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
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 25, 2024: Catholic parents of some intellectually disabled children in Bengaluru got a boost with the Claretians offering support to an exclusive housing project for their community living. “Since four years, we have been dreaming of this project as we were really worried about ourContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Karwar, June 20, 2024: Prasad James cannot hear the roar of the sea, but can paint the beauty of the waves. “I have painted the charming Karwar beach, its waves, fishermen with their boats, tourists, and the beautiful sunset,” James told Global Sisters Report in sign language,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 24, 2024: An ashram started by a group of nuns in southern Indian town has completed 25 years promoting interfaith harmony. The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary congregation founded the Ishalaya Ashram in 2000 at Palamaner in Andhra Pradesh state in response to the Second VaticanContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, April 18, 2024: Members of six women congregations have come together to empower “youth at risk” in Bengaluru, a southern Indian city with more than 3 million youth. “This is the perfect example of synodality in action as envisaged by Pope Francis,” said Apostolic Carmel SisterContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, April 10, 2024: In the past three decades, a tiny secular institute of consecrated laywomen has changed the fate of hundreds of street children in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “We are only 12 members in India, and three of us work among street childrenContinue Reading
