FR. Varghese Paul S. J.

I was born on May 31 1943 at Ennalloor in Ernakulam district Kerala as the eldest son with 4 sisters and 4 brothers. After passing the old 11th standard I came to Gujarat to join the Society of Jesus (S.J.) known as the Jesuits. After two years of noviciate and one year each to study English and Gujarati I joined St. Xavier's College at Ahmedabad and graduated from Gujarat University with Gujarati and Sanskrit literature in 1968. Then I did post graduate studies in philosophy at Pune and Theology at Gregorian University Rome and journalism in London School of Journalism at London. I was ordained a priest at Rome on June 21 1977; and spent 4 months in USA with further studies in writing and editing. On returning to Gujarat I edited DOOT for two years from January 1978. Then I took up a very challenging job as Founder-Director of South Asian Religious News (SAR News) a Church news agency under the aegis of Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) and the South Asian Catholic Press Association (SACPA) for four years.