By Irudhaya Jothi Agartala, Nov 16, 2021: Jesuit-managed North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) in an attempt to understand the issues around forests in Tripura and to influence policies around forests from a tribal perspective as part of climate change management conducted a study. The findings of the research wasContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 9, 2021: Families in the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum in Kerala credit the home visits by nuns from multiple congregations with unknotting their problems and refreshing their Christian life. Nuns who have been part of the Home Mission program say it has revitalized their vocationContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancole, Nov 9, 2021: Villages in Goa now look spic and span and its residents spiritually renovated after October, the month of rosary. A major program during the month was the procession of “Our Lady of Rosary” organized by various parishes in this western Indian Catholic stronghold.Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Oct 8, 2021: An Indian prelate is out to gain some sheep smell. Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad says his ten-day stay in a parish has brought him closer to his people and helped him understand their issues better. The members of St Francis ofContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 8, 2021: A priest in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman is on a twin mission – promote cleanliness and plant trees as part of caring for the environment. Father Milagres Dias, assistant parish priest of the Holy Trinity Church in Benaulim braved heavy monsoonContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna, Sept. 29, 2021: Young Sunaina Kumari has stopped going to school since September 22 as she lost her books during an anti-encroachment drive launched by the authorities in Patna, capital of Bihar state in eastern India. Her books were taken away by the police vehicle. HerContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: A woman in critical condition was admitted at the Goa archdiocese’s Covid Care Centre. The next day, she was on her feet, after some medical care. A doctor, who treated her, remarked, “If this is not a miracle what is!” Father Joephil Dominic Dias, the center’sContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria MANGALURU: Clara D’Cunha is married with two children, and yet she manages a convent in Mangaluru, a southern Indian city. The Mangaluru-based Bethany congregation shifted its nuns from the beachside Good Shepherd Convent at Ullal to rural centers before handing over the convent and its campus toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: An all girls’ school in Kolkata’s Christ the King parish this year marks 75 years of education and social engagement in the former capital of British India. Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, an international Missionary Congregation, started Our Lady Queen of the MissionsContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Sister Lucy Kalapura did not get upset when suddenly a senior advocate in the Kerala High Court refused her brief in a case regarding her eviction from the home congregation. She knew that she was fighting a lonely do-or-die battle. Before him, a handful of other advocates also hadContinue Reading
