Mumbai musicians release youth anthem for 2025 Jubilee
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Jan 6, 2025: A group of musicians from Mumbai has launched an album featuring 15
Delhi pastors’ Advent recollection prays for peace in Manipur
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 10, 2024: Around 50 pastors from various Christian denominations in the national capital
Apostolic life societies’ meet in Goa coincides with Xavier exposition
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, Dec 6, 2024: Goa hosted the biennial meeting of International Societies of Apostolic Life at a
20 Siliguri postulants join 2 MSMHC novitiates in Assam
Sr Monica Thangbiakmawii Siliguri, December 8 2024: After spending a year in Siliguri, 20 postulants of the Missionary Sisters of
Starman of Goa brings joy to many
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: For Anthony Rodrigues,
Footprints of Hope: Reflecting Goa’s cultural heritage
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: An exhibition organized in
Bringing joy in to the lives—Starman of Goa
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, January 4, 2025:- For the Starman of
Footprints of Hope: Reflecting Goa’s cultural heritage
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: An exhibition organized in conjunction with the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier featured 62 Goan artists from different religious backgrounds. The “Footprints of Hope” was held at St John of God Convent, Old Goa. The 45-day exposition ended on January 5.
Starman of Goa brings joy to many
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: For Anthony Rodrigues, the star which guided the three Wise Men of the East, is an inspiration for a unique mission involving children. The 69-year-old decorated the lane in front of his house in Agassaim, his native village in Goa, with more than
Agra Catholic college alumnus among world’s largest history prize winners
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 22, 2024: A former student of Agra’s St Peter’s College has brought glory to the Catholic institution by winning the world’s largest history prize this year. Tripurdaman Singh is among nine research scholars to win the Dan David Prize that celebrates the next
Scholar’s workshop studies coastal, marine tourism
C.M. Paul Siliguri, December 12, 2024: In a first time Workshop organised by Salesian College Autonomous Siliguri’s Management Department, some 40 scholars from different colleges from North Bengal participated in a six-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) held from December 9-14,2024. The AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy sponsored program by
Mexico’s Stan Swamy assassinated
By Irudhaya Jothi Bankura, Oct 22, 2024: Jesuit Father Marcelo Pérez, who like his Indian counterpart Stan Swamy, advocated indigenous and labour rights, was assassinated in Mexico, according to information received on October 22. Father Pérez, a member of the
South Korean author awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Matters India Reporter Stockholm, Oct 11, 2024: The 2024
Brazilian nun wins UN refugee prize for work with migrants
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 9, 2024: A
Radio Salesian marks 9th birthday with listeners
RJ Wang Lama Darjeeling, Dec. 18, 2024: The first college based community radio of Darjeeling Hills marked its 9th birthday with its listeners from a remote tea garden village. Operating from Salesian College Autonomous Sonada, Radio Salesian is a venture of Kolkata Salesians with its claim to be the only
China cuts children’s online gaming to one hour
The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news agency Xinhua that game-playing would be only allowed between 8pm to 9pm. It also instructed gaming companies to prevent children playing outside these times. Earlier this month a state media outlet branded online games “spiritual opium”. Inspections of online gaming companies
Multiple global websites crash in Internet outage
New Delhi: A huge swathe of national and international news sites crashed on June 8 night including the New York Times, CNN and the BBC. Many sites were offline for up to an hour after an issue affecting their cloud platform technology. In New Zealand, TVNZ OnDemand, RNZ and Trade
All fall down
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 17, 2024: Let’s go back to our childhood nursery rhymes. “Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses, A pocket full of posies; A-tishoo, A-tishoo, We all fall down.” And again, “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
Christmas’ darker side
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Dec 15, 2024: Four months ago, I conducted a few sessions during a retreat held at Christeen Retreat Centre, Kottayam, Kerala. The participants consisted of a bishop, priests, nuns and lay Catholics. The topic that
