Mumbai: Manasi Joshi never set out to become an international athlete. And she certainly didn’t plan to become an advocate for disability rights in her native India. But in 2011, a road crash cost Joshi her left leg, pulling her from her path as a software engineer in Mumbai andContinue Reading
Mumbai: Belinda Pereira, a social worker, was among the recipients of the ‘Inspiring Leadership Award’ from Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on September 25. The award was given to leading women achievers. Pereira received the award in the social service category. In 2006, she founded Karuna Ghar Foundation, a daycareContinue Reading
Ranchi: Sister Lily Grace Topno, the newly elected superior general of the Daughters of St Anne (DSA), attributes her religious vocation to a Belgian Jesuit missionary, who was assassinated during a Hindu-Muslim riot 56 years ago. “As a small child, I have experienced his missionary zeal and love for theContinue Reading
Maram: Sister Sweta William Parmar, a member of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, or Vedruna Sisters, was awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind for spreading cleanliness in the northeastern state of Manipur. The 39-year-old nun, popularly known as Sister Sweta, was among 42 people honored on September 24 for theirContinue Reading
Meerut, Sept. 15, 2020: Sanju Rani Verma ran away from to avoid marriage and to follow her dream. Seven years later, the 28-year-old woman returned home in Meerut, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, after cracking the tough Public Service Commission (PSC) examination to become aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 7, 2020: Jesuit Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, the first prelate of Baruipur diocese in West Bengal and pioneer of Jesuit mission in Bangladesh, turned a centenarian on September 7. “Our bishop is celebrating his 100th birthday today. He is the seniormost bishop in India,”Continue Reading
Saharanpur, Sept 4, 2020: The board outside the Nirgan Shah Graveyard at Numaish Camp at Saharanpur town in Uttar Pradesh state reads, “Iqbal, Qabr Khodney Waley” (Iqbal – The Gravedigger). The board also has a phone number where the gravedigger Iqbal can be reached. The graveyard is spread over 8Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Latehar, Aug 26, 2020: A Montfort educationist, who has spent four decades among the poorest of the poor in eastern India, has won the best teacher award given by an NGO. Brother K J Markose works at Birsa Munda High School Janho-Barwaiya, Manika, Latehar district, Jharkhand.Continue Reading
Vadodara, Aug 22, 2020: Jesuit Father P D Mathew, the first Catholic priest to become a lawyer in India, has recently celebrated the golden jubilee of his religious life as a Jesuit. His is an inspiring story of empowering thousands of our citizens through his mission of legal aid. FatherContinue Reading
By Frank Fitzpatrick Philadelphia, Aug 20, 2020: When they glimpse her through the fog of approaching death, her cherubic face encased in a gleaming white habit, terminally ill patients at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, US, sometimes mistake Sister Jocelyn Edathil for an angel. They are not entirely wrong. TheContinue Reading
