By Thomas Scaria Chooralmala, Dec 9, 2024: A Church group comprising priests, laity and nuns, on December 8 handed over six temporary houses to families, who had lost their homes in a massive landslide in Wayanad, a district in the southern Indian state of Kerala more than four months ago.Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Dec 5, 2023: A Sunday ministry started by some Claretian seminarians 35 years ago guided by a priest has become a movement that gives hope to thousands on the periphery. The ministry later named as the “Hope Society” celebrated its 35 years of service at theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Oct 2, 2023: The Hope Society, a Bengaluru based organization, has launched an initiative to build homes for the homeless each month with people’s participation. The new movement on housing called ‘Project Shelter’ was initiated by Claretian Father George Kannanthanam on October 2, the birth anniversaryContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 22, 2023: The Claretian congregation has pooled resources from its five provinces in India to support the victims of ethnic violence in Manipur. Violence has ravaged the northeastern Indian state since May 3 after the Majority Hindus belonging to the Meitei community clashed with theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Oct 4, 2022: Sumanahalli, a Church-based leprosy rehabilitation center, has celebrated 45 years of its mission in Bengaluru with an interface between the beneficiaries, partners and donors. Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, who opened the program on October 2 at the Francis Xavier’s School auditorium, commendedContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 1, 2022: Nuns from four congregations have been credited with merging their charisms to devise an integrated approach to treat and rehabilitate leprosy patients in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “We follow different charisms and spirituality, but when we work together, they help peopleContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 29, 2021: A Catholic priest, who manages an eye donation movement, joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thousands of others to mourn the sudden death of a Kannada cine actor. Puneeth Rajkumar died October 29 following a heart attack at Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru,Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria and Irudaya Jothi New Delhi, May 6, 2020: Several human rights activists and groups in India on May 6 expressed shock and dismay over the Karnataka government’s decision to cancel trains meant for ferrying migrant laborers to their home towns. The state government had written to IndianContinue Reading
