Nikhil Gomes, RVA Bengali Service

Students, teachers, and religious sisters of St. Catharina Primary and Secondary School under Jhaljhaliya Parish in the Diocese of Mymensingh, central Bangladesh, observed World Environment Day with a tree plantation program on June 15.

The Commission for Integral Human Development of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) organized a Safeguarding Focal Points Training Workshop at the RNDM Sisters’ Renewal Centre in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, from June 11 to 12.

Caritas Bangladesh's Emergency Response Programme (CB-ERP) commemorated World Environment Day with a tree-planting campaign and environmental awareness activities at Camp 17 in Cox's Bazar, a southeastern coastal district of Bangladesh that hosts nearly one million Rohingya refugees.

The Episcopal Ordination of Father Paul Gomes as the first Bishop of the newly established Diocese of Joypurhat was solemnly celebrated at Beneedwar Parish, within the territory of the new diocese on June 5.

Young Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Chattogram gathered in the hill district of Bandarban in southeastern Bangladesh for the Archdiocesan Youth Day, held from May 26 to 30.

A month-long Rosary prayer program that brought Catholics together across villages concluded on May 31 at Our Lady of Protection Parish in Nobai Bottola, a Marian pilgrimage center in the Diocese of Rajshahi, northwestern Bangladesh.

Catholics across the Archdiocese of Dhaka joined a six-hour Rosary prayer initiative on May 30, seeking peace for the world, the nation, and families amid ongoing global conflicts and social unrest.

The Bangladesh Catholic Students’ Movement (BCSM) organized an environmental awareness program for students at Holy Child Ideal School in Gazipur, an industrial district north of Dhaka in central Bangladesh, on May 26.

Nine seminarians were ordained to the diaconate during a solemn ceremony held on May 22 at Holy Spirit Major Seminary in Banani, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The seminary is the country’s only national institution for Catholic priestly formation.

The Diocese of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh, inaugurated Laudato Si’ Week with a tree-planting program at the Good Shepherd Cathedral Parish on May 17, highlighting environmental responsibility and care for creation.