By Jay Nies Father Angelus Minj begins his second quarter-century of priesthood as well as a challenging new assignment with a song in his heart. It is a hymn of praise and thanksgiving for 25 years of Priesthood and a promise to remain faithful to his calling, wherever that mayContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena New York, July 23, 2019: Claretian Father Lord Winner is engaged in spreading the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) among Catholic religious around the world. Pope Francis on March 8 affirmed the importance of SDGs approved by more than 190 nations in 2015. The Indian priestContinue Reading
Kochi, July 15, 2019: A deep love for books and reading has prompted a 12-year-old girl from Kochi to set up a library in this Kerala city and lay claim possibly to the title of the ‘youngest librarian’ in the country. Yashoda D Shenoy runs “Yashoda’s Library” with a collectionContinue Reading
July 8, 2019: When deliberating over whether or not to become a priest, Kinley Tshering – an extremely rare Catholic convert in his native Bhutan – asked God for a sign. The sign came on an ensuing airplane flight when he discovered he was sitting next to Mother Teresa (nowContinue Reading
By N. Niranjan Nikam Mysuru, June 29, 2019: Joseph Mar Thoma, the 21st Malankara Metropolitan and the current Primate of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, was in Mysuru recently to open a new building of St. Thomas Institutions, a school. The 88-year-old metropolitan shared with the Star of Mysore aboutContinue Reading
By Ria Das Mangaluru, June 28, 2019: Eighteen-year-old Tanvi Jagadish is on a high. With six consecutive international medals in her kitty, the Mangaluru girl is now looking to make a mark at the Paris Stand-up Paddling Crossing, to be held in December. She is India’s first female professional stand-upContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, June3, 2019: Latheesha Ansari dreams of clearing the civil services, and she has the determination to see it through. However, she also has a rare genetic disorder that threatens to bring her down. During her first attempt at cracking the preliminary examination conducted by the Union Public Services CommissionContinue Reading
By Doreen Ajiambo Samburu, May 21, 2019: Sister Lilly Manavalan starts her day at 6 am with a trek for over an hour across a deep valley to reach the streets in a remote region of northern Kenya where she can find vulnerable children living with HIV. On a normalContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Rome, May 20, 2019: Sister Carmel Madathiparampil began working in Africa as a missionary since 1993. That was the year, the Daughters of St Paul, started the African mission project to commemorate the birth centenary of Servant of God Thecla Merlo, who founded the congregation along withContinue Reading
Satna, May 17, 2019: Surabhi Gautam was in the tenth grade when she decided to become an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. Since then, she started ideal preparations and tirelessly worked hard day and night. Gautam hails from Amdara village in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, central India.Continue Reading
