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The establishment of the first novitiate in Bangladesh in 2022 marked a milestone for the Society of Jesus in the region, responding to growing pastoral needs and reflecting confidence that more men in Bangladesh are responding to the call to Jesuit life...

Continuing his visit to the Calcutta Jesuit Province, Fr General Arturo Sosa visited the Raghabpur campus of the prestigious St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Raghabpur was originally established to extend higher education to women and to respond to the growing need for inclusive learning spaces.

The higher education mission of the Calcutta Jesuit Province is not merely a record of institutions founded or degrees awarded; it is the unfolding of a distinctive intellectual, cultural, and spiritual vision that has shaped Bengal’s academic and moral imagination for nearly two centuries...

Over fifty years ago, a quiet revolution took root in the rugged tribal heartlands of West Bengal. The Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus heeded the Gospel’s call to justice and love, offering hope to the Santal people – India’s largest yet most marginalized indigenous community...

The history of Jesuit education in the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus is more than a tale of institutions and academic achievement. Since the mid-nineteenth century, schools such as St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, St. Lawrence School and St. Xavier’s College have helped shape...

Saint Francis Xavier, pioneer and founder of Jesuit missions in India, landed on the shores of Goa on 6 May 1542 after a thirteen-month voyage from Lisbon, with a sojourn in Mozambique. After spending his initial months teaching catechism to children in Goa, Xavier travelled...

On 19 December 2025, Father General Arturo Sosa, SJ, appointed Fr Pudota R. John Susai Raj, SJ, as the Provincial of the Andhra Province of the Society of Jesus. He will assume office on 25 January 2026. Fr Pudota R. John entered the Society of Jesus in 1986...

St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) is a Jesuit University in Kolkata, India. Established in 2017, and based on Ignatian principles of magis and cura personalis, the university carries forward the legacy of education by the Jesuits in India. With the vision to become one...

“Climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation.” Pope Francis

JRS South Asia offers a wide range of services to both refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), with a particular focus on facilitating reconciliation and providing mental health support.

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr Alfred Toppo as the new Provincial of the Madhya Pradesh Province of the Society of Jesus. Born in 1969, Fr Toppo entered the Society in 1989, was ordained a priest in 2005, and pronounced his final vows on 18 May 2023...

Father General has appointed Fr Britto Vincent as the new Provincial of the Chennai Province of the Society of Jesus. Fr Britto was born in 1960 and entered the Society on 8 July 1990. He was ordained a priest in 1991 and pronounced his Final Vows...