By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Feb 8, 2020: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) will collaborate with the Society of Jesus Mary Joseph to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founder’s arrival in India. Sister Mary Glowrey, a member of the JMJ congregation and a Servant of God, arrivedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Feb 8, 2020: A national seminar at a Jesuit college in Patna on February 8 tried to address challenges to achieving human development. The event, organized by St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, heard speakers explain initiatives by government and NGOs in addressing humanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sonada, Feb 8, 2020: An NGO working for clean environment in the Darjeeling Hills has launched its first “zero waste store.” The store, located at 8th Mile Stream between Gorabari and Chattakpur villages, specializes in locally prepared snacks which are not packaged in plastic bags. “WeContinue Reading
By Bipin John Vaghela Manila, Feb 6, 2020: I am from the Archdiocese of Ahmadabad, Gujarat state, western India. I would like to share my priestly experience in the Philippines. After my priestly ordination in 2003, I went on doing my pastoral ministry in the archdiocese. It is a missionaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 6, 2020: The Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) marked 20 years of its establishment on Feb 6. ICYM is the official parochial youth movement under the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI). ICYM functions at the grassroots in all Latin rite parishesContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman New Delhi, Feb. 6, 2020: In India, when driving, you basically need a ring of eyeballs around your head to see what’s coming. Three-wheeled rickshaws whirl out of the roundabouts straight at you, packs of stray dogs dash into the road, huge buses lurch up from behind.Continue Reading
Kochi, Feb. 5, 2020: Cardinal George Alencherry in southern India has asked people to be vigilant and strictly follow government instructions to check the spread of the coronavirus after Kerala declared the epidemic “a state calamity” on Feb. 3. The southern state of 33 million people, about 20 percent ofContinue Reading
Thanjavur, Feb. 5, 2020: The consecration of Sri Brahadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur was performed on Wednesday with religious fervour and gaiety. Thousands of people converged to the town to witness the event at the 1,000-year-old historic temple. Holy water, brought from the ‘yaga salai’ was poured on the gold-plated ‘kalasam’Continue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb. 5, 2020: A bishop in India is denying the accusations of a Hindu nationalist organization that “forced conversions” are taking place in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, world Hindu council) announced it had identified 30 places in eastern Uttar PradeshContinue Reading
Ganjam, Feb 5, 2020: An Indian woman with 31 fingers and toes combined is suffering stigmatization at the hands of her neighbours and had to resort to staying indoors to avoid being called a witch. According to the BBC, Kumari Nayak, 63, is set to enter the Guinness World RecordsContinue Reading
