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Mary reached Shillong before Salesians: Rector Major

Father Àngel Fernàndez Artime, head of the Salesians of Don Bosco, says northeastern India experienced Mother Mary’s presence even before his congregation reached the region a century ago. Father Artime mentioned this when he visited the Salesian novitiate at Sunnyside Upper Shillong, capital of Meghalaya state, October 28 on the second day of his visit […]

First nun from Kandhamal celebrates golden jubilee

The first Catholic nun from Odisha’s Kandhamal region thanks God for accompanying her in her 50 years of religious life. About 50 people, 27 nuns and 7 priests attended the November 5 thanksgiving Mass of Sister Florentia Digal, a member of the Daughter of Charity congregation. The Mass was presided over by Divine Word Archbishop […]

FELLOWSHIP OF INDIAN MISSIOLOGISTS 

Fellowship of Indian Missiologists (FOIM) is an inter-denominational fellowship of professional missiologists. It is a unique ecumenical organization in India started by Dr Jacob Kavunkal SVD in 1991. With a ‘rainbow and prism theology’ enabling a deeper understanding of religions as reflecting a ray of the eternal truth which enlightens all people, it has had […]

Holy Cross nuns rehabilitate women from prison, trafficking

No relatives or friends turn-ed up to receive Nanjamma when she was released after 14 years from a southern Indian prison. However, the Hindu woman found a Catholic nun waiting for her at the prison gate, ready to take her to a rehabilitation center. “If the sister had not come to receive me, I do […]

Politicizing the cross is a thorny issue in Pakistan

Pakistani politician Shunila Ruth and her band of supporters waved the cross as they welcomed Imran Khan, the ousted prime minister who recently launched a long march to the national capital in a bid to regain power. “I admire the passion of Christians and other minorities for their captain. We are here to welcome and […]

Salesian priest trains hundreds of young Oil India executives

A Salesian priest has been training industry professionals in northeastern India. Father V M Thomas is now busy conducting 19 training programs for the Oil India Ltd company executives. The two-day programs for 576 in batches of 30 began in July and concludes in November. Christened Skill Matrix Assessment Retreat and Training or SMART, the […]

Women top Gospel Singer Reality Show

Three women from different parts of northern India have won the top prizes of the first Gospel Singer Reality Show conducted by a popular Church TV channel. While Lynette John, a mother and an English music teacher from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, notched the top posi-tion, S Jyoti from Bhilai, an industrial city of Chhattisgarh, stood […]

Indian Catholic bishops elect Archbishop Thazhath as leader

Archbishop Andrews Tha-zhath of Trichur has been ele-cted president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), the national body that represents more than 22 million Catholics in the country. The conference’s general body that met in Bengaluru Nov 6-11 also elected Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras-Mylapore and Bishop Joseph Thomas of Batheri as the […]