of Rs.50,000/- to 100,000 per month from contracted own country, this southern State is suffering from a personnel workers and factory owners. vacuum in the domestic labour sector. Most of Kerala’s able and The unorganised nature of work, the vagaries of the labour educated men and women leave the State for better prospects market, the lack of bargaining power of the ‘guest workers’, the poor and unhygienic accommodation and the consequent health problems, the lack of job security and social security, and the absence of a helpline are serious issues that need to be addressed. Kerala’s Labour and Rehabilitation Minister highlighted five important recommendations made by GIFT (Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation) in its Government sponsored survey: Common single point one-time voluntary registration system - Improving housing and living conditions - Social security net - Training in awareness of worker’s rights and obligations - Helpline staffed by people speaking different elsewhere. This is where the migrant work force steps in. 60 languages. per cent are reported to be in the construction sector, while there The saddest part is that these ‘guest workers’ do not are 3 per cent in agriculture, 7 per cent in hospitality, 8 per cent attract the attention of any political party or even trade union, in manufacturing and some as domestic workers. They slog because they have no voting right even if they have completed from 9 to 12 hours a day for wages ranging between Rs.150/-to six years in Kerala. Worse still is the attitude of the locals toward Rs. 600/-. At a plastic industry we visited in Perumbavoor that these migrant workers. Locals call them ‘Bai’, a corrupt form of employs a number of women workers, there was just a single ‘Bhai’ in Hindi meaning ‘brother’. But there is nothing brotherly in lavatory for men and women - which is against labour rules. the way the local people see them. On a recent trip to Kottayam The women are paid Rs.150/- as daily wages. This means from Perumbavoor I witnessed what happened between the bus they don’t get the 7th day as a paid holiday after six days of conductor and two ‘Bais’. Not knowing Malayalam, the boys continuous work. could not understand how much fare the conductor asked. One Kerala’s Labour and Rehabilitation Minister, Shibu Baby of them gave him a ten-rupee note. The conductor had said, John, decribed them as “the wealth creators of Kerala.” Most “Rs. 20’. Seeing that the boy was struggling to understand what of these migrant workers hail from India’s north-eastern States the conductor wanted, I told him in Hindi to pay Rs. 10 more. as well as from Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and UP. As the conductor handed out the ticket, he mumbled loudly: ‘Ee They fan out into every nook and corner of the State, from kallammaru’ (These thieves). Such attitudes are not rare. If one Trivandrum to Kasargod, ready to do any work. Such readiness or two labourers are caught for some alleged criminal acts, we lands them in situations considered most repugnant by Keralites. tend to blame them all. We forget that this God’s own country For example, it has been reported that, where a Keralite was has thousands of local people incarcerated for alleged crimes. found dead in a sceptic tank, migrant workers were engaged That does not mean all Malayalees are criminals. We extract to pull out the stinking corpse. the energy of these ‘Bais’ as our ‘pound of flesh’. But they are The reasons why so many land up in Kerala are many. human persons who contribute to our wealth creation. Should Poverty and displacement from land and resources due to we not treat them with fairness and respect?  industrialisation and land acquisition are evident reasons why people migrate to Kerala in search of work. The trains that reach Fr P.A. Chacko, SJ (DUM) is engaged in Kerala migrant labour Kerala from the northern States are jam-packed with potential apostolate on behalf of Kerala Province.

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Mission in the marketplace

-What a Jesuit does in the ‘Sin City’

Interview with Max Oliva, SJ

Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), the How did you land in ‘Sin-City’? specifi c to the fi elds of business and entertainment capital of the world, richly What prompted you to take ethics to entertainment? deserves its sobriquet, “Sin-City,” for it is the business world, and that too to Ethics pervades all occupations like primarily known for gambling, casino-hotels, those involved in the entertainment law, politics, education, medicine. But and nightlife. One could wonder what a Jesuit industry in Las Vegas? each occupation has its own particular could be doing in such a place. Max Oliva SJ, A letter was sent to the Province ethical considerations. But none can holding an MBA degree from the University of from the Provincial asking for volunteers function optimally without the virtues I California at Berkeley, talks to business people to minister in Las Vegas. While praying write about in my book. This comes out and to those engaged in the entertainment during a summer retreat I made after that in all the stories I narrate of the men and industry about spirituality and about ethics letter was sent, I was moved to volunteer. women who strive to live ethical lives. in market place. Oliva is an author of at least I think it was the Spirit that led me to Las How do you actually go about 5 books, and his latest, Beatitudes for the Vegas. Las Vegas is truly a ‘frontier’ like your work? Workplace, considers eight virtues and the one our General talks about. Also, I give talks on ethics to business their transformative effect on the personal and my ministry is not restricted to those groups. I write a monthly column. on professional lives of adult men and women: in the entertainment industry. There “Ethics in the Marketplace,” for Business wisdom, integrity, honesty, compassion, justice, are a lot of people in the City that have Press, a local weekly publication. People forgiveness, generosity, and courage. He has nothing to do with it. My main ministry meet me individually to discuss matters taught classes on ethical decision-making in is with them. But because the gaming of a personal nature or those that pertain the School of Management at Regis University establishment is so central to the valley, to their profession. There is a sale of Nevada. He also directs “Commuter Retreats” I work indirectly through them, in the my books, especially of Beatitudes for the for busy working people like CFOs, CEOs, manner of a “gaming lawyer,” in a world Workplace, in various bookstores and lawyers, and businessmen. that, despite all its glitz, is peopled by special venues. And I write a monthly Fr Max Oliva spoke to John Rose SJ, human beings like you and me. on-line newsletter called, “Spirituality our Jivan Correspondent in California: Are there ethical differences and Ethics,” that goes out to many here

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 12 interview in Las Vegas and in other parts of the time I ministered there I paid attention Do your best to insert topics world too. to the kinds of virtues that business connected with ethics and discernment Tell us about “Commuter people needed and specially noted those into your courses so that students will Retreat”. What happens at a Commuter they struggled to put into practice. understand that social responsibilities Retreat?? In the book I actually wrote my own pertain to all professions and occupations. I explain the retreat in Chapter 01 beatitudes, each one based on a virtue. of my book, Beatitudes for the Workplace.” By the way, I did not deal explicitly Would you like to share your The retreat is based on the Spiritual with sexual harassment, since that can mission statement with the Jivan Exercises of St Ignatius.It is six days be found in any situation. readers? in duration, usually beginning on a “Ethics@marketplace” is a catchy Yes, of course. It is: “By presenting Monday and ending on a Saturday. The word. Are business people really insights on ethics and moral development, “This is a world that, despite all its glitz, is peopled by human beings like you and me.”

person making the retreat sees me once interested in Ethics and Spirituality? I hope to enhance each participant’s a day, for an hour, at a time of their Do they make less profi t if they follow sense of job satisfaction and personal own choosing, while continuing with ethical norms in business? well-being, thereby improving the their regular work schedules. A week In Calgary, the title of my ministry morale of the organization and, further, before the retreat begins I send each one to the business community was having a positive impact on the wider some questions for refl ection and ask “Spirituality atWork” and that title was community.” for answers to be sent to me via e-mail well accepted by all. But when I started Max, as a Jesuit, you have been before the retreat begins. At our fi rst my ministry in Las Vegas, my Advisory recognized as a wonderful speaker, meeting the directee and I go over the Committee of 6 men and 3 women drawn educator, pastor, spiritual coach, answers. This helps to fi nd out how to from the corporate community - we and author. Which role gives you the get the retreatant started. I request that meet quarterly - recommended I change greatest satisfaction? between visits to me the retreatant does the title to ‘Ethics in the Marketplace’. I like giving talks on both at least half an hour of prayer; most do Which I did. I am frequently asked to spirituality and ethics, but I am most at least an hour. give presentations here in the valley and comfortable with issues related to our Could you tell us briefl y about that is an indication to me that people are faith: different methods of prayer (I the Beatitudes for the Workplace? Is sexual hungry for insights that they can apply in taught two 5-week seminars on “Prayer harassment at the workplace common their own lives. It is a truism that what Practices for Busy People” here and in the entertainment industry? one is seeking for in life is not profi t but they were very well attended), Ignatian Beatitudes for the Workplace came out general happiness or fulfi llment. Spirituality (I gave two 5-week seminars, of my work in Calgary, Alberta, Canada What message would you like to one on the east side and one on the west where the main industry is connected give to Jesuits who teach in business sideof the valley), Discernment, and the with oil and natural gas. During the schools? integration of faith and work. 

