Jerry Rosario
Jerry Rosario (Tamil: ஜெரி ரொசாரியோ; born 2 October 1952) is an Indian Jesuit priest (from the Tamil Nadu area), a theologian, a pastor, spiritual counselor,[1] a writer, a social activist, a motivator, a civil lawyer, a retreat- facilitator. And also, founder - director of 4 - movements ( DHANAM for human donations, JEPASA for socio - pastoral animation, IGFA for Ignatian spirituality, and MANITHAM for political analysis and action )
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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 |
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 23 years of insertional and involved 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 42 institutions and has lectured in 37 countries so far.
Periyarism
Fr. Jerry Rosario has a doctorate in Periyarism. The philosophy of Thanthai E.V.Ramaswamy Periyar, whose political analysis of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam 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 so far authored 81 books out of which 29 books are in English and 52 are in Tamil. 17 of his books have become text books for Students of various Autonomous Colleges and secular Universities. To date, 9 students have completed their M.Phil researches based on Dr.Jerry’s thoughts and defended their theses in various secular universities. Three have gone ahead with doctorate research on Dr. Jerry's books. One of them , Dr. Sr. Selestin Mary, CTC, had completed and also published her Ph.D. research on "The Societal Analysis of Contemporary World highlighted in the forty five Tamil books of Dr.Jerry ".
Dr.Jerry is also the Founder of the following 4 - 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.
Jerry has donated his O-Rh Negative Blood[5] 201 times as of January 2020.[6] Having crossed the highest possible number of blood donations as per Indian norms, Jerry possibly stands first among blood donors in India. 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 and also for medical research. In this connection, he has also authored a book named DHANAM in Tamil. This book elaborates about the different type of human 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 from 2016.
