Insight Books, Pauline Sisters Bombay Society, 143 Waterfield Road, Bandra, Mumbai 400 050
Pages: 176
T 80.00
Gujarat sahitya prakash, Anand
Pages: 144
T 80.00
Insight Books, Pauline Sisters Bombay Society, 143 Waterfield Road, Bandra, Mumbai 400 050
Pages: 166
T 80.00
Catholic Information Service Society, Ahmedabad
Pages: 48
T 25.00
Fr Varghese Paul Chollamadam is a 73 year old Jesuit Priest of the Gujarat Province of the Society of Jesus (SJ). He is a well known writer with 44 books in Gujarati, 4 in English, 3 in Malayalam and 1 in Hindi.
He has studied journalism in London School of Journalism, London and has also done three months’ internship in the editorial department of St Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, USA. He has been the Editor of a Gujarati Catholic family magazine, “DOOT” for 16 years, the longest period for any editor of the 105 year-old magazine.
From 1984 he has been the Founder Director of Catholic Information Service Society (CISS), a public relation office of Ahmedabad Diocese.CISS engages among other things in spreading the message of Jesus and the Bible through different, graded correspondence courses on Jesus and the Bible.
Fr. Varghese has been a Council Member of the International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP) for 24 years and has travelled to 37 countries for his studies or attending international meetings and World Congresses of UCIP and its successor International Christian Organization of the Media (ICOM).
Reading, writing and travelling are his hobbies
When Varghese Paul Chollamdam boarded a train to Gujarat in 1963 leaving behind his verdant homestead in Muvattapuzha, Kerala, he had hardly imagined that he would one day be an accomplished journalist and writer in the mother tongue of Mahatma Gandhi. But by joining the Jesuit Order which was reputed for its intellectual rigour and discipline, he was initiated into a life of serious study and reflection. Indeed it was a potential step towards a mission dedicated to the service of letters and words.
“How to Make LIFE Worth Living” by Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ, Insight Books, Pauline Publications, 143, Waterfield Road, Bandra, Mumbai, 2009, pp.168, price Rs.80/-
In September 2009, Arvind Pathak and wife Mamta decided death was the only solution to their growing financial difficulties. The 38-year-old MBA poisoned his 11-year-old daughter, then his wife. He consumed the poison himself and raced out of his house, screaming about what he had just done. Pathak is one in a growing list of couples who conclude that life can never solve their myriad problems.
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The Second World War was at its height. A group of USA soldiers were camping in Japan. Most of them were Christians. The 1944 Christmas was just coming. Some soldiers expressed their desire to have the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on Christmas Day. Someone said that there is a priest among the peo...
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