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“Seventy per cent of our vocations are from middle class families”

he Annual Meeting of the Assistancy Commission urged us to develop personal relationships with the scholastics. for Formation was held at Ashirwad, Bangalore, on On the last day, Fr.Edward shared information about the T30 Sept - to 04 Oct ‘13. We were a group of 24, Conference and the co-operation needed with our neighbouring including Fr.Edward Mudavassery, POSA, our ADF, Fr. Gratian Assistancy of Asia Pacific and also provinces in Africa and South Carlo, the four Rectors and Superior of the Common Houses America. He told of the needs for men in the Curia, Vatican Radio and the PCFs of 18 Provinces and Regions. The PCFs of Nepal and the Roman Houses. Fr.Gratian Carlo S.J. the ADF, reminded and Darjeeling were unable to attend. Fr Ivan Mendonca, our us of the motto of the ACF: ‘let us do things better and in a better host PCF, Fr Prashanth Mudtha Director of Ashirwad welcomed way” and said it can be carried out in three ways: Pooling together us. Fr Francis Serrao, Provincial of Karnataka, inaugurated the the ‘best practices’ at each stage of formation - Initiating some meeting. In an insightful speech, he spoke on the issues related new stepsor procedures in formation - Identifying areas that need to ‘the polity, the Church and the Society in Karnataka’. Fr Arun a rethink and creative action. The areas include the introduction D’Souza presented the findings of a Questionnaire submitted to of the Log Book, an Assistancy level graded syllabus, the annual the PCFs earlier, relevant to the theme: ‘Jesuit Vocation Today: budget and policies regarding the poorly performing students. A Changing Personal Profile in a Changing Social Context – There was a session for the sharing of the Rectors/Superiors of Implications for Jesuit Formation’. His presented his thoughts Common Houses. under three heads: Culture, Day 3 saw the PCFs Identity, Formation. Some sharing of their consolations and of the points we “grappled concerns in guiding the young with”, included the reality of no men. Consolations were: early more mono-cultures but multi- formation is being taken seriously cultures and shifting world in most provinces. Scholastics are views and multiple elements talented, highly motivated and existing within a person and so generous. They show openness responses to various situations in seeking spiritual guidance are sometimes contradictory. and support. All the provinces Other areas ere Identity are organizing regular courses and Subjectivity, Urban- in aspects of Jesuit Spirituality Rural Divide, the effects of and a number of creative Globalization, consequences programmes during the summer. of Low Income Vocations, Concerns were: lack of proper Caste and Tribal identity. discernment especially of those These days 70% of vocations planning to leave the Society, in our Assistancy are from lower middle class/caste families. He lack of accountability and too much attachment to family, lack of concluded his presentation saying that many lay people today spiritual depth and some not meeting the spiritual guide regularly, outshine many Jesuits whose contribution to church and society ecclesiastical studies not taken seriously, a trend of diminishing is minimal and whose way of life no longer attracts vocations. His love and attachment to the Society and its members, excessive talk led to some radical questions such as: ‘Should our formation drinking habit of some scholastics and misuse of mobile phones. follow a personalized model more than on a standardized one They late discussed in groups some important issues which and be composed more of teams even at the novitiate level? Do came up in the PCF’s sharing: the timing of the Arrupe Month, we encourage our own self-assessment by the young men in our the clarification of the annual budget amount, scholastics’ family care?’ Later Fr Keith D’Souza, the chairperson of the ‘Scholastics concerns; the timing and grading of psycho-sexual integration Formation Log Book‘ committee, explained the 3 parts of the Log programmes; low emotional quotient of scholastics and the use of Book which were discussed by the group and various queries and mobile phones. These points were discussed at length and some suggestions were made. Some PCFs have already implemented were referred to the JCSA Meet in Delhi for policy decisions for parts of the programme. We all agreed it would helpful for the the whole Assistancy. scholastics and thanked Keith & Co for their work. Zonal Meetings Day 4 was spent planning for next year’s meet and planned for common programmes such as POP, Pre-Regency, evaluating and thanking Fr Mendonca, the host PCF, Ashirvad College allotments for the next academic year etc. community and our host province. Next year’s Meeting will be On the 2nd Day Fr Edward Mudavassery, told us that this held in Pune (Western Zone), and Fr James Selvaraj will be the group [ACF], was crucial for the Assistancy and he commended Co-ordinator. The topic will be “Psychological Profile and Related the work being done by Fr Gratian to strengthen the various stages Tests”. of formation and the attention being given to the syllabus and the - Geoff Meagher, SJ training of formators. He also shared some of his concerns and with inputs from Richard, John & James

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he perception that Christian and published comprehensive Grammar of ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘they’, and men male versions! TCross was closely linked with books of Gamit and Dangi languages. The gender identity and individuality the colonial sword did little to endear “When I began my fi rst Missionary are expressed, always! Verbs too end many missionaries to ancient cultures work at Zankhvav, in the heart of Adivasi differently to indicate male or female like the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, etc. But land, I found that the Fathers and Sisters subjects. some Jesuit missionaries, from the earliest spoke in English among themselves, in Raymund’s next Dangi times, wanted to ‘incarnate’ Jesus into Gujarati with the Adivasis, but Adivasis grammar book was easier to prepare. the culture of the land they served. Such themselves spoke their languages among The commonalities among the South missionaries learnt the local language, themselves! I felt uneasy and unhappy Gujarat Adivasi languages helped him to culture, customs and way of life and about it”, says Raymund. “Right from my compare and contrast the similarities and presented Christianity in the language of childhood at Gomtipur, I received the differences. This time a computer was the local people. Good News of Jesus in my mother tongue, of very great service. Raymund’s latest Gujarati, always. Why should the Adivasis venture is a Vasavi language grammar Gujarati Jesuit’s rare gift to Adivasis Fr Chauhan has published grammar books of three Adivasi languages

be deprived of listening to the message of book. Raymund’s mastery of the language Jesus in their mother tongue?” When he resulted in many books, enriching Gamit Alonzo de Barcena (1528-1598) was made Assistant Parish Priest P of Unai culture and Christian community. The acquired practical knowledge of eleven in 1991, Raymund took a vow to learn and Adivasi communities of south Gujarat are tribal languages in South America. speak to Adivasis only in their language. small – Dangis are about 2,00,000, Gamits Mateo Ricci (1552-1610)) mastered Among the Adivasis all over the about 5,00.000 and Vasavas around classical Chinese language, Alexandre world, culture, religion, customs, values 11,00,000. Non Adivasis, in large numbers, de Rhodes (1591-1660), was proficient and skills were effectively transmitted have penetrated the Adivasi lands. All in Vietnamese, Robert De Nobili ((1577 from generation to generation orally. formal education is in Gujarati. Under – 1656) mastered Sanskrit, Telugu and No written literature existed in their such conditions, the orally transmitted and Tamil. Thomas Stephen (1549-1619), languages. Raymund had to learn to Adivasi languages could disappear in a who came to , mastered Konkani and speak, write (in Gujarati script) and verify decade or so. Raymund has documented for Marathi. Johann Ernest Hanxleden (1681- all the aspects of language – vocabulary, posterity the grammars of three Adivasi 1732), known in Kerala as Arnos Pathiri, grammar, idioms, variations, etc… through languages with no professional linguistic mastered Malayalam and Syriac, and other oral communication. His university was training and no written materials, One languages. Camille Bulcke, who worked the Gamit people. The process of gathering sad side of this remarkable work is that in Ranchi, became a highly admired every bit of information and knowledge of the two Grammars are written in Gamit scholar in Hindi, Carlos Valles was given the language from the people, orally, was and Dangi languages with no translations the highest award for Gujarati literature time-consuming and painstaking. But it even in Gujarati. Who will read and study for his several Gujarati books, Fr.John- was also very interesting and rewarding. these Grammars in Adivasi languages ten Baptist Hoffmann (1857–1928) brought Once he mastered the language, he years from now? By then, these languages, out 15 volumes of Encyclopaedia Mundarica, decided to work on a Grammar book. As unfortunately, may have joined many gathering all that was then known of the Gamit was only an oral laguage, he had to other Indian languages becoming extinct. Munda Tribe in India. develop and standardize many spellings of But the documentation of their Grammar, We now have in Gujarat another Gamit words in Gujarati script. and the insights he got into their cultures Jesuit who can be counted with these He got some interesting insights have timeless value. In the tradition of eminent pioneers. Raymund Chauhan, into their culture through their language. many Jesuit missionaries before him – he SJ, from Gujarat and of Gujarat Province, For instance, in most languages ‘I’, ‘we’, is giving the Good News of Jesus to the has mastered three Adivasi languages of and ‘they’ include both genders. Not so in Adivasis in their own language. south Gujarat – Vasavi, Gamit and Dangi, Gamit. Gamit women have female versions - Rappai Poothokaren, SJ

