By Carolina De Jesus Jerusalem, Sept 4, 2020: I was born six years after my parents’ marriage. My parents were so desperate to have a child that they prayed intensely to God with the help of Saint Jude, the patron saint of the ‘impossible’ cases, and Saint Clara. My motherContinue Reading
By Narendra Pachkhédé Toronto, Sept 2, 2020: The exchange between the little prince and the fox from the classic 20th century post-war French fable, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince, holds the key to how two men – Satyajit Ray and Fr Gaston Roberge – met every Sunday at 9Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 31, 2020: Jesuit Father MK George in his blog “Are you part of mob lynching India’s democracy?” published in Matters India on August 30 proposed two practical steps not to be part of lynching mob. They were, (1) reading critically situation in the nation andContinue Reading
M K George S J Rome, Aug 30, 2020: For an ordinary Indian or an observer of India, lynching is no big breaking news. According to The Quint, 113 people have been lynched in India since 2015. What really happens in a lynching scene? As proven in all the cases,Continue Reading
By Lourduraj Ignacimuthu Vijayawada, Aug 28, 2020: Jesuit Father Gaston Roberge, who died on August 26, had a vision for communication ministry and for the Jesuit communicators. He founded Chitrabani and Educational Multi-Media Research Centre at Kolkata in the late 1970s. What is Chitrabani for filmmakers or those who buddingContinue Reading
By Sneha Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 27, 2020: On August 24 I received a video through WhatsApp. The title of the video is: Kashmiri Ladki (girl). The young girl’s narration is touching, moving, thought-provoking and challenging. Here is the English translation of her Hindi narration. “As-salamu Alaikum! I am Fatima, 16-year-old.Continue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata, Aug 26, 2020: Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Calcutta, contributed immensely to the growth of the Church and its mission. One of her major contributions was to renew priestly spirituality through Corpus Christi Movement for the priests throughout the world. The movement is oneContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Aug 26, 2020: On August 31 King Mahabali, fondly called Maveli, will make his annual visit to Kerala to see the favorite subjects of his erstwhile kingdom in southern India. Kerala celebrates Onam, a harvest festival, on that day. It is the practice of theContinue Reading
By Derek O’Brien Kolkata, Aug 26, 2020: Mother Teresa (now St Teresa of Calcutta) and I had two things in common – both of us lived in Kolkata and both of us were Catholic. Yet, I wasn’t drawn to her because of my Christian faith. Growing up in a householdContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 21, 2020: As long as there are prophets like Prashant Bhushan who act as the conscience of the nation, Indian democracy and universal values enshrined in the preamble of the Constitution will be preserved. At a time when many celebrities, political leaders, bureaucrats and evenContinue Reading
