JESA Congratulates and wishes all the best to our New Provincials Frs. Sebasti L. Raj of Madurai Province, Jeyaraj Veluswamy of Calcutta Province and Bhausaheb Sansare of Pune Province. Fr. Sebasti L. Raj, up to now director of the Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies (XIDAS) in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, was born in 1945, entered the Society of Jesus in 1965 and was ordained a priest in 1976. He was also the Director of Indian Social Institute, Delhi from 1991 – 1998.

Fr. Jeyaraj Veluswamy, up to now Rector and director of novices at Dhyan Ashram, Kolkata was born in 1961, entered the Society of Jesus in 1983 and was ordained a priest in 1994. Father Bhausaheb Sansare currently superior of the community and director of St. Joseph Technical Institute and Hostel in Pune, was born in 1970, entered the Society of Jesus in 1994 and was ordained a priest in 2004.

JESA sincerely thanks the outgoing Provincials Frs. M. Devadoss (MDU), George Pattery (CCU) and Bertram Rozario (PUN) for their committed service and support to the Social apostolate.