Nikhil Gomes, RVA Bengali Service

The Santal indigenous community living in and around Dhaka came together on Friday to commemorate Sidhu-Kanu Hul Revolution Day, honoring the legacy of their ancestors who led one of the first organized uprisings against British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent.

The Bangladesh Diocesan Priests’ Fraternity (BDPF) held its annual Meeting and Conference on the Pilgrimage of Hope at Holy Spirit Major Seminary in Banani from June 24 to 27.

The celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ was marked by the First Confession and First Holy Communion ceremony at Nagari St. Nicholas Parish in Bangladesh on June 22.

Caritas Bangladesh, a leading humanitarian and social development organization of the Catholic Church, marked World Environment Day 2025 with a major tree plantation initiative in the coastal island of Bhasanchar on June 21 and 22.

The feast day of Saint John the Baptist, the patron and forerunner of Tumilia Parish under the Archdiocese of Dhaka, was celebrated with great spiritual fervor on June 20.

The Archdiocese of Dhaka, in partnership with the Bhawal Regional Pastoral Council, held a day-long Justice and Peace training seminar for lay leaders at Tumilia Parish in Gazipur on June 21.

Bangladesh’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage was held at the feast of Saint Anthony de Padua at Mohipara Parish in the northern part of Bangladesh on June 13.

The Catholic Church in Bangladesh, through the Commission for Priests and Religious of the Rajshahi Diocese, organized a day-long Vocation Seminar for students at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Bonpara, Southern Vicariate, on June 15.

In a strong push to inspire and equip young leaders, the Catholic Church in Bangladesh organized a three-day YCS animators' seminar at the Christo Jyoti Pastoral Center in Rajshahi diocese from June 11 to 13.

Italian missionary priest Ezio Mascaretti, a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, died on June 11. He was 81.