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	'''Anthony de Mello''', also known as '''Tony de Mello''' (4 September 1931 – 2 June 1987), was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[Jesuit]] [[Catholic priesthood\|priest]] and [[psychotherapist]]. A spiritual teacher, writer, and [[public speaker]], de Mello wrote several books on [[spirituality]] and hosted numerous [[spiritual retreat]]s and conferences. He continues to be known for his [[storytelling]] which drew from the various [[~~mysticism\|~~mystical]] traditions of both [[Eastern philosophy\|East]] and [[Western philosophy\|West]] and for introducing many people in the West to [[mindfulness]]-based practices he sometimes called "awareness prayer."		'''Anthony de Mello''', also known as '''Tony de Mello''' (4 September 1931 – 2 June 1987), was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[Jesuit]] [[Catholic priesthood\|priest]] and [[psychotherapist]]. A spiritual teacher, writer, and [[public speaker]], de Mello wrote several books on [[spirituality]] and hosted numerous [[spiritual retreat]]s and conferences. He continues to be known for his [[storytelling]] which drew from the various [[mystical]] traditions of both [[Eastern philosophy\|East]] and [[Western philosophy\|West]] and for introducing many people in the West to [[mindfulness]]-based practices he sometimes called "awareness prayer".

	== Beginnings ==		== Beginnings ==
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	== Posthumous controversy ==		== Posthumous controversy ==

	In 1998, 11 years after de Mello's death, the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] under the leadership of its Cardinal-Prefect, [[Joseph Ratzinger]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-j-reid-jr/the-last-20th-century-pope_b_2669582.html \|title=The Last 20th-Century Pope \| Charles J. Reid, Jr \|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com \|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> (who later became Pope Benedict XVI) conducted a review of de Mello's work and released a lengthy comment expressing theological concern that de Mello's books "are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19980624_demello_en.html\|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|author-link=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|title=Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ\|accessdate=26 March 2017 \|quote="With the present Notification, in order to protect the good of the Christian faithful, this Congregation declares that the above-mentioned positions are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFDEMEL.HTM\|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|author-link=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|title=Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ \|publisher=EWTN Global Catholic Network\|accessdate=26 March 2017\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061115051847/http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/cdfdemel.htm\| archivedate= 15 November 2006 \| url-status= live}}</ref> The Indian magazine ''Outlook'' saw this as an attempt by Rome to undermine the clergy in Asia amid widening fissures between Rome and the Asian Church.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?206551 \|title=Gospel According To De Mello \| Saira Menezes \| Nov 16,1998 \|publisher=Outlookindia.com \|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> De Mello's books are available in many Catholic bookshops in the West, but include the advisory that they were written in a multi-religious context and are not intended to be manuals on Christian doctrine.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://tonydemello.wordpress.com/about/\|title=About\|date=20 October 2007\|work=Anthony de Mello Resource\|access-date=1 June 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref>		In 1998, 11 years after de Mello's death, the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] under the leadership of its Cardinal-Prefect, [[Joseph Ratzinger]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-j-reid-jr/the-last-20th-century-pope_b_2669582.html \|title=The Last 20th-Century Pope \| Charles J. Reid, Jr \|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com \|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> (who later became Pope Benedict XVI), conducted a review of de Mello's work and released a lengthy comment expressing theological concern that de Mello's books "are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19980624_demello_en.html\|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|author-link=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|title=Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ\|accessdate=26 March 2017 \|quote="With the present Notification, in order to protect the good of the Christian faithful, this Congregation declares that the above-mentioned positions are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFDEMEL.HTM\|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|author-link=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith \|title=Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ \|publisher=EWTN Global Catholic Network\|accessdate=26 March 2017\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061115051847/http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/cdfdemel.htm\| archivedate= 15 November 2006 \| url-status= live}}</ref> The Indian magazine ''Outlook'' saw this as an attempt by Rome to undermine the clergy in Asia amid widening fissures between Rome and the Asian Church.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?206551 \|title=Gospel According To De Mello \| Saira Menezes \| Nov 16,1998 \|publisher=Outlookindia.com \|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> De Mello's books are available in many Catholic bookshops in the West, but include the advisory that they were written in a multi-religious context and are not intended to be manuals on Christian doctrine.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://tonydemello.wordpress.com/about/\|title=About\|date=20 October 2007\|work=Anthony de Mello Resource\|access-date=1 June 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==

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'''Anthony de Mello''', also known as '''Tony de Mello''' (4 September 1931 – 2 June 1987), was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Jesuit]] [[Catholic priesthood|priest]] and [[psychotherapist]]. A spiritual teacher, writer, and [[public speaker]], de Mello wrote several books on [[spirituality]] and hosted numerous [[spiritual retreat]]s and conferences. He continues to be known for his [[storytelling]] which drew from the various [[mysticism|mystical]] traditions of both [[Eastern philosophy|East]] and [[Western philosophy|West]] and for introducing many people in the West to [[mindfulness]]-based practices he sometimes called "awareness prayer."

