Purushottam Nayak Kerubadi, December 18, 2022: The people irrespective of religion, caste, creed, and color are mourning the death of their honest, simple, and popular catechist. Jajati Nayak was born July 1, 1950, in Kerubadi, a catholic village which has celebrated 100 years of Christian faith in 2015 of OurContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal, June 16, 2022: About 500 people – Hindus and Christians – June 16 observed the second death anniversary of Chandrakanta Pradhan, a Catholic from Odisha who died in the skirmish between Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh region “The death of ChandrakantaContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 11, 2022: Lalita Beero, an unlettered and homebound homemaker from Mohana, a rural village of the Gajapati district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is a member of the diocesan synodal team of the Diocese of Berhampur. “I used to be very fearful,” sheContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Feb 3, 2022: A Catholic parish was reopened for the public after 22 years in the eastern Indian state of Odisha with the help of the civil authorities. The Chandiput parish of the diocese of Berhampur was closed after a priest refused to accept his transferContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Jan 16, 2022: The Church in the eastern Indian state of Odisha is mourning the death of native priest in the third wave of Covid-19 now on the rise across the country. Father Sushant Kumar Mantri, a member of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Oct 24, 2021: The Catholic Church in Odisha has mourned the death of Bijayanand Singh, a renowned social activist who had worked for the development of Dalits, Tribal and minority communities in the eastern Indian state. Bijayanand, as he was popularly known, died October 24 inContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: The Coronavirus pandemic has affected one of the important Christian celebrations in Odisha, eastern India. The Odisha Church on November 27 celebrates the feast of Mary Queen of the Mission in Berhampur, some 179 km southwest of Bhubaneswar, the state capital. The annual feast usually attractsContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Catholics in Odisha have mourned the death of John Nayak, a former Director General of Police in the eastern Indian state. “John Nayak, a 1965 batch IPS officer who retired in 2002, succumbed to Covid-19 last night. His journey from a remote tribal village of Phulbani to rank ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, July 3, 2020: Divine Word Father Lancy Rodrigues has become the rector of a major seminary in Odisha, eastern India, when the Church in India reels under a series of suicide cases involving Catholic priests. Father Rodrigues, who will turn 65 on July 5, took overContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, May 28, 2020: Bimola Montry wears many hats as she balances the roles of a family breadwinner and a committed catechist. The 45-year mother of two has served the Our Lady of Charity Church of Raikia, a parish under the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archdiocese, for theContinue Reading
