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
On March 26, Lucetta Scaraffia sent a letter to Pope Francis. She was, at the time, the editor of the Vatican’s glossy women’s magazine Women Church World: a title that in its seven years had taken aim at misogyny in the church, exposed the shocking sexual abuse of nuns andContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tezu, April 17, 2019: Jeremai had never missed an occasion to denounce Christ and Christians. Now as Jeremiah Krong, the Mishmi tribal woman is an ardent preacher of Jesus as the savior. Thereby hangs the tale of Arunachal Pradesh’s modern day Saint Paul. “I was a stony-heartedContinue Reading
Bangalore, April 17, 2019: A Catholic priest has been conferred with the “Best Citizens of India Award” in recognition of his work among the marginalized in northern India. The International Publishing House, the world’s leading biographical specialists, chose Father Vineeth George for the award. He is a member of theContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, April 3, 2019: Asian Christians are better informed about the Churches in Europe and America than those in neighboring countries, says Salesian Father George Plathottam, the new executive secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Office of Social Communication (FABC-OSC). The media practitioner, who hasContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar. 12, 2019: Thirteen-year-old Muhammed Asim’s determination has paid off. Born without hands, Kerala’s Asim had approached everyone he could for the last two years to help him continue his education. Asim got a boost from the Prime Minister’s office on March 13, four days after he started aContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Rome, March 13, 2019: A Japanese woman, who was born into Shinto religion, chose to become a Christian at the age of 24. Later she opted to become a Catholic nun in the Daughters of St Paul congregation. Piermaria Kondo Rumiko, daughter of a carpenter in JapaneseContinue Reading
by Philip Mathew Thrissur, March 11, 2019: Sister Linnet Antony is a trained musician in the Carnatic system. She is also a music teacher and a member of the Society of Kristu Dasis (Handmaids of Christ), an indigenous congregation founded in 1977 by Archbishop Emeritus Jacob Thoomkuzhy. Sister Antony hasContinue Reading
