By Purushottam Nayak TURA, October 26, 2026: Catholics across Northeast India are welcoming Pope Leo XIV’s recognition of Bishop Oreste Marengo, an Italian-born Salesian missionary, as Venerable for his lifelong service to remote communities. The declaration recognises his heroic Christian virtues and highlights the enduring contribution of missionaries to theContinue Reading
By C. M. Paul KOLKATA, May 29, 2026: A pioneering priest-psychologist who became the first Indian-born principal of Salesian College Sonada and later advanced psychological training for clergy and laity died May 28 in Kolkata at age 101. His final act of service was donating his body to medical science.Continue Reading
By C. M. Paul Kolkata, May 2, 2026: For years, Mohammed Salim’s children slept under a flimsy sheet of plastic stretched over bamboo poles by Kolkata’s Canal Road. Each monsoon, rising water threatened to wash away their fragile shelter. On May Day, that fear finally ended as his family steppedContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Dimapur, April 11, 2026: Father Job Kallarackal, a Salesian missionary remembered for opening Catholic missions in Arunachal Pradesh and inspiring indigenous vocations while touching countless lives through his retreat preaching, died April 11 in Dimapur. He was 78. “With deep sorrow, we inform you of the sadContinue Reading
A Slovak Salesian will be declared blessed Sept. 30 as a “martyr for vocations” and one of the priests for whom he sacrificed his life will be traveling to Bratislava, Slovakia, from San Francisco’s Corpus Christi Parish for the event. Salesian Father Titus Zeman will be beatified as a martyrContinue Reading
By: Mariola Sequeira Goalpara: A Salesian organization has joined hands with government agencies in Assam to train local people in disaster management techniques to deal with flood and other natural calamities. More than 160 people, including women, from four village clusters attended the day long training session on April 23Continue Reading
Bhubaneshwar: Kandhamal has six new priests, including the first Salesian. The ordinations took place on Saturday and Monday in the presence of Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar. Their consecrations take an even greater significance since Kandhamal is the district in the State of Odisha (Orissa) that saw a pogrom byContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis on 21 January authorized the promulgation of 8 decrees, recognizing a miracle and heroic virtues of 7 men and a woman, taking them a step closer to sainthood. Among the 7 heroic virtues, who have now been conferred the title ‘Venerable Servant of God’, is Fr. Francesco Convertini anContinue Reading
A Salesian priest from Assam who has worked for over two decades with Mising community of Assam for their social and educational up-lift has been honoured with the Jewel of India award. Fr. K. A. Thomas, SDB founder-director of Institution for Culture And Rural Development (I-CARD), Jorhat, was awarded the “Jewel ofContinue Reading
