Bosco Antony Ryan Priest · Teacher of Catholic Faith

In Pictures

Gallery

A priest's life does not divide neatly into the sacred and the ordinary. These are photographs of both — the altar and the lecture hall, the parish gathering and the kitchen table.

At the Altar

The centre of it all

Ordained on 6 April 2002. Everything that follows — the doctorate, the lectures, the books — proceeds from here and returns to it.

Fr. Bosco vested in a gold chasuble at the altar, with a concelebrant and three religious sisters.
Vested for Mass With a concelebrant and sisters of the community
Fr. Bosco and the community gathered behind the altar before the tabernacle.
The same moment, a step back The whole company around the table of the Lord
Fr. Bosco in a gold chasuble and red stole standing at the altar, the missal and crucifix before him.
The Holy Sacrifice Missal, crucifix and cruets set out on the altar
Portrait of Fr. Bosco Antony Ryan vested for Mass before the sanctuary.
Rev. Fr. Bosco Antony Ryan Vested before the sanctuary
“I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”
John 13:15

Teaching

The word handed on

Twelve years in the theologates of Bangalore and Chennai, and as many again in parishes — the same material, pitched to whoever is in front of him.

Fr. Bosco preaching from behind a lectern, a worn Bible in his hand, a statue of Our Lady behind him.
Preaching A worn Bible, and a point to make
Fr. Bosco addressing a seated parish gathering beside a flower-decked statue of Our Lady.
In the parish Catechesis for whoever will come and sit
Fr. Bosco with a large gathering of the lay theology community.
The lay theology community Theology is not a specialism for the ordained
Fr. Bosco in a black clerical shirt, seated at a table.
At table Where a good deal of the real teaching happens

Among the Faithful

Beyond the lecture hall

The visits, the friendships and the ordinary hours that no syllabus records, and without which none of the rest would mean very much.

Fr. Bosco visiting a family at home, among them an elderly woman in a wheelchair.
A pastoral visit Calling on a family at home
Fr. Bosco with two friends outside a red-brick parish church.
With friends Outside a parish church, far from Chennai
Fr. Bosco in a sun hat, standing on a wooded path above a creek.
A quiet day Out of the cassock, beside running water
This gallery will grow. Photographs from retreats, seminars and parish missions will be added here as they come in. Send a photograph if you have one he would want kept.

The life behind the photographs

Formation at Sacred Heart Seminary, a doctorate at Bengaluru, twelve years of teaching, and a book on the conversions of Paul and Newman.

His story Writings