Thomas Scaria

3 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Thomas Scaria

Almost 65 years have passed since the Apostolic Carmel sisters and other Catholic religious congregations in Sri Lanka gave their educational institutions to the government. However, their reputation as educators remains intact. "Overnight, all our schools turned into government schools, and we became government employees," Apostolic Carmel Sr. Mary Ann Christine, principal of St. Anthony's Girls School (St. Anthony's Balika Maha Vidyalaya) in Colombo, told Global Sisters Report.

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Thomas Scaria |Diego Mauro

Almost 65 years have passed since the Apostolic Carmel sisters and other Catholic religious congregations in Sri Lanka gave their educational institutions to the government. However, their reputation as educators remains intact. "Overnight, all our schools turned into government schools, and we became government employees," Apostolic Carmel Sr. Mary Ann Christine, principal of St. Anthony's Girls School (St. Anthony's Balika Maha Vidyalaya) in Colombo, told Global Sisters Report.

3 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Thomas Scaria

Rescuers work at the site of a damaged building in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30, in the aftermath of a strong earthquake that struck two days earlier. People in Myanmar are in desperate need of humanitarian supplies and medical support as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked central Myanmar continues to rise. (OSV News/Reuters) Women religious leaders and Catholic bishops in India have expressed solidarity with the people of earthquake-hit Myanmar and Thailand.

1 month ago | island.lk | Thilina Walpola |Thomas Scaria

Catholic nuns in Sri Lanka are upset over a recent order from Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith banning girls from being altar servers, but have not protested as they did during a public stir against their country’s President in 2022. The Cardinal, the church leader of the island nation, issued the circular last October, saying serving at the altar is reserved for boys as it is “one of the the main sources” for priesthood vocations.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Neil Watson |Michael Sean Winters |Anita Snow |Thomas Scaria

A painting on a panel of a 19th-century beehive from Slovenia depicts Jesus and St. Joseph at work in carpentry. (Wikimedia Commons/Museum of Apiculture, Radovljica) In the liturgical calendar of the church, St. Joseph is among the few saints recognized with multiple feasts. Even as we observe the solemnity of St. Joseph on March 19, we already look forward to his memorial on May 1. On that day, Catholics around the world will acknowledge him under the title of St. Joseph the Worker.