== Beginnings ==
De Mello was the oldest of five children born to Frank and Louisa (née Castellino) de Mello. He was born in [[Bombay]], [[British Raj|British India]], on 4 September 1931.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4qCXtwqa1gC | title=Anthony Demello SJ: The Happy Wanderer | publisher=[[Orbis Books]] | author=de Mello, Bill | year=2013 | page=8 | isbn=978-1-62698-020-4}}</ref> He was raised in a Catholic family and dreamed of one day joining the Jesuit order.

At the age of 16, de Mello entered the [[Society of Jesus]] at the seminary of Vinalaya on the outskirts of Bombay. In 1952, he was sent to Spain to study philosophy in Barcelona before undertaking ministry. He then returned to India to study theology at De Nobili College in Pune and was ordained to the priesthood in March 1961. After his return to India, he spent several years working in seminaries, and in 1968 he was made rector of the seminary of Vinalaya.<ref name="teachers">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tbYHJFej2UC&pg=PA344|title=Teachers of Wisdom|author=Kononenko, Igor|publisher=[[Dorrance Publishing Co.|Dorrance Publishing]]|year=2010|isbn=978-1-4349-5410-7|page=344}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.jesuit.ie/who-are-the-jesuits/inspirational-jesuits/anthony-de-mello/|title=Anthony de Mello - Jesuits Ireland|date=31 May 2017|work=Jesuits Ireland|access-date=19 October 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

De Mello was first attracted to the Jesuits for their strict discipline. Those who knew him during his earlier years in the order described him as somewhat conservative in his theology and reluctant to explore other religions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cta-usa.org/conf2001talks.html#nazareth|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221145640/http://www.cta-usa.org/conf2001talks.html#nazareth|archivedate=21 February 2009|title=Here and Now with Anthony De Mello|author=Nazareth, Malcolm}}</ref> Some of his peers noted that his experience in Spain led him to broaden his perspective and to lose much of his rigidity.<ref name=":1" />

== Work ==
In 1972, he founded the Institute of Pastoral Counselling, later renamed the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counselling, in [[Poona, India]].<ref name="teachers" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZReDL_16NAMC&pg=PA274|title=Handbook of Spirituality for Ministers, Volume 1|author=Wicks, Robert J.|author-link=Robert J. Wicks|publisher=[[Paulist Press]]|year=1994|isbn=978-0-8091-3521-9|page=274}}</ref> De Mello's first published book, ''Sadhana – A Way to God'', was released in 1978. It outlined a number of spiritual principles and "Christian exercises in [[eastern philosophy|Eastern]] form" inspired by the teachings of [[Ignatius of Loyola|Saint Ignatius]].<ref name="America Magazine">{{Cite news|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/anthony-de-mello-be-aware-be-alive-be-love|title=Anthony De Mello: Be Aware! Be Alive! Be in Love!|date=25 February 2010|work=America Magazine|access-date=16 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> It popularized the notion of "awareness prayer" in the United States for his readers and for those who attended his lectures.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0ssbVRwudEC&pg=PA113 | title=An Ignatian Spirituality Reader | publisher=[[Loyola Press]] | author=Traub, George W. (editor) | year=2008 | page=113 | isbn=978-0-8294-2723-3}}</ref>

== Death ==
De Mello died of a [[heart attack]] in 1987, aged 55, in [[New York City]].<ref>[http://users.tpg.com.au/adsligol/tony/tony1.html Biography, by Bill deMello] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324014959/http://users.tpg.com.au/adsligol/tony/tony1.html |date=24 March 2012 }}</ref> Bill De Mello, a brother of Tony's recounts in his book "Anthony deMello: The Happy Wanderer" that Tony's body was found by Fr. Frank Stroud, S.J. According to Fr. Stroud, de Mello's body was curled up in a fetal position.<ref>{{Cite book|last=DeMello|first=Bill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RqCNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT24|title=Anthony Demello SJ: The Happy Wanderer|date=2013|publisher=Orbis Books|isbn=978-1-60833-286-1|language=en}}</ref> His official death certificate lists the immediate cause of his death as "Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease with recent thrombosis of left circumflex branch."