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SAPI comes up with School completes 50 years a ‘People’s Manifesto’ where a saint was martyred A r o u n d 6 5 “This school laid members of South the foundation for my Asian Peoples’ progress in my life Initiatives (SAPI) from especially in my political all over the country career. Education is the came together at basis for any progress Indian Social Institute, in life. Christians are Bangalore on 9-12 still the forerunners in Jan ‘14 to prepare the imparting education to Peoples’ Manifesto in the country” said Mr. view of the forthcoming S. Thirunavukarasar, general election in May 2014. Dividing themselves into six groups, former Union minister they deliberated on 8 thematic issues, namely, economic, social, and now one of the political, educational, health, cultural, environmental, governance national secretaries and security and prepared their demands.” of the Indian National Containing proposals and recommendations, the People’s C o n g r e s s , a t t h e Manifesto has been framed with the objective of making people valedictory function aware of their legitimate rights and of the responsibility of those of the Golden Jubilee who contest the elections. SAPI expects citizens to use the celebrations of St. ballot in the interest of all the people. The SAPI members see Arulanandar H.S. School, Oriyur in Province on 5 Dec in the upcoming elections an opportunity to assertively regain ‘13. It was the culmination of the year-long Jubilee celebration. what is due to the people of the country, by making the aspiring Fr Sebasti L. Raj, Madurai Provincial, assured that this school representatives to provide an assurance that they will remain being a rural one, catering to the most downtrodden, he, with faithful to the Constitutional mandate. They plan to place the the collaboration of well wishers, will do everything possible to People’s Manifesto before various political parties as people’s enhance the infrastructure and other facilities of the school. agenda for good governance. Fr. Provincial was the main celebrant in the thanks giving South Asian Peoples’ Initiatives (SAPI) is a civil society Eucharist, celebrated in the morning. All the former headmasters, network of more than 100 faith-based as well as secular organizations in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. SAPI was floated in 2003, a little before the Mumbai World Social Forum 2004. Facilitated and animated by the Jesuits of South Asia, specifically by their social action wing known as Jesuits in Social Action (JESA), SAPI envisions a democratic, egalitarian, secular, cultural-pluralist society, and strives for its realisation through collective search and action with and on behalf of the marginalized communities: Dalits, Adivasis/ tribals/ indigenous peoples, women, unorganized workers, youth, children, refugees and minorities. - Sannybhai

Unique Insurance Scheme for Migrant Tribals superiors, retired and transferred teachers were honoured at the The Jesuit-run Xavier Institute of Management and end of the Eucharistic celebration. Research, (XIMR) Mumbai, in collaboration with the Chotanagpur Arulanandar is how St John de Britto is called in Tamil. Migrant Tribal Development (CMTD) Network, Seva Niketan, Oriyur is the place where he was martyred. The primary school in Byculla,Mumbai has designed a unique financial solution for Oriyur, named after the saint, was started In 1908 by Fr Noronha. nearly 20,000 migrant tribals from Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, In 1952 it was upgraded into a middle school and 11 years later, Orissa, West Bengal in Mumbai. It is running a pilot project to Fr A. Kulandaisamy made it a high school. Fr J.L. Pragasam encourage monthly savings, incentivizing them with Medical and upgraded it into a higher secondary school. Health Insurance for their families. Partners will include banks, The school serves the poor children – especially the Dalits insurance and healthcare companies. The business solution is – of around 100 villages around Oriyur. The first Jesuit school built on the premise that the livelihood of people at the bottom in Tamil Nadu to admit also girls it now educates 2,100 students. of the Pyramid improves when they get access to finance. Fr P.S. Arul is the Correspondent and Fr Wilson Arockiasamy is - XIMR the Headmaster. - S.M. John Kennedy, SJ

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By HEDWIG LEWIS, SJ wisdom and firmness, could harness the exuberant zeal of the new Jesuits. The mandate given him by GC 21 that elected he Society which Pius VII him was to strengthen and stabilize the restored was in all things fledgling ‘new’ Society: going slow on Tthe same as that founded by opening new schools, improving the St Ignatius and approved by Pope Paul intellectual and spiritual formation of III in 1540. The Holy See introduced no the Jesuits, reintroducing practices of change whatever either in the Society’s the past (Annual letters, Congregations internal organization or in its traditional of procurators every three years, and activities. From the canonical point of the like), keeping the Latin language view, therefore, everything was as it had for official communications, being been before 1773. However, as far as the strict with regard to admission to final reality of the situation was concerned, profession, and so on. there were great differences, because Roothaan is credited with of the generational gap of four decades The Restoration - 1814 preserving and strengthening the internal between the suppression and restoration. spirit of the Society. So he devoted nine [Please refer to Year Book of the Society of Part II: Post Restoration Revival of his eleven circular letters to this aim, Jesus 2014, 65-68]. starting with the first, soon after entering Rooted in the past Jesuit management the Roman College, office, De amore Societatis et Instituti After the death of Superior General as well as the church of St Ignatius, in nostri (1830). For the same purpose he Brzozowski, GC 20 elected Fr Aloysius Rome (1824). also worked on the new edition of the Fortis as his successor on 18 Oct 1820. Demands for ministries Spiritual Exercises, providing it with an GC 20 reasserted without ambiguity The restoration clearly was not a introduction and explanatory notes. that this was the same return to the past in matters political and The most important document he as founded by St : it social. However, in religious matters the published was the new declared that not just the Constitutions, situation paralleled in many ways that in 1832. It included the history of the their Declarations, the various “rules” which confronted the Church in the time Church and canon law in the theological but all the legislation of the previous of the Council of Trent: the upheaval curriculum. The humanistic studies were congregations and letters of Generals of of the , the discovery of enriched by history and geography. the old Society remained in effect. The the New World, and the first colonial Roothaan increased the breadth of new Pope Leo XII granted Fr Fortis this expansion which opened new fields to apostolic activities, and in a vibrant letter confirmation. There were around 1200 the spread of the faith. The early 19th (De missionum exterarum desiderio, 1833) Jesuits, in 6 provinces, at that time. century, in the aftermath of the French he called for volunteers for the foreign Fr Fortis dedicated his short term Revolution and the Napoleonic era, missions. At the end of his term (1853) of office to restoring the texture of Jesuit was a time when the Church was laying Jesuits extended geographically to the life as he had known it in the old Society. the foundations of many new projects Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. His letters to the whole Society describe and enterprises. The enthusiasm and Traditional apostolic works also in detail the customs which should zeal displayed by new Jesuits after the received his support, such as preaching regulate the life of the novitiates and restoration, recalled the situation of the the rural missions. When an epidemic scholasticates. He re-established several first companions of St Ignatius. of cholera hit Rome in 1837 he sent provinces, including in the new world The Society of Jesus received the Jesuits to organise relief among the (Mexico), and three missions (Ireland, worldwide appeals from ecclesiastics sick. Intellectual work was restarted: the Maryland and Missouri) that were and others for Jesuits to take up and historical research. directly under the General. Requests responsibilities or to initiate new In visual terms, “the new Society were coming from many places for the ministries. The response of the Society was the same image but now painted Jesuits to start anew the work they had was phenomenal, and seemingly too using different colours and shadings, been doing in the past, especially in unrestrained. Parishes, colleges and chosen by the artist to bring out new the educational field. This prompted missions manned by Jesuits sprung up details in an image that was already Fortis to initiate a revision of the Ratio everywhere. well known. These new “colours” were Studiorum to adapt it to the thoroughly Leadership the apostolic zeal, the spiritual fervour, new socio-religious atmosphere of the Providentially, at this crucial ultramontanism, the valuing laced on 19th century. A sign of the new trust juncture the Society had a leader in the virtues, as well as the disciplinary of the papacy towards the Society is the Superior General Fr Jan Philipp conception of obedience” (YB, p. 68). the fact that Pope Leo XII returned to Roothaan (1829-1852), who, with 

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini or Peter Paul Rubens are great artists who were very close to the Society of Jesus. the cultural and spiritual climate of the day in uenced these famous artists. From its very beginnings, the Society of Jesus always had a mission of evangelizing culture and cultures. The Fondazione Culturale San Fedele in Milan has dealt with this dialogue between art and faith in a new, award-winning  lm. In a co-production with Kiné-Vezfilm, with contributions from Fondazione Cariplo as well as a number of other companies, it has Tarumitra students from various schools and colleges organized the produced The Train Goes to Moscow. The celebration of the World Earth day for a whole month starting from March movie has been directed by Federico 2013. The idea was that the spirit of the jubilation of the Earth Mother must Ferrone and Michele Minzolini. It was reach a large number of their peers and their families. Joining hands with www. selected for competition in the 31st Turin earthday.org was a new dimension that helped the students to get connected Film Festival, in the category restricted to to the world community. young  lmmakers. The award is part of a larger project which comprises art and Siji Varghese SJ, doing research in TISS, Mumbai spoke to the Tarumitra music as well. The Train Goes to Moscow activists and underlined the fact that Climate Changes were hitting us today won the San Fedele Award for young right on the eye. The basic factor that has caused the ecological crisis has  lmmakers. The award presentation was been the disconnection we have had with the earth. He suggested that made in the Auditorium San Fedele in Tarumitra could try ways and means to connect the present generation back December 2013. to the earth.

