Mother Goose Club - Click Play All! (playlist)

Nursery Rhymes 1- BabyTV (playlist)

Dhiru Parikh - Gujarati Poems part 3

Funeral of Bro. Aloysius Macwan

Introducing the Secretariat of the Service of Faith (Part 1)

Br Alysius Macwan goes home to Our Father.

Aloys Macwan with boarders at Kahmbhat.

Aloysius Macwan Brother Gujarat province SJ

R.I.P

Bro.Aloysius Macwan (GUJ) 78/53 expired this evening around 10.45p.m ( 22- 07-2013 ) in Pilar Hospital, Baroda.

The funeral will be held at 4.00 p.m at St.Joseph’s Church, Baroda  on  23-07-2013.

Please remember him in your prayers.

Fr.Lawrence Dharmaraj SJ

Socius

GUJ

Br Macwan Aloysius

Br Aloysius spent much of his life in the Society serving as Boarding-in charge in Zhagadia, Surat and Varsada. He also served as Minister and Kitchen-in charge of Premal Jyoti for about five years. He was placed in charge of the first hostel for tribal boys in the mission of Vyara in 1967. He was notable for his simplicity and constant availability to the boys. The boys used to wait for his company outside the study hours too. He had great love for them and their families. His influence over them lasted much beyond the years he spent in the hostel. He is still remembered by them even after thirty years.

He took great interest in what was happening in the villages during the famine years in 1967-1971 and famine relief work, and supported the Fathers in whatever was required of him in using the services of the boys for the work of the mission.

He was simple and unassuming.  In his simplicity he was blessed with a kind of earthy wisdom and sagacity that is given “to the unlearned but hidden from the wise and learned.” He was  a very pleasant companion.

He had a very charming personality to attract and to relate with people. He had been a source of inspiration in the Jesuit Community. He kept the community alive with his spontaneous jokes. He had an art of correcting others and giving feedback with out hurting them. As a Jesuit he never found anything impossible. He used to take up any work and do it to the best of his ability. His famous saying is: “Kai vandho nati, apne joilayea.” It means, “no problem, we will do it.” He was a man prayer and deep convictions. With his spiritual strength and deep convictions, he did his work with great sense of commitment and dedication. Till his death he served as a boarding-in-charge at Khambhat.

Meet Pope Francis (In 4 min.)

Pope Francis orders to remove his statue immediately.

Vatican City: 

At the age of 76 he became a household name and a magazine cover star.

But Pope Francis is apparently desperate to avoid becoming a celebrity – he has ordered the removal of a new life-size statue of him in Buenos Aires cathedral.

Since its installation two weeks ago believers visited the statue in the cathedral’s garden to pay homage to the pontiff, while tourists posed for photos alongside it.

But Francis, formerly Archbishop of the Argentine capital, was reportedly horrified at the news.

He got straight on the phone and had strong words with the priest responsible telling him: ‘Get that thing down, immediately’, the Argentinian newspaper Clarin reported.

Church sources told the newspaper that Francis is determined to avoid creating ‘a cult of personality’ like that enjoyed by John Paul II.

Since his election in March, Francis has gone to lengths to be seen as humble, showing little patience for the pomp and fuss that come with his position as head of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.

Additional Commentary from Fr. Barron on World War Z

World War Z: A commentary by Fr. Barron (spoiler alert)

Oprah Winfrey´s Soul Series with Eckhart Tolle (part 1)

Amidhara -podcast

Golden Jubilee of Fr Jerry Fernadez SJ celebrated by Gurjarvani community.

Golden Jubilee of Fr jerry Fernandez SJ and Terrence Lobo SJ
was celebrated by the Gurjarvani community on 30th evening at 8pm at the Gurjarvani Garden. 

Aradhana Album from Gurjarvani