Sanyasa Journal of Consecrated Life

In order to keep all the religious in India and abroad updated on the theological and practical aspects of Consecrated Life, we publish Sanyasa Journal of Consecrated Life in collaboration with similar popular Claretian Journals like Asian Journal of Consecrated Life in Philippines and Vida Religiosa in Spain. The first issue was published in January 2006. The contents of each issue are available in this page.

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Vol. V, No. 2 July - December 2010

1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………… 106
2. GABRIEL MATHIAS OFM

Leadership and Community……………………………………… 109

 

3. JOE MANNATH SDB

JOSEPH MATTAM, SJ

Happy and Inspiring Religious Communities Essential Elements, Distinguishing Marks and Formation Issues…………………… 121

4. MARIE EUGENE D’ALMEIDA AC

Consecrated Life and Affective Maturity………………………… 142

5. ARUL JESU ROBIN CMF

Biblical Foundation for Community Life………………………… 152

6. MARTIN GEORGE CMF

Pauline Agape and Religious Communities…………………… 171

7. ANTONY KALLIATH CMI

Homily on 2 February 2010, the 14th Day of Consecrated Life.... 220

Consecrated Life A Call to an Inclusive Missional Community… 195

8. POPE BENEDICT XVI
Vol. V, No. 1 January - June 2010

 

1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………… 05
2. PAULSON V. VELIYANNOOR CMF

Passion for Christ, Passion for Humanity A Girardian Reading of Consecrated Life, and its Formative Implications……………… 09

3. JOSEPH MATTAM SJ

Empowerment of Women in the Church and Society (Comments on the CBCI Document on the Empowerment of Women) ………… 35

4. JAMES KANNANTHANAM CMF

Appreciative Inquiry Shifting Paradigms for Community Living 53

5. TRESA PURAYIDAM EF

Religious/Consecrated Community Intense Sign of the Ecclesial Communion……………………………………………………….. 67

6. JOHN SANKARATHIL OSFS

Called to be Apostles Dynamics and Challenges of Consecrated Life in India………………………………………………………… 85

7. Book Review……………………………………………………………….. 99

 

Vol. IV, No. 2 July - December 2009
1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………… 109
2. T. XAVIER TERRENCE

Conversion of Paul and Its Relevance to Our Vocation………… 117

3. JACOB PARAPPALLY MSFS

Pauline Theology of Communion: A Challenge to Religious Communities.. ……………………………………. ………… 135

4. V. LAWRENCE CMF

Formation as Transformation into the Image of Christ (Pauline Formative Paradigm for Christian Living) ……………… 145

5. THOMAS VATTUKULAM CMF

Prayer in St. Paul An Authentic Expression of His Vocation and Mission as the Apostle of Gentiles………. ………… ………… 169

6. JOE MANNATH SDB

Priestly and Religious Formation in India Today: The Rhetoric, the Reality and Some Proposals…………………… 193

7. PAUL DOMINIC SJ

Cathedrals vis-à-vis Worldwide Fair: The Church in Dialogue with the New Age……………………… 219

8. Documentation………………………………………………………............ 233

 

Vol. IV, No. 1 January - June 2009
1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………… 5
2. PAUL DOMINIC SJ

Sannyasa of Ours: A Peep of Its SAT and ASAT… ………… 9

3. PAUL PUTHANAGADY SDB

Religious Life According to the Liturgical Texts………………… 23

4. BANDHU ISHANAND VEMPENY

Spirituality of the Old, Especially of the Religious……………… 33

5. ARUL JESU ROBIN CMF

The Word of God in the History of Religious Charism…………… 57

6. JOHN SANKARATHIL OSFS

Freedom vs. Fame, Significance vs. Success: Towards a Paradigm of Humility in Religious Life in the Indian Context ………… ………77

7. JOSE K. JACOB SMM

Lead Us from Darkness to Light: Towards a Theology and Metaphor of Preaching ……………………………………..………… 93

8. Documentation…………………………………………………………...... 105

 

Vol. III, No. 2 July - December 2008

 

1. Editorial ………………………………………………………..………… 105
2. ARUL JESU ROBIN CMF

The Word of God in the Call and Consecration……………… 111

3. R. J. RAJA SJ

Biblical Spirituality and Religious Discipleship………… ……… 131

4. AUGUSTINE MULLOOR OCD

Religious Community: A Call to Word Centred and

Word Witnessing Fellowship … …………………… ………… 139

5. JOSE MANIPARAMPIL

The Plot of the Gospel of Mark ……………… ………… ……… 151

6. A. MARIYA ARUL RAJA SJ

Democratized Holiness amidst Conflicts Biblical Perspectives … 165

7. JOSE CRISTO REY GARCIA PAREDES CMF

Prophecy of Religious Life:

