By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 23, 2022: Tension has prevailed in a Catholic school in Mangaluru, Karnataka, after it refused to let hijab-wearing students into classrooms. The decision of St. Raymond’s School in Vamanjore on the outskirts of Mangaluru was in accordance with the order of the state government asContinue Reading
By Louis Menezes Mumbai, March 14, 2022: Around 200 young people of a Mumbai parish sang, danced and prayed for a week as part of their efforts to grow deeper in the Catholic faith. The youth who normally keep away from the Church surprised their parents with their “lively andContinue Reading
Angadikadavu, Feb 5, 2022: A homeless mother with two children received a new house, thanks to the volunteers of Don Bosco Arts and Science College at Angadikadavu in Kerala’s Kannur district. The project began when Lucy George, a Salesian cooperator, heard during a bus journey Jessy talk about her problemsContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Bordumsa, Jan 17, 2022: A young boy from a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh has won the national championship in power lifting competition. Ongbem Mossang was given a rousing reception January 17 on his return to his native village, Magantong in Changlang district. The 21-year-old youth fromContinue Reading
Coimbatore, Jan 10, 2022: Around 1,200 young people attended a job fair organized by the Don Bosco Job Placement Network of India in the first week of January in Coimbatore city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fair held at Nirmala College for Women featured 36 companiesContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Jan 2, 2022: Three women in their early 20s, classmates and close friends, are now busy enrolling unorganized laborers in a federal government project to help the poor in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “India has no dearth of welfare schemes and policies for theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sundargarh, Dec 18, 2021: One of the Congress party’s new spokespersons is a Catholic woman from Odisha who says her priority is to raise grassroots issues at the national level. “I feel honored that the party has trusted a person from a remote village with this importantContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Dec 18, 2021: The Salesian College in North Bengal celebrated the diversity of India through a variety of programs including a popular fashion show. Salesian College Siliguri organized the December 16- 17 events christened Exsurge 2021 (Arise and take flight) launched in 2009 when Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sundargarh, Nov 25, 2021: A young Catholic woman from Odisha, who has won a national level speech competition, wants India’s youth to overcome fear and serve the people of the country. “Youth should overcome their fear and speak up for the right causes if they want toContinue Reading
By Joseph Torongo Dhaka, Nov. 6, 2021: A two-month free Spoken English online course for indigenous students of Bangladesh, India and Nepal concluded November 5. Around 40 people attended the course conducted by some former students of Salesian College in Sonada, West Bengal, and Don Bosco University Guwahati, Assam. TheContinue Reading