By Matters India Reporter Aizawl, March 29, 2023: The first convention of school students from eight Catholic dioceses of northeastern India has resolved to make them advocates of peace-building in the region. Some 350 delegates from these dioceses attended the regional convention at St. Lawrence School in Aizawl, capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 28, 2023: A collector in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has assured financial support to Christians attending professional courses. Gajapati district collector Lingaraj Panda made this promise when a two-member Christian delegation met him in his office on March 27. Pallab Lima, generalContinue Reading
C. M. Paul Kolkata, January 16, 2023 – Don Bosco School Liluah alumni marking 55th year of the school alumni association held their first post Corona reunion on 15th January 2023. Some 650 past students attended the mega event. Besides felicitating Salesians of the Liluah community near Kolkata, 9 pastContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, Oct 22, 2022: A unique edition of the Bible for the youth was released at the backdrop of the general assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), currently underway at Bangkok, Thailand. The special edition, named ‘Identity: Identified, Navigating the Challenges of Life,’ wasContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, Sept 25, 2022: the North East Regional Youth Commission has conducted a two-day workshop on career guidance, capacity building and entrepreneurship development for the young people of northeastern India. The aim of the September 22-23 workshop at Inspiration Building in Guwahati’s Kharguli suburb was to empowerContinue Reading
Guwahati, Sept 13, 2022: Salesian missionaries are celebrating 100 years of service in northeastern India. The celebration included an event that brought together 125 students from 23 schools in the states of Assam and Meghalaya for a series of competitions and activities. I Initiated by Don Bosco School Excellence Mission,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pilar, Sept 1, 2022: The Society of Pilar has conducted a unique interfaith program designed for teenagers. Around 60 twelfth grade girl students of Arts, Commerce and Science from the Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, participated in the August 29-30 program titled “Seeds of Sadbhav” heldContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, August 18, 2022: Salesian General Councillor for Social Communications Fr Gildasio Mendes visited Salesian College Sonada and Siliguri from 15th to 17th August 2022. Fr Gildasio is on a month-long animation visit, to seven out of twelve provinces of the South Asian Region, namely Guwahati, Shillong,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, August 16, 2022: Christian youth in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on August 15 organized a special service to pray for the country on the occasion of its 75th year of Independence. “As we mark today the platinum jubilee of our beloved country’s Independence,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Aug 12, 2022: A daily wager’s daughter has created history by topping the senior secondary school examination in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Monisha Pradhan secured 554 of the total 600 marks in the Council of Higher Secondary Education. The results were published August 8.Continue Reading