New Paths, Challenges and Opportunities, Source of Prophecy … 185

8. Documentation………………………………………………………….….. 205
Vol. III, No. 1 January - June 2008
1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………… 5
2. ARUL JESU ROBIN CMF

Leadership in the Bible The Paradigms of Moses and Jesus……… 9

3. BANDHU ISHANAND VEMPENY, SJ

Governance in Religious Life … ………… ………… ………… 27

4. ARCHBISHOP THOMAS MENAMPARAMPIL

Leadership in Religious Communities ……………………… 53

5. JOSEPH MATTAM SJ

Religious Life - Looking Ahead………………… ………… …… 59

6. XAVIER E. MANAVATH CMF

Christian Ashram: A Formative Habitus for Spiritual Formation

in the Religious Diversity of India ………… ………… ………… 73

7. Documentation ………………………………………………………….… 91

 

Vol. II, No. 2 July-December 2007
1. Editorial………………………………………………………………..…… 127
2. MATHEW M. VALLIPPALAM OFM Cap.

Challenges of Initial Formation…………………………….… 131

3. MARIE EUGENE D’ALMEIDA AC

Dynamics of an Integrated Formation Model…………………… 153

4. THOMAS D’SA

Mysticism for Prophetic Mission (in formation from Indian perspective) ………… ………… ……………………………… 169

5. JAMES KANNANTHANAM CMF

Formation for Fidelity and Consistency in the Vow of Chastity… 189

6. MATHEW VATTAMATTAM CMF

Intercultural Communication and Community Living………… 199

7. Book Review……………………………………………………………… 225
8. Documentation………………………………………………………...…… 227
Vol. II, No. 1 January - June 2007
1. Editorial………………………………………………………………….... 5

2. ISHANAND VEMPENY SJ

The Future of Religious Life……………… ………… ………… 9

3. PAULSON V. VELIANNOOR CMF

Elijah’s Call to Self-transcendence: Learning the Fundamentals of

Consecrated Life on Mount Horeb………… ………… ………… 37

4. LAWRENCE CMF

“You Give Them Something to Eat” (Mk 6:37): Teasing Teaching or Both? (A Reflection on Discipleship in Mk 6:30-56)………… 55

5. JOSEPH MATTAM SJ

Religious Life and Prayer……………………… ………… ………77

6. S. DEVADOSS CMF

Consecrated Persons Vis-à-vis Natural disasters….. ………… 93

7. Book Review…………………………………………………………….... 119
8. Documentation……………………………………………………………... 121
Vol. I, No. 2 July-December 2006
1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………. 107
2. V. F. VINEETH CMI

Contemplation and Compassion – An Indian Perspective ……… 111

3. GILBERT CHOONDAL SDB

Contemplation and Compassion: A Study of the Recent Documents of the Church………… ……… 125

4. XAVIER E. MANAVATH CMF

Journeying through Contemplation to Compassion…………… 137

5. JOSE CRISTO REY GARCIA PAREDES CMF

Where is the Spirit Leading Consecrated Life at the Beginning of This New Millennium?…………… ………… ………… ……… 153

6. JAMES KANNANTHANAM CMF

St. Anthony Mary Claret: A Contemplative in Action…………… 169

7. A. PUSHPARAJAN

Gandhian Relevance to Consecrated Life………… ………… 183

8. SR. INIGO SSA

Consecrated Life: Today’s Challenges and Our Creative Response 211

9. Book Reviews…………………………………………………………… 217
10. Documentation………………………………………………………….. 220
Vol. I, No. 2 July-December 2006
Vol. I, No. 1 January to June 2006
1. Editorial…………………………………………………………………. 05
2. JOSE CRISTO REY GARCIA PARADES CMF

Rethinking Religious Life in a Post-modern Period……………… 09

3. JOSEPH MATTAM SJ

Religious Life: An Invitation to Love "As I Have Loved you" (Jn 15:12)……. ……………………………………………… 19

4. J. ROVIRA CMF

Principal Doctrinal Contents on Consecrated Life in the Church Documents (Starting from the End of Vatican II) ………………… 33

5. JACOB THECKANATH

Eucharist and Consecrated Life …………..…… ………… ………63

6. JAMES KANNANTHANAM CMF

Formation for Love in Religious Life ………… ………… ……… 79

7. XAVIER E. MANAVATH CMF

Missiological Thrust in Vita Consecrata. ………… ………… 91

Editorial Board

 

Fr. S. Devadoss, CMF (Chief Editor)

Fr. James Kannanthanam, CMF

Fr. John Thadathil, CMF

Sr. Marie Eugene, AC

Fr. Joseph Mattam, SJ

Fr. Jacob Thekkanath

Fr. Vineeth, CMI

Fr. Xavier E. Manavath, CMF

Fr. Paulson Veliyannoor, CMF

Fr. Arul Jesu Robin, CMF

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