Indian bishop mourn nuns killed in Yemen
2016-03-06
Bangalore: Catholic bishops in India have expressed anguish over the “dastardly attack’’ on a Missionaries of Charity center in Yemen that killed 16 people, including four nuns. Such brutal attacks by the “evil minds should not deter us from our commitment to serve the poor and the sick,” said aContinue Reading
Wantage nuns keep 140-year link with Indian schools alive
2016-03-01
Nearly 140 years ago, a group of Oxfordshire nuns travelled to a remote and deprived region of India to set up three Christian schools. Today, The Community of St Mary the Virgin in Wantage has dwindled from a community of 300 to just 14 sisters, but they still keep that linkContinue Reading
Franciscan nuns’ new provincial house stresses ecology
2016-03-01
The nuns serve society through our education, health, social work and pastoral ministriesContinue Reading
Pope quotes Gandhi to encourage Bible reading
2016-02-28
The Bible can turn the world upside downContinue Reading
India’s first Bosco shrine to host saint’s relics permanently
2016-02-27
11-year-old girl miraculously cured in 2011Continue Reading
Ferrandini Sisters’ founder declared “Venerable”
2016-02-25
Bishop Ferrando founded the MSMHC in 1942Continue Reading
Indian Franciscans to free thousand prisoners in Mercy Year
2016-02-24
Bangalore: The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) has launched a nationwide plan to observe the Year of Mercy. The association with 50,000 members spread over 164 provinces of 54 congregations in India will strive to free at least 1,000 prisoners during the period when the Universal Church isContinue Reading
Jesus of Nazareth: Lenten gift to 114 million Marathi speakers
2016-02-21
Mumbai — The film, ‘Jesus of Nazareth’, by award-winning Italian director, Franco Zeffirelli, is dubbed into Marathi and is now available online for Lent 2016 in four parts depicting the agony, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is accessible on the ‘TejPrasarini-Marathi’ YouTube channel in HD Digital Format under the title ‘YesuContinue Reading
‘Jacobite, Orthodox factions can worship in shifts’
2016-02-18
Kochi: Putting a temporary halt to the dispute between Jacobite and Orthodox factions over worship at St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church Kolenchery, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Ernakulam District Collector and police superintendent to facilitate worship by both factions. The Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi has asked theContinue Reading