Jerry Rosario
| Jerry Rosario | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
2 October 1952 Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Catholic Priest, writer |
| Genre | Sociology Philosophy Religious |
| Notable works | Dhaanam, All the Best, Whisper With Fire, Gaining Momentum |
Jerry Rosario (Tamil: ஜெரி ரொசாரியோ; born 2 October 1952) is an Indian Jesuit priest (from the Tamil area), a theologian, a pastor,[1] a writer, a social activist, a motivator and a civil lawyer – all rolled into one. A revolutionary in this modern world to create a new world.[2]
He has completed Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Rural Development Science, MA in Political Science, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in Bangalore, PhD in Political Philosophy with Theology. Now he is serving as Director in Dhyana Ashram, Mylapore.
Socio-Pastoral Activities
Fr. Jerry Rosario has done an 18 years of insertional services among the dalits, rural and slum poor. He has a doctorate in political theology. Other studies and searches have made him a pastor, professor, motivator, spiritual counselor, social analyst, writer and retreat facilitator. He is also a civil lawyer. He is well known to many as "barefoot priest," because he has given up wearing foot wears as a mark of his solidarity with those dalits and poorest who are denied the right to wear it by the caste-ridden traditions. He is a visiting professor in 45 institutions and has lectured in 33 countries so far.
Periyarism
Fr. Jerry Rosario has a doctorate in Periyarism. The phiolosophy of Thanthai E.V.Ramaswamy Periyar, whose political analysis of Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, and had birthed a "Self-respect movement" in Tamil Nadu and in other parts of South India.
Fr. Jerry Rosario once said "Only few get opportunities to break history, but all have the capacity to bend history and Periyar is a man who has not only bent, but broken the history of Tamil Nadu."
Author
Books authored by Fr. Jerry Rosario are published through Vaigarai Publications and various other publishing houses.[3] Dr. Jerry has authored 73 books and about 17 of his books have become text books for undergraduate and university students. So far 7 students have completed their M.Phil researches based on Dr.Jerry’s thoughts and defended their thesises in various secular universities. Two have done doctorate research on Dr. Jerry's books, and one, Dr. Sr. Selestin Mary, CTC, had completed her Ph.D. research on "The Societal Analysis of Contemporary World highlighted in the forty five tamil books of Dr.Jerry. He is the founder of the movements JEPASA (Jesuit Pastors of South Asia),[4] for socio-pastoral animation; Dhanam, for human organ donations; MANITHAM, for political analysis and action; IGFA (Ignatian Family), for cosmic Ignatian spirituality.
He has donated his blood [5] more than 183 times till the year 2016.[6] It will be interesting to note that a human can donate blood only 188 times in one's lifetime. He has also signed relevant documents, civilly known as 'Living Will,' expressing his will to donate his vital organs and body after his death to the needy. He has also authored a book named Dhaanam in Tamil. This book elaborates about the different type of donations, i.e., blood donation, eye donation, stem cell donation, bone and tissue donation, body donation, organ donation. This book has also appeared in English titled, " A Present for the Future". A website, http://www.dhanam.org/, by Dhanam movement dedicated to the promotion of human donations is being operated.
References
- ↑ http://www.sjweb.info/documents/cis/pdfenglish/200811802en.pdf
- ↑ http://www.goajesuits.in/gc35/20080208jerryrosario.htm
- ↑ http://www.vaigaraibooks.com
- ↑ http://www.jcsaonline.com/pastoralwork.htm
- ↑ http://www.indiabloodbank.com/viewdonor.aspx?id=1256
- ↑ http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=38407