11/04/2020. INN #D.550 Press Release Posted by New Delhi Province Delegate Thoombalan Babu Varghese
In these last days we are facing a situation that, for most of us, is new and involves a major change in routines, work, schedules, tasks, activity and mission focus. It is time to adapt to a reality that is imposed on us in a relatively unexpected way and not always easy to manage; but it can also be lived, from the Spirit and the trust, as an opportunity for growth and creativity.
11/04/2020. INN #D.549 Press Release Posted by New Delhi Province Delegate Thoombalan Babu Varghese
Social isolation resulting from the Corona lockdown in itself may not lead to negative psychological consequences. However, prolonged confinement with a group people in restricted space can strain relationships which in turn can cause negative consequences. It is not social isolation per se, but the feeling of being alone, that is, feeling disconnected or alienated that in a significant way leads to negative consequences such as depression and anxiety.
JOSE PARAPPULLY, PhD
11/04/2020. INN #D.548 Press Release Posted by New Delhi Province Delegate Thoombalan Babu Varghese
Health-care professionals are vulnerable to high stress during this Covid-19 crisis. They are exposed to enormous pressure as well as danger: anxiety about their own safety in the absence of Personal Protective Equipment, lack of resources to treat patients, discouragement over inability to cope with patient demands, discouragement and grief over inability to save lives, anxiety about the wellbeing of their family members, as well as absence from them and so on.
In this context, it is essential to take care of their own wellbeing.
08/05/2015. INC #D.535 Talk / Speech Posted by National Delegate Antony EARATHARA
Fr. Jose Kuttianimattathil, former Provincial Superior of Bangalore Province, has published an article on the question of voluntary renunciation of alcohol, in the latest issue of Bosco Udayam published from Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore.
Echoing Pope John Paul II`s conviction that alcoholism is one of the worst plagues of modern society, he observes that today young people in particular are very much affected by alcoholism. After listing several motives for abstaining from alcohol, he concludes pointing out to our duty to``wake up the world`` and to be models for the young, and therefore to abstain from alcohol``. Download from here.
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