By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, Dec 6, 2024: Goa hosted the biennial meeting of International Societies of Apostolic Life at a time when the western Indian state was holding the decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier, the patron of missions. The December 2-6 meeting drew representatives ofContinue Reading
Sr Monica Thangbiakmawii Siliguri, December 8 2024: After spending a year in Siliguri, 20 postulants of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC) will join two novitiates -Guwahati and Tinsukia in Assam along with 40 other postulants from Bangalore and Bongaigaon, Assam, on December 10, 2024. “The PostulantsContinue Reading
By Claudette Miranda and Vimala Savarimuthu Hyderabad, Dec 4, 2024: The archdiocese of Hyderabad has prepared for the Jubilee 2025 with a 90-minute program that highlighted current problems in the world. The program on the Jubilee 2025 theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” was organized by the Daughters of St Paul inContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Bangalore, November 24 2024: Bangalore City hosted the first National Catholic Media Conference dedicated exclusively for Clergy and Religious at St John’s Medical College from November 23 to 24. The conference, entitled “ILLUMINAIRE: Nurturing Digital Stewardship in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” was organized by the Salesian CommunicationContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, November 16, 2024: A church renovator priest of Baruipur diocese located in the suburbs of Kolkata city marked silver jubilee of his priestly ordination at St Stephen’s Church Kalyanpur where he is at present the Parish Priest. He was ordained priest 25 years ago on 4thContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 25, 2024: A cross made of 198 pieces of wood and an icon of Mother Mary are now journeying through the parishes of the Archdiocese Goa-Daman. “Each piece is of different size, color and shape to show that each parish and people in the archdioceeContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 24, 2024: Church leaders have mourned the death of a well-known social worker and reformer, who had become “amma” (mother) to hundreds of women, mostly Muslims, in Kerala’s Malappuram district. Apostolic Carmel Sister Marienie succumbed to cancer on October 21 at a private hospital inContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Secunderabad, Oct 23, 2024: Around 60 Catholic moral theologians from across India have spent three days in Secunderabad, Telangana, to address mounting ethical challenges in the country’s healthcare system. “Biomedical Ethics: Developments and Challenges in the Indian Scenario” was the theme of the October 18-20 conference ofContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Oct 8, 2024: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) says Pope Francis has honored a Vatican official for his “unwavering commitment to serving the marginalized.” Monsignor Fabio Baggio, Under Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of theContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Sept. 30, 2024: A book on modern-day Salesians in northeastern India has received widespread appreciation. It “is a great tribute to the missionary Salesians, not only when they are dead but even while they are alive,” says Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati, after reading the “EchoesContinue Reading
