22 FEBRUARY 2014 Tamil Nadu Catholic bishop and priests venerate the Hindu deity Ganesha Ganesha [Ganesa, Ganesh] or Ganpati [Ganapati] or Vinayaka [Vinayaga] as he is variously known [he has 108 names], the elephant-god of the Hindu pantheon,… Read More ›
Day: March 1, 2014
“Yoga – A path to God?” – Fr Louis Hughes O.P., Black Abbey, Kilkenny
21 FEBRUARY 2014 “Yoga – A path to God?” For Christians, it definitely isn’t. Yoga, whatever its definition and whoever its protagonist, is a path that diverts Christians away from the God of the Bible and into the… Read More ›
The Brahma Kumaris and their World Spiritual University
JULY 2/7/29/NOVEMBER 2013/FEBRUARY 2014 The Brahma Kumaris and their World Spiritual University The archdiocese of Mumbai’s Franciscan brothers-run St Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMAR) has made yoga a compulsory subject for its students. On their web site… Read More ›
Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello [Tony de Mello]
NOVEMBER 2013/FEBRUARY 2014 Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello [Tony de Mello] Fr. Anthony De Mello , 1931-1987, was a Jesuit retreat master and writer who ended his days as a virtual Buddhist. He is symptomatic of much… Read More ›
Anugraha – New Age therapies and New Age psychological techniques from the Franciscan Capuchins
23 FEBRUARY 2014 Anugraha – New Age therapies and New Age psychological techniques from the Franciscan Capuchins My July 2009 report titled SANGAM INTEGRAL FORMATION AND SPIRITUALITY CENTRE, GOA-NEW AGE PSYCHOLOGY, ETC. recorded the dissemination of New Age… Read More ›