By Thomas Scaria Talapady, Feb 20, 2025: Father Gregory Pereira, a priest of Mangalore diocese in southern India, is called different names in parishes he has served. In Bantwal, he was “Papaya Father,” and in Narampady, “Kumbalakai Father.” In Talapady where he now serves, he is “Dragon Father.” The parishionersContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kasaragod, Feb 15, 2025: Keerthi Ramakrishnan, a Hindu woman in Kerala, is grateful for a Catholic nun who helped lift her from a life of despair. “My life was shattered when I came to know my son Kashi was unable to walk or talk. Now, I haveContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Changanacherry, Jan 12, 2025: The century-old Medical Mission Sisters, a congregation that has provided health care services in several countries, now promotes alternative therapies in India after leaving their multispecialty hospitals. “In the past few decades, we have handed over most of our hospitals to local diocesesContinue Reading
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 thanContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Kozhikode, Dec 18, 2024: Sister Delna Rose joined the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate in 1999 at 25 after working as a nurse for five years. She has spent 16 years of her religious life working in the “home mission,” the main apostolate of her congregation, foundedContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Guwahati, Oct 14, 2024: Lalhriatpuii says that the time she spent in Centre for Development Initiative has transformed her life. “All that I learned from here has given me hope,” says the young girl from Tualbungin Mizoram, a state in northeastern India. Lalhriatpuii (people in Mizoram goesContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Sept 26, 2024: Catholic women religious in India have enhanced their youth ministry, with the aim to bring young people closer to the church and their traditions. “This involves not only working on their faith formation, skills training or academic excellence, but [also] understanding and acceptingContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept 19, 2024: Catholic nuns have joined civil rights and women groups to demand urgent steps to prevent increasing cases of sexual violence against women in the country. “If a doctor could be raped and killed in a government hospital during duty hours, how unsafe isContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Meppadi, Sept 10, 2024: Jijosh Siva struggled to speak, as a Catholic nun encouraged him to express his emotions as part of his trauma counselling. “I have lost my parents and brother in the landslide, and I have nothing to hope for in life,” the 26-year-old residentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, July 15, 2024: A family in Odisha now thanks a Catholic nun for rescuing them from bonded labor in the southern Indian state of state. “I can finally breathe freely. I thank Sister Sujata profusely,” says Deepthi Singh, who was held in bondage along withContinue Reading
