What’s on By Jim Welp the Office of Campus Ministry and a popular guy on campus. “I love to talk is a special assistant inilAMBrPAhuATr. John Pozh f A Franciscan Conventual friar from Kerala, India, he came to Bellarmine in 2010. Fr. John’s duties include saying Mass to people in the Chapel on Tuesdays, coordinating Campus Ministry events and assisting with a fast-growing program that sends and enjoy Bellarmine students to India to study. He is building a Ministry for Young Adults together with two Indian friars and the Rev. being around Adam Bunnell. He is also the organizer of the annual “India Ustav,” a popular festival of Indian music, dance and food people.” on campus each September. And he works closely with the Indian population in Louisville to explore other intercultural opportunities for students and the broader community. We caught up with him to find out What’s On... ...his bookshelf Mostly spiritual books. I did my master’s in Malayalam literature and read lots of novels, poetries, stories and literature works. I started reading The Seven Storey Mountain of Thomas Merton from his tomb (at Gethsemani). I am also reading Richard Rohr, a spiritual inspirational writer. He is a Franciscan and founder of The Center for Action and Contemplation, New Mexico. ...his iPod Mostly Indian music. I love music while driving. I like A.R. Rahman; he is the man behind the song aja aaja Jind shamyane of Slumdog Millionaire. His songs are available on an app called India TV. Many Bollywood songs are also available. I also like ghazal singer Hariharan. His ghazals are stunning. His album Colonial Cousins is a hit in India. ...his DVR I like to go to movies. I watched Les Misérables, Flight and Lincoln. ...his mind Read Fr. John’s blog at I blog and keep contributing my humble johnachan.blogspot.com thoughts to the world. I love to talk to people and enjoy being around people. I like to help people visit Thursday’s Franciscan Learn about Bellarmine’s India program Kitchen downtown and I am proud of bellarmine.edu/india being a Franciscan priest. I try not to be a stereotype priest and I love BU students Campus Ministry and staff. I am so happy to be in the U.S. bellarmine.edu/campusministry 8 BELLArMinE MAgAZinE
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