“Our Lord can never be angry” The Complete Julian of Norwich, ed. Fr. John-Julian Paraclete Press, 2009, 2012. In the midst of a woeful calamitous period of 14th century Julian of Norwich manifests a wondrous and saving vision of divine love and beauty. In Julian’s vision, sin is inevitable, but has no substance. Jesus tells her, “Sin is inevitable, but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well”. ‘According to Julian, there is no wrath in God. Julian’s uncompromising proposition that “our Lord was never angry, nor ever shall be” speaks to the guilt- ridden Christians of today. ‘“Julian’s transcendence of history is not a repudiation of pain, su ering, and turmoil … but it is a ‘passing beyond’ those earthly things, a refusal to be trapped by the existential, in the quiet con dence that “truly He does and causes every thing that is done.’’’ - Ama Samy, SJ

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e Catholics form just offering statistics would not give us a W1.6 percent of the Indian feel or the fl avor of the extraordinary population. (Christians: 2.5 percent.). work done by religious in India. That makes us some eighteen million. I think of the love of Father This small community has about Gerald for the destitute elderly he looks 125,000 religious, of whom the vast after with evident tenderness. majority are women. This makes Indian Or Murthy, a young man at an religious the largest such group in the Internet Café in Bangalore, who had world. Right now, India is also the run away from home, was picked up on country that sends out the largest the streets by a religious priest working number of religious to other countries with street children. “I am what I am – to 166 nations, to be precise. today because of those Fathers,” says The contribution of religious to Murthy. the activities of the church in India is Or Rahim, a poor manual worker enormous – the majority of Catholic supporting wife and children on a schools and colleges, hospitals, miserable daily wage, who is moved orphanages and social welfare centres by the exquisite kindness of a sister bear witness to this. Catholic leprosaria, working in a hospital who does her best

about the lives of these women and men. A layman, principal of a well-known school, told me: “I have high regard for Religious in India Today religious and priests. I get a good salary Title : A Radical Love, A Path of Light: for the work I do. For doing the same The Beauty and Burden of Religious Life work, or more, all that a religious gets Author : Joe Mannath, SDB is food and a room to sleep in.” Publisher : CRI House, Masihgarh, Okhla, New Delhi - 110025 In India, parents of other religions Pages : 224 Price : Rs.180/- will trust us with their children, more readily than they would trust their own organizations. This trust helps treatment centres for AIDS patients, to help his sick children. us to do so many things, for them, and shelters for the destitute, homes for Or Sisters and priests working with them. abandoned babies and old age homes in remote areas of the country, close Unlike Western Europe and for the poor – most such institutions are to the poor, educating the children of North America, religious in India run by religious. At the 70th anniversary landless Dalits and tribals, and facing are relatively young. India has the of CHAI (Catholic Health Association upper caste opposition for it. world’s largest number of religious in of India), held in Bangalore in October I think of Sr Judy, who never active service and in initial formation. 2013, striking statistics emerged: accepts personal gifts, even for her This is the greatest treasure religious 3410 member institutions, including jubilee, but insists that people who congregations possess. 484 large hospitals, more than 2000 want to give gifts can give cash or The challenge facing us today is to mid-size and smaller ones, 27 nursing things that she can pass on to the poor. train this large group of young religious schools, 52 leprosaria. The religious There are many religious like Judy. into committed men and women of engaged in medical work include one I think of missionaries who left love, integrity and vision, who will do thousand sister-doctors, 25,000 sister- their homeland and lived among the great things for God – stand for truth nurses and 10,000 para-medics. This very poor in our country, loving them and justice, be good news for the poor, is just one aspect of the extraordinary like one’s own sisters and brothers, and create loving communities united work done by religious in India. eating their food, speaking their in a God-search, not divided by power- At the national CRI we have languages without racism or class games and pettiness. It is also the task found that about 40,000 religious are arrogance. Many of them think of India of this generation to seek more effective trained in social work. as their second, or even fi rst, homeland, forms of religious life creatively, and to Many more work in education. which they love deeply. learn to work with lay people as equals. But counting institutions and Many heroic epics can be written We need to work with men and women

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 19 open book of all faiths (or no faith) - to create a suggestions. Grown-up sons and daughters share more human world. It would be a blunder to remedy responsibility; they do not have to be We need to beware of dangers, falling numbers with careless selection looked after like children. both evident and lurking – the pursuit and choosing quantity over quality. So, too, the world economy has of power and comfort and upward We will be stuck with unhappy and changed drastically. High time the mobility rather than of service; the cult problematic individuals who will do Indian church stopped its habit of of mediocrity; divisions based on region, harm. A small group of committed begging everywhere. There is much language, caste or tribe, often promoted visionaries fi lled with Christ’s spirit money in India. We need to learn to by senior members; forgetting the will do better and do much more than raise more funds right here, and even mission and seeking our comfort a large bunch of mediocrities. contribute to the centre, should they need our help. Many funding agencies, as we know, are taking India off their list. This is something to be proud of, not something to complain about. We need to beware of dangers, The tone of a congregation is set by its leaders and senior members. both evident and lurking – the The inspiring good examples and the discouraging bad examples, both come pursuit of power and comfort from the top, not from the youngest members. and upward mobility rather than There are worthwhile studies being done on various aspects of of service; the cult of mediocrity; religious life in India. Better any day to base ourselves on facts rather than to divisions based on region, meaningless platitudes, even if some of the facts are disturbing. Father Paul language, caste or tribe, often Parathazham’s studies on religious orders and on formees and formators are promoted by senior members... worth quoting. So, too. Brother Paul Raj SG’s rigorously done doctoral research at Madras University on the issue of multiculturalism in religious life. We should not simply go on quoting zones; mutual indifference or rivalry Some things we, Indian American and European studies, as if in communities; the quest for numbers religious, need to keep in mind: Many there were no research being done here in the place of genuine vocational of us, especially of international on religious life. discernment; anemic spiritual life congregations, were used to looking India is a wonderful location and leading to superfi ciality, boredom and up to the West (or to our Mother culture for doing good. We enjoy well- unworthy compensations. House) for guidance and answers on functioning families, political freedom, I have no satisfactory answers to everything. Some in the West enjoyed friendly neighbours, respectful young the many questions being asked about this; others thought us childish for people, a peaceful atmosphere, general the future of religious life. (Nor do I doing this. It is high time we acted like acceptance of religious differences, think these are the most important adults, learnt to fi nd local solutions to keen interest in education, a free press, questions facing humankind today.). our problems. The Western church, as a reasonably good legal system, and It is no use throwing clichés around, Cardinal Martini said months before he large areas of human need which we can like, “religious life in the new century, died, is old and tired. I am not saying address. What is needed are men and or (sillier still!) in the new millennium.” we should cut ourselves off, or act women of vision, courage and love who No one can predict the future, or foresee like rebellious teenagers, but that we want to serve their brothers and sisters the confi guration of the next hundred should contribute more to the thinking in the spirit of Jesus, and who fi nd the years. If we can plan for a generation, and direction of the international inner journey worth pursuing.  it is good enough. group, rather than wait, like good little - excerpts from the book, I end with a couple of boys and girls, to be told what to do. A Radical Love, A Path of Light JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 20 spirit matters

By Fr Roger Vermalen Karban we miss much of what else is directly us Jesus began his public ministry with within our fi eld of vision. No one sees the same statement: “The kingdom of everything. Those who presume they can God is at hand. Repent, and believe in or do are badly mistaken. For those who the gospel” (Mk 1:15b, with parallels in as Jesus’s public doubt that statement, the authors offer Mt 3:2 and Lk 4:43). Presuming Jesus was ministry prompted many individuals who never saw what to an itinerant preacher, scholars believe he Wsolely by his desire others was obvious. somehow wove this statement into every to get all of us into heaven - or did he More than twelve years ago, talk or sermon he delivered. We might have something more in mind for his Chabris and Simons conducted an describe it as an essential part of his followers? Having studied and taught experiment (available on YouTube) in “stump speech.” The insight contained Scripture for over 45 years, I’m convinced which they asked people to count the in this proclamation seems to have Jesus is as interested in our lives now as number of passes made by a specific impelled him to shutter his carpenter he is about where we’re going to spend basketball team. As the players were shop and begin traveling to synagogues eternity. In fact, he links the two. throwing the ball back and forth, a young throughout Galilee and Judea, sharing Through the eyes of Jesus

This conviction was powerfully girl in a gorilla outfi t appeared, threading this message with everyone who would reinforced by Christopher Chabris and her way among the players, in full view listen. Daniel Simons’s book,The Invisible Gorilla of anyone watching the action. An important biblical concept, the (Crown Publishing Group). After the passes stopped, the “kingdom of God” (or Matthew’s parallel Had this book been written 2,000 viewers were asked: How many passes “kingdom of heaven”) doesn’t refer to the years ago, I think Jesus would certainly did their team make? And did you notice place where we plan to spend eternity. have made its first chapter required the gorilla walking among the players Rather, it’s the term Jesus and others reading for all his followers. It may help while they were making the passes? used for how God works in our lives right readers to understand the faith and Almost everyone gave the correct now, long before we step through those teachings of Jesus more than any book number of passes; but more than half pearly gates. besides Scripture itself. never saw the gorilla! This book has Although most of us believe that Technically, the opening chapter spoken to so many people and situations Jesus came primarily to get us into heaven has nothing directly to do with faith. It’s that it has already been translated into eventually, that hardly describes how he simply a scientifi c exploration of a basic fourteen languages with another four in saw his ministry. We need only to turn to human question: What do we actually progress. Mark 10:17-31 to surface his intentions. see when we’re looking at something Surprising as the authors’ fi ndings A rich, young man comes up to immediately in front of us? are, they have a great deal to do with Jesus and asks, “Good teacher, what The two psychologist-authors our faith. must I do to inherit eternal life?” In discovered that we see only the object on Kindgom of God Includes Now popular theological terms, the man which our eyes actually focus. By nature, Our fi rst three Gospel writers tell wants to know what he must do to get

