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
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 20, 2021: The Pauline family has mourned their first two Indian members, who died within two days. Sister Scholastica D’Souza, the first Indian to join the Daughters of St Paul, died November 18, aged 88. A day earlier, Sister Maria Lucia Bernice BoucheContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Coorg, Nov 8, 2021: Father Snehanand, a member of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS) who trained innumerable batches of future missionary priests and religious sisters, died November 8 in Mysore, Karnataka. The death occurred at 6:10 am in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mysore. He was coma forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov. 1, 2021: Pope Francis on November 1 promoted Auxiliary Bishop Telesphore Bilung of Ranchi as the bishop of Jamshedpur. The appointment was announced at 12 noon Rome time and its corresponding time 3:30 pm in India, says a press release from Father Stephen Alathara,Continue Reading
By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Oct. 25, 2021: A Chinese Buddhist temple, a Christian church and a Sathya Sai Baba Centre stand side by side along Moulmein Road in Singapore, the world’s most religiously diverse nation, according to a 2014 analysis by the Pew Research Center. The Southeast Asian city stateContinue Reading
