Victoria: Four new nuns have joined the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny in Seychelles 33 years after the Vice-Province received its last member. The nuns, all from Tanzania – took their first vows at the St Joseph of Cluny convent in Victoria recently and have been formally accepted inContinue Reading
By Jhinuk Mazumdar Kolkata: Pastors, priests, heads of schools and parishioners from various parts of Kolkata participated in an Easter Rally that was organized on April 4 evening. The rally with 1,100-odd participants started from Bishop’s College and culminated with a thanksgiving worship service on the grounds of St James’Continue Reading
By Adriana Masotti Vatican City: Pope Francis has entrusted the preparation of the meditations for this year’s Good Friday Way of the Cross to the Agesci Scout Group “Foligno I” (Umbria) and the Roman Parish of Santi Matiri di Uganda (Holy Martyrs of Uganda). The Way of the Cross onContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Talbona: Talbona parish of Asansol diocese on March 21 celebrated men’s day to mark Saint Joseph’s feast. Talbona village, about 150 km north of Kolkata, celebrated the feast on a Sunday for the convenience of the people. Saint Joseph feast falls on March 19. During theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Namchik: A roadside grotto was blessed and dedicated to Saint Joseph on March 20 to mark the Year of St. Joseph in Arunachal Pradesh’s Miao Diocese. “I am very happy to bless this grotto and dedicate it to the Year of St. Joseph,” said Bishop George PallipparambilContinue Reading
By Anto Akkara Thrissur: Come Lent, the memory of a German Jesuit missionary comes alive in the church in the southern Indian state of Kerala, which he served three centuries earlier. Father Ernst Hanxleden, popularly known as “Arnos Padri” (“Father Ernest” in Malayalam) penned in the early 1700s the ChristianContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the heroic virtues of seven candidates for sainthood, including three missionary sisters who died during an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Below please find the statement on the decrees concerning the causes ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The Daughters of St Paul in India are using traditional and social media to spread the Gospel message in various parts of the country. They now reach out to parishes in cities and villages in the country, during this Pauline Biblical Year that was launchedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kharsang: A group of 300 people from a remote corner of Arunachal Pradesh March 13 made a 16-km walking pilgrimage to pray for the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and other human rights activists and for restoration of normalcy in Myanmar. “Today we have soContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The demand for a separate Rite for Dalit Catholics is gaining momentum with many supporting it as a solution to caste-based discrimination in the Indian Church. “If this can bring about much needed respect for the Dalit Catholics and wipe out that invisible line ofContinue Reading
