By C.M. Paul Siliguri, December 10, 2025 — Salesian College Sonada alumnus of 1964 batch, Fr N.T. Scaria Nedumattathil, has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Prison Reforms with Compassion. The recognition was conferred at the 15th International Human Rights Summit & Awards, held at the India IslamicContinue Reading
By Christopher Wells Vatican City, Dec 4, 2025: Pope Leo XIV on December 4 suppressed the Commission for Donations to the Holy See that his predecessor set up ten months ago. The decision was taken after consultations with the Council for the Economy and other experts. The suppression was announcedContinue Reading
By Kurvilla Pandikatt Pune, Dec 4, 2025: The release of a book on Father Francis X D’Sa has brought fresh attention to one of the most influential Jesuit thinkers in Asia. The volume, “Inhabiting the Christian–Hindu Threshold: Francis X. D’Sa in Dialogical Hermeneutics, was published jointly by Pune’s Jnana DeepaContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Nov 26, 2025: The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy (SJA), Bhubaneswar Province, on November 26 elected a new provincial team, with Sister Justine Gitanjali Senapati as the provincial. Sister Senapati makes history as the first Odia provincial of the congregation. She isContinue Reading
By Prisca Vadakepoondikulam Kanpur, Nov 4, 2025: Mary Ward, founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pioneered unenclosed religious congregations for women, governed by female general superiors. She was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1585 while Queen Elizabeth I reigned. English Catholics had clung to the Catholic FaithContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Oct 24, 2025: The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, one of the 34 officially recognized groups of the Salesian Family worldwide, celebrated their founder’s day with a solemn Mass in Siliguri, West Bengal. The congregation was founded by Salesian Bishop Stephen Ferrando, on OctoberContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, Oct 23, 2025: Chhattisgarh has organized the Eucharistic Congress at Bilaspur under the Raipur archdiocese on the occasion of Jubilee – 2025. Nearly 1,300 people, including five bishops, major religious superiors, representatives of priests and laity from all five dioceses of the central Indian stateContinue Reading
By Mukhim Bivan Guwahati, October 8, 2025 — In a stirring celebration of compassion and commitment, Snehalaya—the “House of Love” and Young at Risk (YaR) centre of the Salesian Guwahati Province—marked its Silver Jubilee on Wednesday, commemorating 25 years of transformative service to marginalized and vulnerable children. The milestone eventContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Vaishali, Oct 5, 2025: Around 40 nuns engaged in fighting human trafficking in India spent three days at a Church media institute learning various forms of media that they could use in their mission. The October 3-5 workshop aimed to equip the AMRAT (Asian Movement ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 1, 2025: The Daughters of St Paul, a member of the Pauline Family, on October 1 elected Sister Mari Lucia Kim as their superior general during their 12th general chapter in Rome. Sister Kim is the first Asian to head the 110-year-old congregation foundedContinue Reading
