By: Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, October 11, 2019: More than 500 delegates are set to attend the second national youth conference of the Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) at CHAI Training Center, Secunderabad this week. The October 13 – 17 event to give young people a chance to talk, shareContinue Reading
Kohima, Oct. 11, 2019: Christ King Higher Secondary School Kohima, the first Catholic missionary school started by the Salesians of Don Bosco in Nagaland in February 1969 celebrated its golden jubilee today with Minister for Higher & Technical Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along as the special guest. TheContinue Reading
The Story of how Christianity arrived and found a home in India has lessons for Indians as well as the world, says a new book which examines the history of this religion in India in the context of local and global events. The history of Christianity in India is aContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Shillong, Oct., 10, 2019 – A group of college students from northeast India spent their puja vacation learning leadership skills based on Biblical principles and Leadership Style of Jesus at Siloam wellness centre from October 4 – 9, 2019. Some 110 students from 18 Colleges/Universities in northeastContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter October 10, 2019: A voluntary organization working in more than 50 countries on October 10 launched its first youth program in India to empower adolescent girls through digital media content. The launch of “Chhaa Jaa” (Go Forth and Shine) was to mark the International Day ofContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, October 10, 2019: Former Bishop John Baptist Sequeira of Chikmagalur died on October 9 due to old age ailments. The end came at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Hosur Road, Bengaluru. He was 89. The funeral Service will be held atContinue Reading
Muzaffarpur, October 9, 2019: Police in Bihar on October 9 ordered closure of a sedition case filed against 49 acclaimed artists and intellectuals who had written to the prime minister about various social issues. Police spokesperson Jitendra Kumar said the chief of the Muzaffarpur district police has termed the caseContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak New Delhi, October 9, 2019: Ten tribal and dalit girls from various parts of India were honored for their academic excellence at a recent function in the national capital. The awards have been hailed as a novel and unique move by the Catholic Church in India toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, October 9, 2019: The Vanishing Girls Campaign of the Indian unit of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF India) will conduct on October 11 a musical program to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. “Asmita Theatre,” a well-known theater group of the nationalContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater New Delhi, Oct. 10, 2019 — India is marking the 150th birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the man known as the father of the nation, and across the country there are exhibits, commemorations, marches, prisoner releases and even a 1,000-foot-long greeting card. But the celebrations this week maskContinue Reading