== Posthumous controversy ==

In 1998, 11 years after de Mello's death, the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] under the leadership of its Cardinal-Prefect, [[Joseph Ratzinger]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-j-reid-jr/the-last-20th-century-pope_b_2669582.html |title=The Last 20th-Century Pope | Charles J. Reid, Jr |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> (who later became Pope Benedict XVI) conducted a review of de Mello's work and released a lengthy comment expressing theological concern that de Mello's books "are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19980624_demello_en.html|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |author-link=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |title=Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ|accessdate=26 March 2017 |quote="With the present Notification, in order to protect the good of the Christian faithful, this Congregation declares that the above-mentioned positions are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFDEMEL.HTM|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |author-link=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |title=Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ |publisher=EWTN Global Catholic Network|accessdate=26 March 2017| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061115051847/http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/cdfdemel.htm| archivedate= 15 November 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> The Indian magazine ''Outlook'' saw this as an attempt by Rome to undermine the clergy in Asia amid widening fissures between Rome and the Asian Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?206551 |title=Gospel According To De Mello | Saira Menezes | Nov 16,1998 |publisher=Outlookindia.com |accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> De Mello's books are available in many Catholic bookshops in the West, but include the advisory that they were written in a multi-religious context and are not intended to be manuals on Christian doctrine.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tonydemello.wordpress.com/about/|title=About|date=20 October 2007|work=Anthony de Mello Resource|access-date=1 June 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
A number of de Mello's works were published posthumously as collections or based on notes or recordings of his conferences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFDEMEL.HTM |title=CDF – Writings of Fr. De Mello, SJ |publisher=Ewtn.com |accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref>

*''Sadhana: A Way to God'', 1978. {{ISBN|0-385-19614-8}}
*''Wake Up! Spirituality for Today,'' 90 minutes of talks given before a live audience
*''The Song of the Bird'', Image, 1982. {{ISBN|0-385-19615-6}}
*''Wellsprings'', 1984. {{ISBN|978-0-385-19617-8}}
*''One Minute Wisdom'', Image, 1985. {{ISBN|0-385-24290-5}}
*''The Heart of the Enlightened'', [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]], 1987. {{ISBN|0-385-24672-2}}
*''Taking Flight'', Image, 1988. {{ISBN|0-385-41371-8}}
*''Awareness'', Image, 1990. {{ISBN|978-0-385-24937-9}}
*''Contact with God'', [[Loyola Press]], 1991. {{ISBN|0-8294-0726-X}}
*''The Way to Love'', 1992. {{ISBN|978-0-385-24939-3}}
*''One Minute Nonsense'', [[Loyola University Press]], 1992 {{ISBN|0-8294-0742-1}}
*''More One Minute Nonsense'', [[Loyola University Press]], 1993 {{ISBN|0-8294-0749-9}}
*''Call to Love'', [[Gujarat Sahitya Prakash]], 1996
*''Rooted in God'', St Pauls, 1997
*''Awakening'', Image, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-385-50995-4}}
*''A Way to God for Today,'' [[RCL Benziger]], 2007
*''Seek God Everywhere,'' Image, 2010 {{ISBN|978-0-385-53176-4}}
*''The Prayer of the Frog'' Vol. 1 & Vol. 2. In the English printing, these are titled ''Taking Flight'' and ''The Heart of the Enlightened''
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
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===Biography===
*[http://www.tonydemello.com/#!about/aboutPage ''Tony de Mello, S.J.: A Short Biography'', by Bill De Mello (brother)]

===Online resources===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050403184246/http://www.demello.org/ De Mello Spirituality Center website]
*[https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/notification-concerning-the-writings-of-fr-anthony-de-mello-sj-2061 "Notification Concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ"]
*[http://www.spiritual-short-stories.com/spiritual-short-stories-2-7-Anthony+de+Mello.html Spiritual Stories from Anthony de Mello]
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/c/c-mello.html Quotes by de Mello]

===Multimedia===
*[http://vimeo.com/9718009/ "Rediscovery of Life", a conference by de Mello in five parts]
*[http://tonydemello.wordpress.com/ Online de Mello resource including videos and MP3s]
*[http://www.humanmedia.org/catalog/program.php?products_id=383 "Remembering Anthony DeMello", Humankind Public Radio program recorded at a retreat held at Fordham University shortly before his death.]

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