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Nirmala Carvalho A young widow in Bombay, Corinne Rodrigues, did not let the hardships of life overtake her. Through her faith, grace and strength Rodrigues built a wide scale movement for widows, administered to the needy and faced an earthquake…all while raising three boys. Corinne Rodrigues, single mom and parishContinue Reading

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Thane: They wear uniforms, carry satchels and eagerly recite the alphabet in class, but the students here are different — this is a “school for grannies” near Mumbai. Deprived of an education as children, the women — most of whom are widows and aged between 60 and 90 — areContinue Reading

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Last month, 44 women from south Asian countries met at St Pius College, a Catholic seminary in a Mumbai suburb, to discuss their perspective on climate change and its impact on vulnerable populations. Engagement with environmental issues is not a new thing for the church. More than two decades ago,Continue Reading

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By: Sr Dorothy Adaha FSP “There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up,” said, the famous author.This is exactly what these nuns have been doing over the last few years. Lifting them from nothing and giving them human dignity. For These ‘Mother Teresa’sContinue Reading