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 21 spirit matters into heaven. People, not fi sh, will now be your point consists of refusing to see what Jesus Jesus immediately checks the man’s of concentration.” They will be seeing sees. Those who are content being blind record on keeping the commandments. things they’ve never seen before. will, like the rich, young man, experience When he responds that he’s observed More than ten years before Mark God only when they step into eternity. them all “from my youth,” we presume composed his Gospel, Paul shared his What a waste of life! his worries are over. After he dies, he can own experience of a change in focus with Where Is Jesus Working? have his mail forwarded to heaven. his community in Philippi. “Whatever Matthew’s entire Sermon on the But before he walks away, confi dent gains I had, these I have come to consider Mount (5–7) is simply an early Christian that his commandment-keeping lifestyle a loss... ” (3:7, 9). Those who knew Saul lesson on refocusing. It begins with guarantees him eternal life, Jesus adds before his Damascus road conversion are the oft-quoted but rarely practiced another option to the mix. He invites this amazed at what he now sees, things that beatitudes, an ingenious way of reminding good man, long before he dies, to enter many of them had never noticed. us that Jesus’s followers habitually the kingdom of God: to experience God see reality differently from those who working in his daily life. There’s only one do not follow him. It’s precisely in the prerequisite: He must give up his wealth, midst of situations that most people try distribute his money to the poor, and to avoid (for example, poverty, sorrow, follow Jesus. frustration, and persecution) that we can The rich man finds this option We can only recognize the risen Jesus working in our simply too demanding. Content with everyday lives. the assurance he will one day get into experience God Jesus constantly teaches his heaven, he turns away sadly and walks followers how to surface this kingdom of away. His refusal prompts Jesus to muse, working in our heaven. They must look far beyond rules “It is easier for a camel...” (25). It’s not and regulations; rather, they concentrate very complicated to fi gure out why this lives by zeroing on their relationships with God and one is so. another. Notice how often Jesus says, Normally, a wealthy person’s eyes in on the “You have heard it said. . . but I tell you. are focused on the wrong thing. We can . .” (fi ve times in chapter 5). In many only experience God working in our lives people and situations, even if we keep all the rules, by zeroing in on the people and situations we can still hurt others by how we think that we easily overlook. Though God’s situations about them. Jesus continually calls us kingdom is within our fi eld of vision, to notice things we missed before our we frequently fail to see it because we’re that we easily metanoia. zeroing in on something else: in this case, That’s why it’s no accident that the acquiring wealth. overlook. evangelist records Jesus as saying early Sharpening Our Focus in the Sermon on the Mount, “I tell you, That’s why repentance is an unless your righteousness surpasses that essential part of surfacing God’s kingdom. of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not The Greek word used in Scripture enter into the kingdom of heaven” (5:20). (metanoia) means more than simply saying Our four Gospel writers constantly In other words, “If you go through life we’re sorry for our sins, even though show how Jesus encourages his followers simply focusing on laws, you’ll never be we’re fairly certain we’ll commit them to see new things. John has him directly able to see what God sees.” again. The term implies that we engage in address the issue in his well-known The late Carroll Stuhlmueller, a complete change of our value system. In chapter 9 story of the man born blind. CP, often reminded his students that Chabris and Simons’s terminology, that After accepting the now-sighted man’s prophetic reformers of the faith rarely means we start focusing on the things profession of faith, Jesus says, “I came bring up anything new. Their ministry and people we have previously ignored. into this world for judgment, so that simply revolves around taking elements We hear Jesus demand this those who do not see might see, and those that institutional religion has relegated change at the very beginning of Mark’s who do see might become blind” (39). to the periphery of our faith and placing Gospel. Immediately after he delivers his When his enemies protest, “Surely we them directly in front of our eyes. These proclamation about God’s kingdom, Jesus are not also blind, are we?” Jesus snaps demands have always been there; we have calls his first four followers, assuring back, “If you were blind, you would have simply never noticed them before. the four fishermen, “I will make you no sin; but now you are saying, ‘We see,’ The questions Deutero- asks fi shers of men” (1:17b). In other words, so your sin remains” (40-41). in chapter 40 are classic: “Do you not “I’m changing the focus of your life. For John’s Jesus, sin basically know? Have you not heard? Was it not

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 22 spirit matters foretold you from the beginning? Have treasury and observed how the crowd is essentially a zero-sum game: If we pay you not understood?” (21). No one can put money into the treasury. Many rich more attention to one place, object, or accuse Yahweh of not describing how his people put in large sums. A poor widow event, we necessarily pay less attention people need to live. Over the centuries, also came and put in two small coins to others. . . . In essence, trying to some have successfully excluded from worth a few cents. Calling his disciples eliminate inattentive blindness would be their fi eld of vision things that dominate to himself, he said to them, ‘Amen, I say equivalent to asking people to try fl ying a prophet’s fi eld of vision. to you, this poor widow put in more than by flapping their arms really rapidly. If there’s any doubt about Jesus’s all the other contributors to the treasury. The structure of the human body doesn’t prophetic ministry, Mark has him click For they have all contributed from their permit us to fl y, just as the structure of off a list similar to Deutero-Isaiah’s in surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, the mind doesn’t permit us to consciously chapter 8. “Do you not yet understand or has contributed all she had, her whole perceive everything around us.” comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? livelihood’” (41-44). No wonder Jesus is convinced that Do you have eyes and not see, ears and people focused on acquiring wealth can not hear? And do you not remember. . . never see God’s kingdom. Yet Chabris ?” (17b-18). and Simons also observe that even though It’s precisely because of such a huge percentage of automobile drivers religious blindness that Matthew’s Jesus Normally, never seem to notice motorcycle riders, ends chapter 13’s well-known series of a majority of motorcycle riders, when parables about the kingdom of heaven a wealthy driving automobiles, almost always see with two mini-parables about discovery. their counterparts. “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure person’s eyes On a different but parallel level, buried in a fi eld, which a person fi nds... Jesus would probably reinforce the When he fi nds a pearl of great price...” are focused fi nding of Chabris and Simons by stating, (44-45). “Only when you imitate me and become Seeing With New Eyes on the one with those on the lower rungs of the In chapter 12 of Mark, Jesus draws social ladder, will you begin to notice his followers’ attention to something many wrong thing. others in that same position.” Christians still overlook. When priests Jesus’s story about the rich man and ministers encourage parishioners and Lazarus (Lk 16:19-31) recalls two to increase their weekly donations, things: 1) it is very easy not to see they often employ the example of the While most Temple visitors— someone in need, and 2) our decisions widow who donates her last coins to the and casual readers of the Gospel—see now affect eternity. upkeep of the Jerusalem Temple (41-44). only a generous widow willing to go Jesus’s story about the people There’s just one problem. Those who beyond the last mile to make certain condemned at the Last Judgment for use this poor, nameless woman this way this shrine continues to be the glorious not feeding the hungry, clothing the aren’t seeing what Jesus sees. Because site her ancestors envisioned, Jesus sees naked, and performing other works of of our vested interest in raising money someone who is being horribly abused compassion (Mt 25:31-46) reinforces the for religious purposes, we overlook the by a religious institution. Instead of the same two points. obvious. institution taking care of her, she’s taking We can never forget that Paul once Remember what precedes this care of it. reminded his Philippian community, passage! Jesus warns his disciples, People who use this story to “[Jesus] emptied himself, taking the form “Beware of the scribes, who like to go increase their collections are asking us of a slave, coming in human likeness; and around in long robes and accept greetings to see what isn’t here: Jesus praising her found human in appearance, he humbled in the marketplaces, seats of honor action. He never even hints that she’s himself, becoming obedient to death, in synagogues, and places of honor at doing the right thing by contributing even death on a cross” (2:7-8). Of course, banquets. They devour the houses of all she has; he simply points out what we can’t overlook that Paul begins this widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy she’s doing. Given Jesus’s prior comment reminder by remarking, “Have among prayers. They will receive a very severe about unscrupulous religious leaders yourselves the same attitude that is also condemnation” (38b-40). stealing from the poor and helpless, yours in Christ Jesus” (2:5). Then he quickly presents them Jesus’s disciples and Mark’s readers must Jesus expects only one thing of his with Exhibit A, proving his point about draw the logical conclusion. followers: to see what he sees. Those who religious leaders devouring the houses The authors of The Invisible Gorilla do so become “other Christs.”  of widows. “He sat down opposite the assert, “For the human brain, attention Courtesy: Messenger of St Anthony

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Well-known peace activist John Dear dismissed from Society

