By Matters India Reporter Kannur, July 13, 2025: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), managed by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate congregation in Kerala’s Kochi, has ranked second among 25 best social work institutes in India. The top rank in the list of “India Today Best Colleges 2025” has goneContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 24, 2024: Church leaders have mourned the death of a well-known social worker and reformer, who had become “amma” (mother) to hundreds of women, mostly Muslims, in Kerala’s Malappuram district. Apostolic Carmel Sister Marienie succumbed to cancer on October 21 at a private hospital inContinue Reading
Social work institute observes founder’s death anniversary By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 2, 2023: Roshni Nilaya (house of light) a school of social work in the southern Indian city of Mangaluru, has celebrated its foundation day and the third death anniversary of its founder Olinda Pereira. At the May 31Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangalore, May 31, 2020: A pioneering social work educator in southern India died on May 31 in Mangaluru, a coastal city of Karnataka state. She was 95. Olinda Pereira, a member of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary (DHM) congregation, was the key founder of theContinue Reading
