FR. GEORGE PLATHOTAM SDB I am happy to know that Fr. George Plathottam SDB is taking up his new charge as the Editorial Director of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), Manila. I wish him God's abundant Blessings. I congratulate him for his latest publication History of the Catholic Church Among the Garos, Don Bosco Publications, Guwahati 781 001, Assam, 2019. ...Read More
Everyday is a gift from God. This awareness is the best way to spend the day happily. May this new day bring you and me and all of us a freshness which only the Lord can give us. The freshness can be lessened or increased in prayer. ...Read More
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CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NAGALAND (1973-1997) MANIPUR (1973-1980) 1
Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil February 28, 2019
North East of India is fascinating corner of India. There are, of course, other places perhaps more captivating and even mesmerizing than the North East. However, just as one’s birthplace is incomparable with any other place, it was in the North East that I exercised the first years of my priesthood as a Salesian of Don Bosco (SDB) in India. Ordained in 1968...Read More
Culture for Don Bosco was the world of the young. He breathed young, just as we breathe air. He was ready to give his life for their welfare. On the 14 of May 1862, 22 members of the newly-founded Society of St. Francis de Sales completed their novitiate year and formally pronounced their triennial vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, while Don Bosco...Read More
Introduction From a comprehensive understanding of culture we move on to focus our attention on Inculturation, a word not easily met with except in post-Vatican II documents. A similar word “enculturation” was familiar with cultural anthropologists. Enculturation was introduced into theology by Pierre Charles. But it was Fr. J. Masson who first coined the phrase inculturated Catholicism in 1962. I remember him using...Read More
