By C. M. Paul SONADA, Darjeeling, October 27, 2026: Salesian College (Autonomous), Sonada–Siliguri, has a unique reason to celebrate as two of its former principals—Salesian Bishops Stephen Ferrando and Orestes Marengo—advance on the path to sainthood. Pope Leo XIV authorised the decree recognising the heroic virtues of Bishop Orestes MarengoContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Siliguri, October 26, 2026: Across the world, young people have often been at the forefront of movements for freedom and human dignity. In Haiti, Salesian priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide became a powerful voice against dictatorship, corruption, and social injustice. In East Timor, Salesian Archbishop Carlos Ximenes Belo helpedContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Siliguri, July 18, 2026: In July, as campuses across India come alive with admissions to institutions of higher learning, thousands of young people find themselves making life-shaping decisions about their future. For many, these choices are influenced less by their own interests and abilities than by parentalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dimapur, May 14, 2026: The Salesian Province of Dimapur has expressed profound gratitude following the safe release of Brother Pamei Aching Albert SDB and Brother Poji Kiivisie Peter SDB, who were held captive since the night of May 13. In an official communication from the DonContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Imphal, May 14 2026: Twenty‑five years ago, the Salesian Novitiate at Ngarian, Imphal, became the stage of a tragedy etched into the memory of the Church in India. Inside the chapel, 27 novices from Northeast India, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Kerala knelt in Eucharistic Adoration. Candlelight flickered, hymnsContinue Reading
By C. M. Paul Darjeeling, March 27, 2026: In Darjeeling’s misty tea gardens, where generations of workers once lived in silence and struggle, two missionary traditions — Jesuit and Salesian — quietly brewed a different harvest: hope. At Singla Tea Estate, Jesuit Father K. L. George remembers parents who onceContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Midnapore, August 15, 2022: What started as a casual visit to a Correctional Home (Central Prison) in Berhampore in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, is now 25 years old and founder has turned 80 years old on August 15. Salesian Fr Scaria Nedumattathil of Calcutta province isContinue Reading
Rome, April 13, 2022: Salesian Missions, the U S development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, has joined humanitarian and international organizations around the globe in highlighting the plight of homeless children on April 12, the International Day for Street Children. The day provides organizations and millions of streetContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: In spite of the pandemic times disrupting regular novitiate schedules, in the nine novitiates of South Asia region, this year has more novices making their first profession than last year. Starting from traditional 24th May date for the first professions, this year there are 120Continue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata: Archbishop Emeritus Lucas Sirkar of Calcutta and founder of two religious institutes, died April 18. He was 84. “Dear Confreres, this is to convey another sad news, that of the passing away of Most Rev. Lucas Sirkar SDB, Archbishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Kolkata, at 1Continue Reading
