Religious Formation and Early Years in India
Born in Neuville-Wanne, Ardennes, Belgium on 22 November 1884, Sevrin joined the Society of Jesus in 1903 and did his novitiate in Arlon (Belgium) After doing his philosophical studies at the Catholic University of Leuven (1906-08) he left for India with a group of other young Jesuit missionaries. At that time, the Bengal state (covering the entire Eastern part of British India) was a mission area entrusted to the Belgian Jesuits. While teaching in the schools of Rengarih and Ranchi (1911-16), both important centers in the (now) Jharkhand state (India), Sevrin had his first contacts with the aboriginal population of the Chota Nagpur plateau. He then completed his Jesuit formation by doing theological studies in Kurseong (Darjeeling district) where he was ordained priest on the 1 July 1919.
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