Minku Das Guwahati, Sept 17, 2020: A Guwahati-based NGO has teamed up with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to impart Skill Development Training of Reversed Migrants in Tribal Development Fund Project Area of Rongjuli Block, at Mariampur, Goalpara. Some 50 selected trainees and Gaon Burah, and prominent villagersContinue Reading
By Ittoop Panikulam Mumbai, Sept 17, 2020: Father Felix Eckerman, a Divine Word missionary who spent 50 years in India died on September 13 at the age of 100. The American missionary was my novice master. I have fond memories of that great soul. I lost my father to cancerContinue Reading
Denver Newsroom, Sep 16, 2020: In the second known instance in the United States, a man who believed himself to be a validly baptized Catholic and ordained priest had to “re-receive” all of his sacraments, including ordination, after discovering that his baptism was invalid. Fr. Zachary Boazman, a priest ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 16, 2020: India has extended various facilities to many people belonging to religious minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh, who have come to India and are staying on long-term Visas, Union Minister Nityananda Rai said here on Sept 16. The Minister of State (MoS), Home, said this inContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 16, 2020: The Indian Medical Association, a national voluntary organization of doctors of modern scientific system of medicine in India, has sounded upset over recent statements of various government sources regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The association that looks after the interest of doctors and their wellbeing wasContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Ranchi, September 16, 2020: The Daughters of St Anne (DSA) has elected a new superior general, who hails from the parish where a Belgian Jesuit missionary was killed while trying to save some Muslims during a communal violence 56 years ago. Sister Lily Grace Topno wasContinue Reading
Hyderabad, September 16, 2020: Its proved that extreme poverty and rural background are not an impediment to making a mark in the country’s toughest entrance exam. As many as 432 social and 274 students of social and tribal welfare residential educational institutions have qualified in IIT- JEE Mains 2020 andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 16, 2020: One of the pioneers of Adivasi domestic workers and anti-human trafficking movement in Delhi, died on September 15. Sarita Baa was sick for some time, said Alma Grace Barla, a human rights activist, who had worked with her. Baa tirelessly workedContinue Reading
Tacloban, Sept 16, 2020: A church in the Philippines’ Tacloban City now has an option for people to attend Mass while in the comfort of their own vehicles amid the pandemic. The St. Josemaria Escriva Station in Apitong District has scheduled a “Park and Attend the Mass” every 6 pmContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Sept 16, 2020: A renowned environmentalist in India on September 16 lauded a Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar, for selecting an annual theme that seeks to strengthen emission reduction. “The Earth is in trouble and calls for sustained efforts to combat climate change and environmentalContinue Reading
