A visually impaired woman proclaimed the Scripture during the Easter Vigil liturgy in a parish in southern India, drawing praise and being described as a “witness of the Resurrection.”
Catholic communities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, particularly in coastal regions, marked Good Friday with a distinctive devotional practice, the symbolic funeral service of Jesus Christ.
Fifty-two people pledged to donate their organs at an awareness program held on March 29, the Palms Sunday, at Sevvapet parish of the archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore, marking Church’s concern about promoting organ donation in southern India.
A dynamic, Spirit-led lay movement is empowering the faithful to become active agents of evangelization, witnessing Christ in their families, parishes, and society in a southern Indian diocese.
The youth of St. Sebastian’s Church in Ellis Nagar, a parish in the southern Indian city of Madurai, marked the Lenten season with a series of awareness programs linking faith with personal and social transformation.
Members of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Youth Movement of the Diocese of Kottar, south India, conducted a field study on March 1 to express solidarity with the fishing community of Thomaiyarpuram in the Diocese of Thoothukudi amid their ongoing struggle for livelihood.
Youth from St. Sebastian’s Church in the Archdiocese of Madurai, southern India, staged a Lenten play highlighting the life and legacy of Jesuit priest and social justice advocate Stan Swamy.
In the quiet village of Thiruvarangam in Tamil Nadu, southern India, devotion continues to grow around a 19th-century French Jesuit missionary whom local Catholics lovingly call "Mudiyappar Swamy."
A Catholic music concert titled NOVA was held at the Good Shepherd Convent Auditorium in Chennai on February 7, bringing together clergy, musicians and youth from across the Archdiocese of Chennai–Mylapore.
The Tamil version of the internationally acclaimed movie Face of the Faceless is set to premiere in theaters across Tamil Nadu on November 21, marking another milestone in Catholic media collaboration in India.
