By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 28, 2021: The national forum of Catholic theologians in India on November 28 mourned the death of Salesian Father Dominic Veliath as a great loss for the Church in the country. The 79-year-old internationally reputed theologian died November 27 in Bengaluru. The ChurchContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov 28, 2021: Salesian Father Dominic Veliath, a Indian theologian of international repute, died November 27 in Bengaluru, southern India. He was 79. Funeral is scheduled for November 29 at Kristu Jyoti Theological College, a Salesian seminary in Bengaluru, where he had served as principal forContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mirik, Nov. 27, 2021: The only Catholic church in the hill tourist town of Mirik November 27 marked its silver jubilee with the dedication of a life size statue to its pioneer Italian missionary. Salesian Father Luigi Jellici, who started a mission in Sonada in 1963, reachedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Nov 27, 2021: The Catholic Church in Odisha has celebrated the feast of Mary Queen of the Mission or Candle Feast with great devotion and fervor. The main celebrations November 27 were at Berhampur, known as Odisha’s silk city, where thousands of Marian devotees from variousContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Navelim, Nov 25, 2021: The Holy Family of Nazareth Sisters, a Goa-based religious congregation, has celebrated the 128th birth anniversary of its founder, Father Faustino De Souza. “Great were the virtues that adorned the life of our dear founder,” said Sister Liberata Fernandes, the headmistress of PerpetualContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Nov 25, 2021: The Indian Catholic Forum, a collective of Catholics in the country, plans to meet next year to seek the Church’s reform and renewal. The February 5-6, 2022, program in Bengaluru, known as the Vatican of India, will stress sharing, praying, listening andContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Namphai, Nov 24, 2021: Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao on November 24 blessed a roadside grotto and dedicated it to the Year of the Family “This grotto and the images we see here are work of human hands to remind us of the presence of God inContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Macasana, Nov 22, 2021: The Holy Family Sisters organized an outreach program in a Goan village as part to their attempts to recruit new members. St. Francis Xavier Church of Macasana village in South Goa on November 21 invited the nuns to a program organized by theContinue Reading
By Felix Sahayaraj New Delhi, Nov 22, 2021: The need for Christians to move from blind faith to mature living of Christ’s values in society was stressed at a function organized by Vidyajyoti theologate in Delhi. The annual convocation and seminar conducted Vidyajyoti’s Distance Education Program in Theology was attendedContinue Reading
By Wilma Lepcha Samthar, Nov 21, 2021: The most recent Salesian mission in the Kalimpong hills November 21 held the Eucharistic procession and celebrated the feast of Christ the King. Chief celebrant at the Eucharist was rector and principal of Salesian College Siliguri Salesian Father George Thadathil, assisted by ViceContinue Reading
