PRATAPANANDA NAIK, S.J.

  The Jesuits from 27.09.1540 to 27.09.2020 are completing 480 years Pratapananda Naik, S.J.  26.09.2020 We are the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by the soldier-turned-mystic Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) from Basque region of Spain,   with six of his early companions, namely, Francis Xavier, Peter Faber, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Lainez, Nicolas Bobadilla, and Simão Rodrigues in 1539 and officially approved on 27 th September 1540 by Pope Paul III. But most people call us “the Jesuits.” In the vision of our founder, we seek to “find God in all things.” We dedicate ourselves to the “greater glory of God” and the good of all humanity. And we do so gratefully in collaboration with others who share our values, including laypersons. They have become part of the “we,” the extended Jesuit family. With 16,000-plus priests, brothers, scholastics, and novices worldwide, we are the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church...

  FR. THOMAS STEPHENS, S.J. A VISIONARY (1549-1619) Pratapananda Naik, S.J.   Fr. Thomas Stephens, the first English Jesuit reached Goa by ship on 24 th October 1579. He lived, worked in Goa for 39 years, and one year at Vasai, Maharashtra and died in Goa. He is popularly known as Padre Estevão. Before his arrival, he knew English, Latin, Portuguese and probably Greek too. In Goa he learned and mastered Konknni and Marathi. He had the working knowledge of Sanskrit. He held many administrative positions in the Society of Jesus, of which he was a member. From his contribution to Konknni and Marathi, we could deduce that he was an original thinker, great creative poet and visionary. He could possibly be called the “Father of inculturation” in India. Fr. Gaspar de Sam Miguel a Franciscan priest who was a contemporary of Fr. Stephens and worked for Konknni in Goa, composed a pom in honour of Stephens, where he calls him “The poet par excellence”. His contribution to K...

  Y Letracho Vapor Kiteak? Pratapananda Naik S.J.   Vikaxit zalole khoinche-i bhaxent tichi borounchi promann rite eka disant toyar zaunk nam. Ti rit promann zaunk vorsam lagleant ani zaiteancho vavr tiche pattlean asa. Romi lipient Konknni borounchi rit ek nasli ani atam-I nam. Sollavea sotravea xenkddeant ti eke torechi asli. Tednam K letracho vapour zatalo. Visavea xenkddeant Romi lipient Konknni boroytanam K -chea zagear c letr vaprunk suru kelem. Dekik: cabar, caddi, cagot, callem, cator. Atam ami K letr vaportanv.           Konknnint Y dhovni (speech sound) asa. To uchar ( pronunciation ) dakounk Fr. Sebestião R. Dalgado sogllech kodden Y letr vaportalo. Hi tachi rit tachea kallar ani uprant Romi lipient Konknni boroytanam vaporloli zalear Konknni bhas xiktoleank khub faido zato aslo. Y vaporchea bodla i vo e letrancho vapor chalu urlo. Romi lipient Konknni bhaxeche uchar sarke borounk yenant oxem zaiteanchem c...

Time for changes in the Church Pratapananda Naik, S.J. 01 July 2013   Catholic Church was instituted by Jesus Christ to spread his teaching of love, service and forgiveness. Church is neither fully autocratic nor democratic; it has a blending of both. It has its own structure and mode of governing. Hence Pope Francis alone cannot renew the Church. It is the joint responsibility of the authorities of the Church and the laity. Pope Francis from day one has begun well by showing in concrete actions that he wants to renew the Church based on Jesus’ values. In my humble opinion the Church should focus its attention on the following areas.   Jesus Christ is the head and centre of the Church. Hence, faithfulness to Jesus, His teaching and His way is the need of the hour. Power and authority which the Church has received from Him must be used to serve, to build bridges where there is discord and not for domination and manipulation. Jesus came to serve and not be served. ...

  SOD VAVR ANI TACHEM MOHOTV Pratapananda Naik, S.J. 21.02.2010   0. Sod vavrachem mohotv: Sod vavr korun kelole khoinche-i borpavollik lambay, runday, kholay ani unchay asta.   Haka lagun borovp, vachpeank chodd faideachem zaum yeta.   Boro borovpi sodanch sodta, punzayta, topasta, parkita, foddnni (analysis) korta, mellovnni (synthesis) korta ani je nixkorx (conclusions) melltat, borovpi aple pod’dotin te loka mukhar dovorta.   Boro borovpi sodanch xikpi, chintpi, sod lavpi ani novem ghoddovpi, vegllem kitem tori divpi, aplem khaxeleponn samballpi asta.   To novem polleta, va adlem asa tem nove nodren polleta, tacher niyall korta ani aple vichar manddta.   Haka lagun vachpeancher hoikari (positive) probhav poddum yeta. Tanchi vachpachi ruch bodlum yeta. Tankam novi dixa ani nodor mellta.   Sod vavrak lagun borpavollicho panvddo sudarta ani dorjedar sahitya toyar korunk hatbhar lagta .   1.0   Sod vavr keloli Romi lipie...

  KONKNNI LANGUAGE Features, Myths, Facts, Hurdles and Challenges   Pratapananda Naik, S.J. 2016 LANGUAGE FAMILIES IN INDIA:   1.       Indo-Aryan language family: q   The largest of the language families represented in India, in terms of speakers, is the Indo-Aryan language family, a branch of the Indo-Iranian family, itself the subfamily of the Indo-European language family.  q   This language family predominates, accounting for some 790 million speakers, or over 75% of the population, as per data collated during the Census of 2001.  q   The most widely spoken languages of this group are Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Assamese, Sindhi, Dogri.   2.       Dravidian language family: q   The second largest language family is the Dravidian language family, accounting for some 215 million speakers, or approximately 20%, as ...