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Lockdown deepened faith, Christin life: Dumka SCCs

The Small Christian Community (SCCs) members from Dumka diocese in Jharkhand shared unanimously that their faith in Christ was deepened during the lockdown. Representatives from two parishes of 13 SCC units of St Joseph’s Parish, Guhiajori village, about 10 km from Dumka town and Sacred Hear Parish in Dumka shared their experience of Christian life […]

Christ Varsity Student employs 21 youth during lockdown

A postgraduate girl student at Christ University Bangalore staying home during Covid 19 lockdown in Kochi found employment for herself and 21 other youth thanks to her language skills. From being a mere translator, she was promoted to the post of Kerala Technical Head and Coordinator and had a team of 21 technicians assisted by […]

Christ University student helps rescue 4 from sea

An 18-year-old student of Bengaluru’s Christ University used his drone to save four fishermen who floated in the sea for hours after their boat capsized. Devang Subil, a student Bachelor of Technology, had come to his home in Kerala after the corona-virus forced closure of his college.

Odisha Church’s largest holistic laity centre opened

The diocese of Berhampur in Odisha has opened the largest holistic laity centre in the eastern Indian state. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur inaugurated the “Anugraha Peetho”(centre of grace) on December 27 at Mohana in the Gajapati district. In his address at the inaugural function, Bishop Nayak thanked the Almighty for fulfilling a “long-awaited […]

Pandemic puts squeeze on Jakarta’s parishes

The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected parish life, particularly in Jakarta Archdiocese, with the Indonesian capital recording the highest number of virus cases in the country. This, however, has forced the archdiocese’s parishes to be more creative. Indonesia has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic which first hit the country in March last year. […]

Worsening situation in Papua sparks church tensions

Intending to visit activists arrested for treason, Fr Pius Cornelius Manu, a priest in Papua’s Merauke Archdiocese, was shouted at by police, in-terrogated and had his bag searched. “I was shocked because I had often visited, arrested activists. Previously, I was not treated that way because many policemen knew me,” said the priest, talking about […]

Bishops welcome India’s top court suspending controversial farm laws

The Supreme Court of India has ordered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to suspend three controversial farm laws that stirred up nationwide protests by farmers. The top court on Jan. 12 ordered the formation of a committee of experts to hold talks with the federal government and farmers to end the stalemate as the main protest on New […]

Jesuits get first priest from Rongmei tribe

When Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal ordains Father Gangmei Pheigathuaipou Daniel on December 30, the Jesuits will get their first priest from Rongmei, a major Naga tribe in the northeastern India. Archbishop Lumon will ordain Father Daniel in St Ignatius Church Bishnupur, a Jesuit parish in Manipur State. Father Daniel is the first priest from […]