By Joshua J. McElwee whether to dismiss Dear, which resulted in Dear lived in New Mexico, where a unanimous vote for dismissal. he previously served as pastor of five A separate letter from the Vatican’s parishes in the archdiocese of Santa Fe, popular U.S. Catholic priest Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated until 2011, when Shea ordered him to and author known for his Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, dated return to Baltimore, the headquarters of A peace writings and some 14 Oct, confirms the Jesuits’ decree of the Maryland province. 75 arrests for civil disobedience actions dismissal but also asks for confirmation of Dear joined the Jesuits in 1982 and across the U.S. has been dismissed the decree from Pope Francis. was ordained a priest in 1993, celebrating from the Jesuit order, which says he was his first Mass at Washington’s now-closed “obstinately disobedient” to its directives. St. Aloysius Jesuit church, which sits just a Removal of Fr John Dear caps 32 few blocks north of the U.S. Capitol. years in the order for the priest, who has His 2008 autobiography, A Persistent been known for protesting a wide range Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent of issues, including U.S. policies on Latin World, described a frequently tense America, nuclear weapons development, relationship between him and his superiors and the cooperation of Jesuit educational in different postings. Early in his time in the institutions with American military recruiting order, he garnered critique for his protest programs such as the ROTC. of the presence of a military recruiter at Dear writes that he is leaving “with a Jesuit high school in Scranton, Pa., a heavy heart ... because the Society of where he was serving as a teacher in the Jesus in the U.S. has changed so much mid-’80s. since I entered in 1982 and because my Other Jesuits who have served as Jesuit superiors have tried so hard over the Dear’s superiors in the past said the priest decades to stop my work for peace.” was a good member of the order, if a bit Dear also made available to NCR headstrong at times. Jesuit Fr. George copies of letters from both the Jesuit Murphy, who as the rector of the Jesuit headquarters in Rome and the Vatican community in Berkeley, Calif., from 1985 congregation responsible for matters to 1991 oversaw Dear while he attended concerning religious life, notifying him the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, of his dismissal. The specific charge said he thought Dear was “a fine man.” “I against Dear listed in the documents is think he was a little impulsive and I suspect his refusal to live in a Jesuit community In his column Dear says he decided he’s still got a bit of that of him - but he’s in Baltimore. to stop living at the Jesuit community in just got a keen sense of justice and a The decree from the Jesuits, signed Baltimore, choosing to return to living at desire for peace in the world,” said Murphy, by the order’s Superior General, Fr Adolfo a previous assignment in New Mexico American University in El Salvador. “I Nicolás, and dated 19 June ‘13, says because the Provincial of the Maryland know he’s had trouble with superiors at Dear has been “obstinately disobedient province, Jesuit Fr James Shea, did not different points in his life,” said Murphy, the to the lawful order of Superiors in a grave arrange an appropriate assignment for him director of spiritual formation at Jesuit-run matter.” Fr General states that Dear “was in the Baltimore area. Santa Clara University. “And I suspect he duly informed ... that his failure to obey the In an emailed statement to NCR always will.” command that he return to the specified Fr Shea said Dear was dismissed from Both Nicolás’ decree and the house of the Order by a specified date the order as of Dec. 20 “following an confirmation from the Vatican congregation would be cause for his dismissal from the extended period of dialogue between the specify that while Dear has been dismissed Society of Jesus.” leadership of the Maryland Province and from the Jesuits, he remains a priest. Fr Nicolás says the matter came John regarding his ministerial assignment According to canon law, however, he to the attention of the Jesuit officials in and time he requested to discern his cannot officially act in a priestly role unless Rome following a request for action from vocation.The process was initiated in the he finds a bishop willing to receive Dear the Maryland province, one of seven Jesuit fall of 2012 after John declined to return to into the bishop’s diocese. provinces in the U.S. and the one in which his Province to live in a Jesuit community Dear says in his column he does not Dear became a Jesuit. Fr Nicolás says while continuing his ministry of peace know if any U.S. bishops will welcome him he and five other members of the Jesuits’ and social justice, including lecturing and into their diocese and he is unsure if he will international council then held a vote on writing,” Shea wrote. remain a priest. - NCR

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By James V. Schall, SJ Why the Pope calls Jesuits

“We (Jesuits) are men in tension. We are also contradictory men and incoherent, sinners, all of us. But we are men who wish “Men in Tension” to walk under the gaze of Jesus”(Pope Francis, homily at the Gesu, Rome, 03 Jan ‘14). The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesuit Pope would deal with them. In this Thus, “this restlessness prepares Jesus (January 3) is the titular feast of the context, it is interesting that, like John the us to receive the gift of the apostolic Society of Jesus. Baptist, they are to “decrease,” to “empty” fecundity.” Notice that it is a gift; we do not Since he has been Pope, Jorge themselves of themselves. “They are to concoct it by ourselves. We must decrease. Bergoglio also celebrated St Ignatius Day become men who ought not to live lives “Without this restlessness we are sterile.” (July 31) at the Church of the Gesu. As concentrated on themselves, because Blunt words. No wonder this Pope always this year was the 200th anniversary of the the center of the Society is Christ and His seems to spend his time rousing us out reestablishment of the Society of Jesus Church.” of our lethargy to see what we have been after its suppression in 1773, it was fitting And God is “the God who is always missing in the people about us, in the gifts for the Pope to celebrate the Mass of the greater.” Obviously here, Pope Francis that we have already been given. Holy Name of Jesus at the Gesu, the great recalls the Jesuit motto, ad majorem Dei “An authentic faith always implies a Baroque Jesuit church in Rome. gloriam, “to the greater glory of God.” Then profound desire to change the world. We Pope Francis’ brief homily was largely Pope Francis interprets this motto in an ought to ask ourselves: Do we also have on the recently canonized companion of unexpected way. But it is a way that has our great visions and slants? Are we also St Ignatius, Peter Faber. But the Pope become the style of this Pope for everyone audacious? Do our dreams leap high?” also had some remarkable things to say - that is, we never quite know what he will He is afraid that we might choose to be about what he thought was the heart of say next. “mediocre and content in our own self- the Jesuit (and hence his own) vocation. Thus, Francis tells the Jesuits: “He made apostolic laboratory.” But neither This homily, however, might be called is the God who always surprises us.” is he a utopian ideologue whose only not an exhortation to Franciscan poverty, In one sense, this notion of the God of perspective is this world. Dominican preaching, Benedictine “ora surprises means the God whose “ways We are to remember that “the power et labora,” or even Jesuit obedience, but are not our ways.” It is not that we cannot of the Church does not dwell in itself or in to Augustinian “restlessness.” Almost understand what He tells us of Himself. its organizational capacity but is hidden in everyone, in any age, who reads St But once we grasp a bit of what He has the profound depths of God.” This is why Augustine, including , is struck by revealed to us, there is always more that “we are always in tension.” It is not that we his famous passage that reads: “Thou we hardly imagine. Thus, “if the God who know much or do much. But God always hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our surprises is not at the center, the Society “surprises” us by how much is left to do hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.” is disoriented.” There is a message here, and how much more there is to know. At Such a powerful passage is peculiar to no no doubt. the immediate level of our actual lives, we religious order, or even to any religion or How does the Pope understand this must be conscious of our finiteness. philosophy, but is the heritage of every disorientation? “To be Jesuits signifies to But, in the end, what the Pope tells human being who is aware of what goes be a person of incomplete thought, of open the Jesuits he tells to us all. What is it on in his own soul. thought.” Why is this not relativism? “We for which we are created? Why is it that “We Jesuits wish to be etched in the must always think looking at the horizon we are restless in our hearts and souls? name of Jesus,” said Pope Francis, using which is the glory of God, a glory that It is because we are made, from the the words of St. Ignatius: “This means to always becomes greater. And this surprises beginning, not for ourselves but for God, think as He does, to will the good with Him, us without ceasing.” Aquinas spoke of God for the eternal life of the Trinity. All those to see as He sees, and to walk with Him. being the “horizon” of what is. who, in the course of time, choose this It means to do what he has done and with What is this continual amazement? Trinitarian life over themselves still wonder the same sentiments, with the passion of It is the “chasm” or perhaps whirlpool why their hearts are restless. They are His Cross.” of our restlessness. “This is a holy and “surprised,” as Pope Francis puts it, that The Pope, following St. Paul, does beautiful restlessness.” It is Augustine’s the true answer to their restlessness is not not present an easy doctrine. “The heart restlessness that encounters all those something they concoct for themselves. of Christ is the heart of God, who, through “beautiful things,” only to discover that, It is a gift which they must await and love, has ‘emptied’ Himself out. Every one while they are good, they do not satisfy anticipate. And, on its being given to them, of us Jesuits who follow Jesus ought to be us. We are made to live amidst all these they accept it not as from themselves but disposed to ‘empty’ himself. We are called beautiful things, to work out our destiny indeed for themselves. The restlessness to lower ourselves: to be of those who have there, amidst them. We are to use them; does cease.  emptied themselves.” indeed, to enjoy them. But in due order, one Courtesy: Catholic Pulse Many people, including the Jesuits by one, we discover they are not God, not Fr James V. Schall, S.J., is professor emeritus themselves, have wondered how this what or whom we seek. of Georgetown University and a writer.

JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India FEBRUARY 2014 25 jesuits - world

CHINA ITALY “Engaging hearts and minds China Contact programme Monitoring migration In Palermo last for justice and peace” December, the Jesuit Pedro After the 1989 murders at the University of Central introductionThe Chinese to China Province for Arrupe Institute launched America, El Salvador of six Jesuit scholars, their housekeeper Jesuitsis off interested ering a in learning 10-day the Monitoring Migration and her daughter the Society of Jesus assigned members from about the country and the program. It is the result of Society’s mission there. a research project of the China is one of the apostolic fallen companions. One of the Institute, jointly sponsored abroad to �ill the posts of their preferences of the Society substitutes was Fr Michael by, among others, the SYLFF Czerny, whose new duties Provincial, Fr John Lee SJ, said included philosophy teaching, Foundation. thatof Jesus. the aim The of JesuitChina ChineseContact parish ministry and direction programDuring of the Tokyo event Program is to provide young of the university’s Institute of representatives of the Jesuit priests and scholastics Human Rights. By documenting Institute and of the with “a better knowledge and denouncing human rights Palermo municipality violations, the Jesuit says, the signed a memorandum of of China.” It will also “form institute contributed to United understanding. “Before our betterand �irst-hand and solid experience young Nations-led negotiations, eyes, we still have images Jesuits for foreign mission in between the government of El of immigrants and refugees our Society today, especially Salvador and the rebel coalition, that brought the war to an end coming to our shores. in 1992. So often, they tragically China Contact Program will “My two years in El Salvador were an immense lesson in the drowned. We fear they befor heldthe China in Beijing mission.” from 2The to many human dimensions of a historical crisis of injustice caught 11 August 2014 in English. will continue to die on our - SJ Web shores,” it said. “And so, we up in the geopolitics of the day,” said Fr Czerny. That experience the issue of migration.” social justice, which he now pursues inside the Vatican as an was only one episode in Fr Czerny’s long career in the �ield of need to stop and re�lect - SJ Web on VATICAN Gonzagaof�icial of University the Ponti�ical in 1968 Council with for a joint Justice degree and in Peace. philosophy and A Step forward The Montreal native graduated from Spokane’s Jesuit-run for Matteo Ricci where he earned a doctorate in the analysis of ideas and the study On 10 Jan FRANCE ofliterature. methods The - an next interdisciplinary year he entered humanities the University program of unique Chicago, to ‘14 the results Award for Jesuit’s book of the diocesan process for the program’s disciplined pluralism has served me well,” he says. of Economy and Finance Anotherthe university experience - with ahe study considers of Christian-Marxist a career highlight dialogue.”The was his The French Ministry Fr Matteo Ricci were handed awarded its Lire l’économie work as founding director of the African Jesuit AIDS Network, overbeati�ication to the of Congregation 2013 prize for high school an organization which responds to the HIV/AIDS pandemic “in for the Causes of . publications to the Jesuit Msgr Claudio Giuliodori, economist Gaël Giraud for In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI called the Jesuit to the Vatican. the apostolic administrator his book, Illusion Financière an eff ective, evangelical and coordinated manner.” of the diocese of Macerata, (Financial Illusion)., response to a proposal of the Second Vatican Council, supports Ricci’s hometown, declared theThe church’s Ponti�ical work Council on a for range Justice of issues and Peace, that threaten founded the in 1967 dignity in this recently. With the hand- prize was decided by 3,000 over of the documents to highpublished school instudents 2013. in 150The of evangelization, since many individuals have come to know Rome, the diocesan phase of classrooms. It recognizes Christof human through life. Fr theCzerny church’s says the response of�ice thus to actsviolations as an instrument of human works which promote economic analysis and of the church’s social teaching and many specialized documents JesuitRicci’s missionary beati�ication was process born onrights.The the subject; council and has regularly published organizes an authoritative conferences, compendium such as a inis Macerata of�icially completed.in 1552. He died The meeting at the Vatican last September where mining company andre�lection, which contribute which have to the a in Beijing, China in 1610. executives discussed their industry’s treatment of employees and spreadsigni�icant of economic educative culture. role, For Msgr Giuliodori, Ricci’s impact on the environment. Father Czerny serves as assistant to Once again, the award the context of the “challenges acknowledges the great his ordinary duties include attending conferences and meetings, whichcause of face beati�ication the Church �its in clarity and educational skills writingthe council’s speeches president, and occasionally Ghanaian Cardinaltravelling Peter with Turkson,the cardinal. and China. I hope that with the of Gaël Giraud, 43. Fr Giraud “I am always drawing on the many wonderful contacts I input of Pope Francis, there is the director of research at the CNRS (National Centre have made all over the world in my 50 years as a Jesuit, to engage evangelize and dialogue with willing hearts and great minds in the work of justice and peace,” China.”will be a renewed - eff SJ ort Web to - SJ Web he said. - CNS for Scienti�ic Research). JIVAN:JIVAN: NewsNews andand ViewsViews ofof JesuitsJesuits inin IndiaIndia FEBRUARYFEBRUARY 20142014 2626 books

Leadership Peace

  [email protected] Blessed are the Peacemakers   Jerry, SJ Michael Amaladoss, SJ   The New Leader Publications The New Leader Publications Armenian Street, Chennai - 600001 Armenian Street, Chennai - 600001   Pages: 119; Price: Rs.100 Pages: 203; Price: Rs.150

This is yet another booklet from The book is a collection of Fr the ever active Jerry Rosario. This time Amaladoss’s articles published in the the topic is leadership based on the New Leader in a monthly column. This teahings and life of Jesus. Like all his time the well-known theologian reflects other booklets this too is written in his on themes related to that elusive typical unconventional style. Those who reality - peace. But since he writes for a know him and like him will like what he has to offer in this book. popular magazine like the New Leader, Every chapter begins with ‘Jesus’ words’ and ‘explaining context’ whose readers belong to all walks of and concludes with ‘significant challenges’, ‘upward quotes’ and life, he wirites in a simple style that is ‘spiritual exercises’. accessible to all.

Families Scripture

 Family Matters  Living the Word of God  M.K. George, SJ  Joseph Xavier, SJ  The New Leader Publications  The New Leader Publications Armenian Street, Chennai - 600001 Armenian Street, Chennai - 600001  Pages: 113; Price: Rs.100  Pages: 198; Price: Rs.100

The book is a collection of articles The author of this book is an published in a regular column written Indian Jesuit teaching at the Gregorian by Fr M.K. George in the New Leader. University, Rome. These are his It is based on his experiences with reflections on the Sunday readings families. “I have been blessed by so for the liturgical Year A. Published in many families in allowing me to listen the New Leader during a three-year- to their struggles, accompany them and liturgical cycle beginning from Advent watch them struggle and grow,” says 2010, the reflections are relevant and Fr George. Chapters are short, very useful. The author brings in anecdotes readable as they begin with real life stories and highlight what and quotations to illustrate the points today’s families need in order to be united and happy. he wants to make.

