By Anand Mathew Varanasi, April 3, 2022: The Indian Missionary Society has a new pan Indian service team for the coming six years headed by Father Prasanna Raj. They were elected at a week-long general chapter that ended March 1 at Vishwa Jyoti Gurukul, Christnagar, Varanasi, the mother house ofContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, March 28, 2022: The newly elected leader of northern India’s first Catholic religious congregation for men says his priorities include fostering unity and missionary zeal among his people and bringing a movement of indigenized Catholicism to mainstream society. “Our community life is not perfect. SomeContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Coorg, Nov 8, 2021: Father Snehanand, a member of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS) who trained innumerable batches of future missionary priests and religious sisters, died November 8 in Mysore, Karnataka. The death occurred at 6:10 am in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mysore. He was coma forContinue Reading
BY Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 17, 2020: Some unidentified people on April 17 disrupted a Christian NGO’s distribution of food kits among those affected by the nationwide lockdown in western Uttar Pradesh. “We were distributing provision for about 3,000 families in Electronic City in the Sector 62 of NoidaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, March 28, 2020: Several Church groups in Varanasi are engaged in a massive campaign to save the poor from starvation during the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of coronavirus. Leading the campaign that began on March 25Continue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi: Puwari Kala is a non-descript village, 14 km away from Varanasi city in Uttar Pradesh state. Most men in the village go to the city for work. It’s the women who manage the affairs of the village during the day. In an interaction with two peopleContinue Reading
Father Tomi Thomas, is the former director-general of the Catholic Health Association of India Continue Reading
26 artistes, 14 shows in 15 days in 5 districtsContinue Reading
The first indigenous missionary clerical congregation of north India, the Indian Missionary Society, is all set to celebrate its platinum jubilee, in the holy and eternal city, Varanasi, on November 3, 2016. In response to a long felt need for indigenous labourers for the spread of the Good News and to share inContinue Reading
The cafe was opened on September 7Continue Reading