Empowering Young Minds: Storytelling in the Digital Age Workshop
Dr. A. Magimai Pragasam – Trichirappalli: A dynamic two-day workshop titled ‘Storytelling in the Digital Age’ was recently conducted on ...
Part II: My Experience on Positive Benefits of Writing
Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan - Writing: A Means of Evangelization This helped me realise that I can bring alive the ...
Part I: My Experience on Positive Benefits of Writing
By Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan - An Assumption and an Acknowledgment by the author: In this article, the author shares ...
DeSIFMA’s Palm Sunday Production: A Youthful Tribute to The Calvary
Verghese V Joseph & Dr. Magimai Pragasam – Chennai: In a vibrant celebration of Palm Sunday on March 24, 2024, ...
DeSIFMA: Where Education Meets Filmmaking!
Verghese V Joseph – Chennai, India: For students passionate about film and media, De Sales International Film & Media Academy ...
Illness and Wellness: ‘The Hundred Guilder Print’ by Rembrandt (1647 – 1649)
By Joynel Fernandes – ‘It is hard to describe the greatest painter of the north and the greatest printmaker of ...
Kolkata: Sampriti Academy Observes 100th Birth Anniversary of Jesuit Priest Fr Paul Detienne’
By Isaac Harold Gomes. Kolkata: On Saturday (30th December 2023), on the occasion of Jesuit priest Father Paul Detienne’s 100th Birth ...
Mary Did You Know: Song Punctures Catholic Truths About Mary
Courtesy: The Goan By Fr Noel Menezes, SFX. I still had a few calls to make and messages to respond ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Sistine Madonna’ by Raphael da Urbino (1513)
By Joynel Fernandes – O Maiden will you be, the Mother of the Saviour Your God has chosen you, to ...
The Christmas Canvas: The ‘Massacre of the Innocents’ by Peter Paul Rubens
By Joynel Fernandes – We are in the city of Antwerp in northern Belgium. It is a prosperous city of ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Rest on the Flight to Egypt’ by Luc Olivier Merson (1879)
By Joynel Fernandes – The first Christmas was far from comfort and tedium. Twelve days had not yet passed and ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Procession of the Magi’ by Benozzo Gozzoli (1459 – 1460)
By Joynel Fernandes – Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo, Fra Angelico, Gozzoli and Botticelli: all these master artists had a ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Annunciation to the Shepherds’ by Joachim Wtewael
By Joynel Fernandes – The first Noel, the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Mystic Nativity’ by Sandro Botticelli
By Joynel Fernandes – “Look, the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall name him Emmanuel which ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Census at Bethlehem’ by Pieter Bruegel
By Joynel Fernandes – If you are dreaming of a White Christmas, Pieter Bruegel’s deep wintered ‘Census at Bethlehem’ would ...
The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Dream of Joseph’ by Georges de la Tour
By Joynel Fernandes – It was indeed a tough day for Joseph. Post his labour at the carpenters table, he ...
Book Review: Marvel of Miracles
By Fr Ritchie Vincent. As a Catholic priest, and as a contributor of a Poem to this book, I find ...
Kolkata: Loreto Convent’s Students Concert Flawlessly Depicts Poet Kalidas’ Compositions
By Issac Gomes. Kolkata: On 21st and 22nd November 2023 students of Loreto Convent Entally put on a marvellous concert ...
Book Review: Taste The Beauty of Being With The Lord
By Sr. Teresa Joseph fma. Title of the Book: An Hour with Jesus Publisher: Kristu Jyoti Publications Year: 2023 Pages: ...
Crafting Faith into Marvellous Art
By Ajayraj A. In the bustling city of Bangalore, amidst the chaotic urban landscape, there’s a certain T L Simon ...
All Hallows Eve: ‘The Adoration of the Trinity’ by Albrecht Durer (1511)
By Joynel Fernandes. Halloween! It is a fun and freaky day filled with parties and parades, pranks and pumpkins and ...
Reform of the Roman Curia: The Salient Features of Praedicate Evangelium
BY Msgr. Francis Vinaixa. Published by St. Paul's, Mumbai 2023, pp. 115. This book by Prof. Merlin Rengith Ambrose (Professor ...
In-Sight: ‘Healing of the Blind Man of Jericho’ by Lucas Van Leyden (1531)
By Joynel Fernandes. We are in the Dutch provinces of the 1500’s. The Dutch Revolt (1568 – 1648) and the ...
Italian Art Studio’s Online Webinar on Pope Paul VI on Thu at 8 pm IST
Progetto Arte Poli, a Verona-based studio inspired by the Renaissance workshops in Italy, has organised an online webinar on the ...
The Desert Soldier Saint
By Tom Thomas - “It is not necessary to teach others, to cure them or to improve them; it is ...
Fr. Manuel Gomes: A Luminary of Goa’s Konkani Religious Literature
By John Malvino Alfonso OCD – Fr. Manuel Gomes, a priest from the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, currently serving ...
History of the Pioneering FMA Missionaries in Northern India
By Sr. Teresa Joseph fma - The History of the FMA in Northern India unfolds in a vivid and dynamic ...
Art Review: Mary – A Masterpiece: ‘The Expulsion of Joaquim from the Temple’
By Joynel Fernandes - Definitely there is something about Mary! A woman called blessed for generations, the mostly highly favoured ...
Goa: Fr. Rob Galea Delights Over 5K People at Pilar Gospel Music Concert
Goa: In a mesmerising performance in Goa last weekend, Maltese-Australian priest Fr. Rob Galea enchanted an audience of over 5,000 ...
Parish Admin Resource Booklet to Enhance Laity Participation Launched
Verghese V Joseph - A resource booklet to enhance laity participation in parishes was launched at an event held recently ...
Blessed Rani Maria Movie: The Story of a Martyred Nun
By Verghese V Joseph - Keeping up with its tagline, the southern Indian state of Kerala is literally turning out ...
Goa: Kala Academy’s Western Music Dept Enthralls at Founder’s Day Concert
Malvino Alfonso OCD - Panaji: The Department of Western Music of Kala Academy Goa organised its Founder's Day Concert at ...
Humanity: Have We Lost Our Collective Consciousness?
By Sch. Emmanuel Akilan SJ Have We Lost Our Collective Consciousness? When they paraded her on the road When they ...
Review: A Wonderful Book – Creation Sin Restoration
Sr. (Dr.) Teresa Joseph fma - Prof. Dr. Ashok Chakranarayan, who passed away recently on July 18, 2023, wrote on ...
Why am I an Indian Catholic Writer?
Tom Thomas - “One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit ...
O Mystic Marvel: ‘The Holy Trinity’ by Masaccio (1425)
By Joynel Fernandes – Masaccio (1401 – 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was one of the greatest ...
Tribute: Ingrid Albuquerque, Keeping the Faith
A WhatsApp message popped up on my phone at the end of a long and tiring day. It was from ...
Different Perspectives: Building Bridges of Fraternity & Friendship – Reflections on Fratelli Tutti
Editor: Banzelao Teixeira Publisher: Christian World Imprints ISBN: 978-93-95457-25-5 Price: Rs. 550/- The book ‘Building Bridges of Fraternity & Friendship’ ...
Picturing the Passion: ‘The Descent from the Cross’ by Peter Paul Rubens
By Joynel Fernandes – Religious art often serves as a soul stirring visual prayer book. It draws the believer to ...
Picturing The Passion: ‘Christ Taking Leave of His Mother’ by Lorenzo Lotto
By Joynel Fernandes – The mystery of a fragile limpid God meekly nailed to a humble piece of wood out ...