http://www.religiousindia.org Conference of Religious India Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:04:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 170 strong body of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India meets along with dignitaries and various office holders of the CBCI for a reassessment of its identity in a fast changing India. Presenting the presidential address Cardinal Oswald Gracias spoke of the Church to play a “conscience of the nation” http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/indian-bishops-wake-up-to-new-india/ Sr. Philomena Mathew has been elected the new Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC), the first indigenous women`s religious congregation in NorthEast India. Sr. Philomena was elected on January 28, 2012, during the General Chapter at the MSMHC Generalate, at Hatigaon - Guwahati. http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/new-superior-general-for-missionary-sisters-mary-help-of-christians/ “Be my witness” was the clarion call addressed to the 118 delegates from 6 Indian provinces of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny that came together for the Pan Indian Cluny Assembly, a happy coincidence that marked the 185th anniversary of the arrival of the first three Cluny Sisters http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/historic-pan-indian-cluny-assembly/ The release marks the completion of the twelve books of the series which took nine years to complete. The uniqueness of these books lies in the fact that they are written by almost all contributors hailing from the region and belonging to different tribes of Northeast India. These books are an http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/unique-catechism-series-by-tribals-of-northeast-india-released/ A workshop on Good Governance was organized for 50 sisters of the Leadership Teams and Formation personnel of the four provinces of the Holy Spirit Sisters in India. The topic of the workshop was a very timely one and was held on 26-27 January 2012 at Holy Spirit Convent, Indore. Resource http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/holy-spirit-sisters-embrace-good-governance/ The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), in collaboration with Health Promotion Trust (Archdiocese of Bombay,) is organizing a two-day national workshop on Promotion of Naturopathy and AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy) on 2-3 February 2012 at National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune. 50 participants are expected working in http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/chai-promotes-ayush-and-launches-e-medicine-service/ The Patna local CRI unit celebrated the World day of consecrated life with a two-day seminar by Sr. Inigo Joachim, SSA, ‘on a new way of being religious’. Resource person, Sr. Inigo held spell-bound 150 religious sisters, brothers, seminarians and priests by the methodology. Her intimate knowledge of the Bible and ability http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/patna-cri-promotes-%e2%80%98a-new-way-of-being-religious%e2%80%99/ Saffron groups protested inside Jesuit run St Joseph’s PU College, Anekal campus on 26 and 27 January for failing to hoist the national flag on republic day. On 27 January a mob of more than 100 members belonging to ABVP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Rashtra Sakthi Sene, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/communal-forces-attack-jesuit-college-in-anekal/ Don Bosco University - Assam signed an MOU with Classle Knowledge Pvt Ltd, as part of its policy to promote state-of-the-art educational practices. Classle Knowledge has the mission of increasing the quality and relevance of education among the faculty and students of higher education institutions through its innovative online platform which http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/don-bosco-university-assam-signs-mous-with-%e2%80%98classle-knowledge%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98i-create-india%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98paniit-india%e2%80%99/ The celebration of World Day of Social Communications has an altogether particular meaning this year. The observance of the 50th anniversary of the Conciliar Decree Ad gentes, the opening of the Year of Faith and the Synod of Bishops on the subject of the New Evangelization concur in reaffirming the http://www.religiousindia.org/2012/02/01/silence-and-word-path-of-evangelisation/