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EVERIC J. PAIS , SJ VICTOR PIOVESAN , SJ (BOM) 1926 - 2013 (KAR) 1928 - 2014 Everic has faded away. He was a tough Fr Victor Piovesan, who was Professor of fighter till the end. Fr Everic was a Jesuit of rare Theology and Spiritual Director at St Joseph’s vintage. A mould of a special kind. The mould is Seminary at Jeppu, Karnatak did not despair broken and you won’t get a second Everic. about seeing Italy. He was born there and had I won’t ever forget his trade mark smile. returned several times ever since he came to The last time I met him was at Shanti Avedna. Mangalore, 64 years ago. He was the last of He was finding it very hard to smile. The pain, the Italian Jesuits in Mangalore, who landed in as he said, was `unbearably unbearable’. We Mangalore on 31 Dec 1879. Victor Piovesan spoke a little, he was finding it painful. But his was born at Treviso, a small town 20 KM from mind was sharp and he answered correctly all the questions I Venice, on 5 Jan 1927. He had his elementary education in his asked him.He found it hard to smile. He was feeling bad, he had parish and then went on to prepare for the diocesan priesthood, nothing to offer me, typical Everic. I gave him a blessing and as studying philosophy and earning a Master’s degree in classical I departed, he gave me a painful half smile. languages. But, his sight was stretched beyond the diocesan After his studies, Everic worked in the Southern Railways parish-bound priesthood. He was interested in ecumenism – and Air India, before joining the Society at the age of 29. After his union among various denominations of Christianity. He joined formation and then ordination, his first posting was at Vinayalaya the Rome Institute run by Jesuits. as Minister of the community and Director of Snehasadan for In 1950, Fr Piovesan was sent to India in a move which one year. His main apostolate was in Manmad where he spent he ascribed to “mysterious ways of God”. He lived in Calicut, a total of ten years. That is why he would always say, ‘when then the Papal Seminary in Candy, Christ Hall Novitiate, St I die bury me in Yeola’, which is next to Manmad town, as he Michael’s Anglo-Indian School at Kannur, then to Kurseong. loved the Dalits. Fr Piovesan was ordained a priest in 1958 and was sent to From 1984 to 2013 he worked in ten different places, in Mangalore the following year. He was then told that the posting some for short stints. In Nagaland he worked for six years. He was “temporary for one year” and he wryly said that one year was appointed to Manmad as Superior and Parish Priest in had lasted into 2000s. But he had no complaints. In 1964–65 1967. It was certainly not an enviable job. He took over from Fr Piovesan studied at Gregorian University in Rome, leading the Father who had left the Society of Jesus. There were many to a doctorate in theology. He returned to Mangalore in 1966. problems and turbulent times. The Shetkari Seva Mandal Meanwhile, his mother had died in 1962. His father died in 1972. problems. There were Educational problems in both our Primary Even if he had wanted to go to Italy for his father’s funeral, and Secondary Schools. There were boarding problems, land he could not as he himself was close to death, after suffering and property problems. Our community meetings lasted from uncontrollable internal hemorrhage, following eating hot Indian 9 am up to 4 pm, with a break for tea and lunch. Nothing was curries while attending a seminar in Bangalore. Dr. Venkat Rao left to chance. There was total transparency and honesty in the treated him at Father Mullers, Kankanady. Unable to control meetings, that was Everic. The heavy responsibility and tension the bleeding, Dr. Rao one day said in desperation: “I am took a toll on his health. So in mid 1973 he was forced to take a sorry you won’t be here tomorrow”. The last sacraments were break. Yet, till the end Manmad remained his first love. administered. The next thing he knew was complete recovery. He blended us into one community together with the It turned out that he couldn’t stand spicy, hot food. For many Vincentian Sisters, who worked closely with us. To sum up, years then, a neighbouring convent used to send him bland his work at Manmad left an indelible stamp on his personality. food. Fr Piovesan was appointed Rector of Jeppu Seminary Everic was tough as nails. Many hard decisions were taken by in 1977 which position he held till 1983. Since then he had him concerning the schools. the boardings, the village work, been Professor and Mentor for seminarians. He said Mass in and the Mandal work. He took all of them in his stride. Malayalam every Sunday at Milagres Church for Malayalees. He practised austerity and poverty to a fault. Once he Once when he ventured to preach in Konkani, because of his wanted to have a community retreat ”in the caves.’’ I said, “No Italian accent and pronunciation, the congregation laughed way!’’ So he compromised and we went to Malighogargaon, a uncontrollably and that was the end of it. Fransalian mission station in Aurangabad. We prayed, ate and Fr Piovesan, an eminent theologian, was much in demand slept all together. That bonded us very deeply. We worked as for giving lectures, conducting courses and retreats in convents. one, eight of us Jesuits. No one dared to break this bond. The Being one of the oldest and enduring professors at Jeppu man behind it was Everic. His values were very clear. Deep Seminary, he counted about eight bishops among his students. bonding flows from a deep experience of God. His early interest in ecumenism got concrete expression through Like St. Paul, hec oould say, ”I have fought the good Mangalore Christian Council which involved interaction with fight. I have run the race. I have kept the Faith. In the end the Protestant, Hindu and Muslim leaders. He had special praise just judge will give me a crown of glory.” I like to think that when for Mangaloreans as well-educated and hospitable people. He Everic enters heaven he will get a red carpet welcome. Besides soldiered on cheerfully in Mangalore until a few years ago when all our Jesuit Saints and Blesseds will give him a standing his close relatives took him to Italy to spend his sunset years th ovation. - Julian Saldanha, SJ ere. - John B. Monteiro

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From Washington with love Depending on ‘Informations’ Dear India’s Jesuits, The enlightenment gained from the cover feature in Since the summer of 2012, I have had the privilege to Jan ‘14 issue of Jivan helps us to think of our Jesuit way of meet and befriend a significant number of you. I have worked proceeding. After reading what Pope Francis says about the alongside Jesuits in Tamil Nadu to promote interfaith peace, and religious Life - and the ‘Words to Ponder’ by Aloysius Pieris, I I have collaborated with the Indian Social Institute (ISI) in New think our way of proceeding: ‘the informationes’ called for before Delhi to research Jesuit social action. Now that I have returned a significant decision is made by the Provincial regarding a Jesuit to the U.S., I would like to briefly and humbly address in formation. all of you. Aloysius Pieris speaks of our way of First and foremost, I want to thank proceeding to be the most humane way of you. Thank you for welcoming, guiding, employing the flexibility already ingrained inspiring, and teaching me. Among the in the Constitutions. many gifts you have given me, perhaps Ignatius and hence all Jesuits, the most touching have been your always look to the Vicar of Christ for abundant kindness and comforting guidance. The Vicar of Christ, hospitality.Indeed, your actions Pope Francis says “formation is a have expressed that “the guest is work of art, not a police action. We God.” Thank you for treating me so must form their hearts. Otherwise we well. I have absolutely enjoyed living in your communities, and I cannot count the are creating little monsters. And then number of times your generosity has led me these little monsters mould the People to feel profound gratitude. of God. Personal formation is a serious Second, I would like to encourage you to challenge, always keeping in mind the People continue to love and serve. Many of you demonstratea of God.. It is true sometimes we are very cruel. We all steadfast commitment to faith that does justice ad majorem Dei experience the temptation to criticize for personal satisfactions gloriam. I wish for all of you clarity and positive change as you or to gain personal advantage. Tenderness helps to overcome discern signs of the times. conflicts.” Though I am not a Jesuit, the Jesuits have been and My questions, therefore, are: Should we still depend will continue to be brothers of mine.I relate to you in important on ‘informationes’ ? Isn’t there a danger of destructive ways, and I endeavor to join you as a man for others. The criticism creeping into the informationes? Are the Provincial Society encouragesall of us to be contemplatives, activists, and and his Consultors able to perceive this dimension in the changemakers.Good luck, God bless, and thank you.May peace ‘informationes’? be onto each and every one of you. - Ross Feehan - Ranjit Yawu, SJ Washington, D.C., U.S. Sri Lanka

On 7 August 2014 a multi-media tribute will be released in the form of an Illustrated Book, a Documentary Film, Talk Shows and Editorials in newspapers and magazines across South Asia, to honour the Jesuits. For almost 400 years they have impacted the lives of people across the world through pioneering work in Education, Research, Academics and Social Action. ‘Jesuit Tribute 2014’ is an initiative by people across South Asia to acknowledge the distinctiveness of Xavier and Loyola education and the commitment of the Jesuits to academic excellence, social service and intellectual rigour. ‘Every boy given to them has been returned to society a man, a good citizen and a son of God?’ says Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India! Jesuit Tribute 2014 features testimonials from students, teachers, ex students like him and it covers a cross section of people including sports persons, Bollywood icons, industrialists, artists, writers, media personalities, activists and politicians. We need your whole hearted support. Please log on to www.jesuittribute.com and sign in to express your support.

- Sreeya Sen for the Organizers

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Lessons for Life Sch Vivian Richard, SJ (KAR) is doing his philosophical studies in France. He serves I’ve learned from France the JRS France as their web administrator. His photographs have appeared on the back cover of Jivan.

By Vivan Richard, SJ Think out of the box The day-to-day life would be so monotonous if I had not thought out of the box. This knowledge has made Be open to other cultures me to be more creative in my works as I engage myself in I live in a community where people of diverse cultures producing videos from time-to-time. live together. We are from 14 different countries and 12 Jesuit Be professional Provinces. This atmosphere has given me an opportunity An aspect of the culture of France is to be professional. to taste the goodness present in all cultures and accept all This fact has encouraged me to be more professional in the as they are. tasks that are assigned to me: my studies and my photography Be patient which is my passion. Upon my arrival in France, the fi rst task I was expected Go green to do was to learn the language. And of course, the gift of France is known for its natural beauty. The Frech speaking a language would not consider it their responsibility to come within a fortnight; I had to safeguard their green heritage. wait patiently, trying out everyday They try in various ways to what I learnt without hesitating protect and help Mother Nature. to make mistakes. They try to keep their places Rest, Relax clean by the simple method of Given the courses and using bins and treating garbage. assignments at the University France has taught me to ‘go where I study, the end of a green.’ semester would be at times tiring; Feel the oneness but the holidays that follow the The strongest of all exams taught me to take a break to sentiments I experience when relax and refresh and to re-begin, I think of my life in France learning from my falls. is the feeling of oneness. Use the internet Each one- from the novice to Living in a world where Google has it all, I learnt to the Provincial - respect both surf on the subjects that I study. It has, in a way, helped me Ignatian liberty and responsibility. So I enjoy my freedom to understand the authors better and widen my perspective but I know I have to form myself and be and feel one with in a variety of subjects all the Jesuits. Meet new faces Keep moving One of the great advantages of studying abroad is Falls are part of one’s existence, but the trick for a meeting people of various attitudes and temperaments. This happy life is to rise and keep moving. The French do this has indeed made me experience the rich ‘Jesuitness’ that is constantly. I have learnt from my stay in France to never present; though different by nationalities and cultures, we regret for my falls, but rise and move forward, looking at can work for our one common mission the brighter side of every event. 

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