By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 12, 2024: As many as 500 Catholic women in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar celebrated the International Women’s Day by pledging to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality through education. The women came to the March 10 event from various Mass centers ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 28, 2023: Jesuit managed St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru has received the status of ‘Deemed to be University,’, approved by the University Grants Commission and the federal Ministry of Education. “This status gives us several opportunities to further improve the education mission with excellence and commitment,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, Jan 20, 2024: Suman Pinto, an addiction counsellor with nearly three decades of service, was awarded the “Person of the Year, 2023” by the Link Association. The association, a pioneering group in addiction recovery services in coastal Karnataka, has instituted the award in collaboration withContinue Reading
By Hillary Victor Chandigarh, Jan 11, 2024: The Chandigarh administration has issued a show-cause notice to Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Home for allegedly violating building laws. The administration of the federally-ruled territory has asked the institution in Sector 23 of the city to appear for a personal hearing onContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Trichur, Jan 4, 2023: The Archdiocese of Trichur together with the general public has organized the annual Buon Natale (Merry Christmas) presenting nearly 15,000 Santa Clauses, or Christmas Papas. The colorful and joyful program showed Santa, irrespective of age, dancing, walking, roller skating and on wheelchairs. MoreContinue Reading
By Magimai Pragasam Chennai, Jan 4, 2024: The international Christmas Carol Competition organized by a Fransalian institute has attracted as many as 60 entries from different parts of the world. Parishes, seminaries, religious institutions, orphanages, schools and children homes took part in the competition in December 2023 with great interestContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, Dec 26, 2023: Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Pandurang Sawant joined government officials and civil service officers to celebrate Christmas at Pilar Pilgrim Centre in the western Indian state. “Jesus came into the world to spread the message of peace, love and unity,” Sawant told theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, December 25,2023: The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee joined Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata at the solemn `Jubilee Year Door’ inaugural at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in Kolkata during a Christmas Eve function on December 24,2023. After unveiling of the ChristmasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Dec 21, 2023: The children of war-torn Gaza and other conflict zones were the focus of a special Christmas program organized December 21 in Hyderabad, capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana. The event was held at the Montfort Social Institute, Ramanthapur, a cityContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Dec 20, 2023: More than 15,000 people attended the largest Christian gathering in India held recently on a public beach in Mumbai. “This was the 58th annual Prabhu Yeshu Janmotsav (birthday celebrations of Lord Jesus) to spread the message of love, peace and goodwill toContinue Reading
