Matters India reporter Shillong, Oct., 10, 2019 – A group of college students from northeast India spent their puja vacation learning leadership skills based on Biblical principles and Leadership Style of Jesus at Siloam wellness centre from October 4 – 9, 2019. Some 110 students from 18 Colleges/Universities in northeastContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak New Delhi, October 9, 2019: Ten tribal and dalit girls from various parts of India were honored for their academic excellence at a recent function in the national capital. The awards have been hailed as a novel and unique move by the Catholic Church in India toContinue Reading
By Martin Rai Sonada, Oct. 1, 2019: A group of students in Darjeeling held an inter-college seminar to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, 30 September 2019. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar Gujarat was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, September 28, 2019: Students of St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna have expressed solidarity with the Global Climate Strike. They were among millions of students of colleges and schools who on September 27 took to streets at more than 4,500 demonstrations in atContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Guwahati, September 19, 2019: Assam’s first private university on September 10 opened its community computer center, an initiative of its Department of Social Work. “The project aims at contributing towards sustainable Development Goals and Reducing Inequality,”says Jacob Islary, coordinator of the program under community education programContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 18, 2019: Father Chetan Machado, a priest of Delhi Archdiocese, has been appointed to be the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) – Office for Youth. “The youth is not just the future. Young people are the present andContinue Reading
New Delhi, September 15, 2019: Like other college students Suryanarayanan planned a bike trip across India. However, unlike others who undertake the trip with their friends, the 21-year-old BSc Agriculture student at Doon College of Agriculture and Technology in Dehradun planned the trip with his father. The father, an agricultureContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, September 12, 2019: Five Indian youth, among 200 others from 67 countries, are attending the first Focolare Movement’s first international Youth Assembly, taking place at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, September 10 – 15. There are four Catholics and one Hindu youth from India. TheyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, September 12, 2019: Four Catholics and a Hindu from India are among 200 young people from 67 countries attending the Focolare Movement’s first international youth assembly now underway at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. The September 10-15 assembly has drawn youth from various Christian denominations andContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Kolkata, September 8, 2019: Our Lady Queen of the Missions School in Kolkata has become the first of a group of educational institutions in eastern India to adopt the philosophy ‘Learn to Learn’ for its teachers, parents and students. The ‘Intellectual Meet to usher in theContinue Reading
