CENTER FOR SAFEGUARDING
A N D H U M A N F O R M A T I O N
Research, Resource, Renewal
AN APOSTOLATE OF THE JESUIT CONFERENCE OF SOUTH ASIA
Our Outreach Services
The CSHF (Center for Safeguarding and Human Formation) spreads awareness on safeguarding of minors and vulnerable adults. It also engages in training of Religious and Laity on various topics in Human Formation .
2025
A 10 day program on Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults was conducted for 11 theology students of the Karnataka Jesuit Province from 20-31 January 2025
The South Zone of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA) organized a training programme for Jesuits and lay collaborators on Saturday, 22 March 2025 at Prerana, Bengaluru
The Goa province of the Society of Jesus organized a training program on Safeguarding on 22 April at Belgavi, Karnataka
The Goa province of the Society of Jesus organized a training program on Safeguarding on 24 April at Pedro Raia Institute, Goa.
A one day workshop for the Piarist Fathers on Safeguarding was conducted at the Camillian Pastoral and Health Center, Bengaluru on 2 May 2025
The 2024-25 Batch of students of the CSHF-SIHCWSD course concluded their Diploma Course with the onsite component at Vinayalaya Retreat House, Mumbai, from 5-9 May. All the best to them.
A seminar on Safeguarding was conducted for the formators of the Society of the Missionaries of St Francis Xavier (SFX) at Pilar Pilgrim Center, Pilar, Goa on 26 & 27 May 2025
A 5 day workshop on ACT & DBT was conducted for the students of Roshni Niliya College of Social work at Pune from 2-6 January 2024
A training for the AICUF facilitators was conducted at XIM Bhubaneshwar from 3-4 February 2024
A Forgiveness Retreat was conducted by the director for 8 participants from 6-14 April at the CSHF, Pune
The Director of CSHF was a delegate of JCSA at the global conference on Education held at Jogjakarta, Indonesia, June 24-28, 2024
A 5 day workshop on Aging gracefully was conducted at the CSHF for Bethany sisters from 17-23 January 2024
A training on Safeguarding was conducted for the Archdiocese of Delhi on 24 January 2024
A training on The redressal Mechanism was conducted at the CSHF for the Jesuit Province Protection Officers between 26-28 January 2024
Between 6-8, 2024 February seminars on Safeguarding were conducted at 4 places in Goa
Meeting of the Conference Delegates in Rome
10 - 14 March 2024
The Director of CSHF attended a meeting at the Jesuit Curia on the "Promotion of a Consistent Culture of Protection" of minors. It was attended by the delegates from the different assistances.
The 2023-24 Batch of students of the CSHF-SIHCWSD course concluded their onsite component at CSHF Pune. They were in Pune from 2-6 April. All the best to them.
A Process Retreat was conducted by the director for 8 participants from May 1-8, 2024 at the CSHF, Pune
An Intersectionality Retreat was conducted for 24 retreatants at from 9-18 May at Nagpur
A workshop on "The Integrated Person" was conducted for 20 participants at the Shrine of the Infant Jesus, Nasik, May 26-26, 2024
An online training on Safeguarding was conducted for the Sri Lankan Jesuits on 19 July 2024
Safeguarding: Awareness and Prevention were conducted at three Jesuit schools in Nepal, in 5-9 August, 2024
A 5 day training was conducted at Pathalgaon on Safeguarding and Counselling, August 19-23, 2024
The Director presented a paper on "Safeguarding our Children: A Mission Imperative " at the XX biannual FOIM conference held at the Caleb Institute, Gurugram, Delhi on 24 October, 2024
A Process Retreat was conducted by the director for 8 participants from 26 October - 3 November, 2024 at the CSHF, Pune
A Workshop on "Psycho-spirituality in Todays Context" was conducted at Ranchi from 4 -8 November, 2024 at the CSHF, Pune
Along with Dr Dinesh Braganza, I made a conference presentation (online), on "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resiliency" at the 5th World Conference on Psychology and Behavioural Science, November 11, 2024
A talk on Safeguarding Children and the Elderly was given on 13 December, to the TY Psychology Students of Sophia College (Autonomous), Mumbai
2022
Conducted a 3-hour seminar on Safeguarding of Minors and Vulnerable Adults, Loyola School and Junior College, Pashan Pune, 5 January 2022
Safeguarding in Formation, Superiors and Director of Works of Pune Province, 16 August 2022, 35 attendees, Provincial House of Pune Province
Understanding Parenting Styles and Its Impact on Behaviour Management, Parents-Teachers Association of St Stanislaus School, Bandra, 1200 attendees, August 26, 2022
Organizer, International Conference on Gender Sensitization and Rights of Children and Senior Citizens – online, January 17 & 18, 2022, over 710 registered participants
Valedictory speaker, spoke on “The Other” for Harmonious Living at the Two International Conference on “Need of Inter-Religious Understanding for Promoting Peace and Harmony” at G. M. Momin Women’s College, Bhiwandi, Mumbai, held on March 19029, 2022
Onsite Training for Blended Learning course on Counselling and Safeguarding of Children and Senior Citizens, March 27 – April 1, 2022, De Nobili College, Pune
Co-facilitator, Core Transformation (advanced NLP processes)-June 10-12, 2022, Center for Safeguarding and Human Formation, Pune
Co-facilitator, Building Self – Concept (advanced NLP processes)-July 22-24, 2022, Center for Safeguarding and Human Formation, Pune
Co-facilitator, Wholeness Work (advanced NLP processes)-August 5-7, 2022, Center for Safeguarding and Human Formation, Pune