Archdiocesan News

The Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol, in collaboration with the Good Shepherd Institute of Theology, is organizing a Theological and Pastoral Formation Course for the Lay Faithful for the academic year 2025–2026. Titled Exploring the Teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, this course is designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the core teachings of

Join the Ignatian Eco-Conscious Day at Xavier Retreat House, Baga – Goa, for an enriching workshop on Medicinal Plants: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellness, led by Prof. Hector Andrade, a renowned medicinal plants conservationist and former principal of the Mercedes-Benz International School, Pune. Held on Sunday, 6th July 2025, from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM,

As we are marching in the Jubliee Year, Legion of Mary groups under Povitr Sobhechi Avoi, Raia Comitium celebrated Jubliee of Marian Spirituality, where each Presidiums and Curias had to do their Legion of Mary prayers followed by a presentation on Mother Mary. Povitr Sobhechi Avoi, Raia Comitium, has 3 Curias, 18 Senior Presidiums and

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel as the new Bishop of Jalandhar in Punjab. The announcement was made on Saturday, 7 June 2025. Fr Jose, aged 63, is currently serving as the Financial Administrator of the Diocese. Fr Jose was born on Christmas Eve in 1962 in Kalaketty, under the Diocese of

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national episcopal conference for the Latin Catholic Church in India, celebrated a landmark event on 3rd June, 2025 with the solemn blessing and inauguration of its newly renovated General Secretariat at 9-10, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi. His Eminence Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of

The Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman Most Reverend Simiao Fernandes inaugurated the new pastoral year 2025-26 and released the Pastoral Letter, during a solemn Jubilee celebration of the pastoral Secretariat, presided over by his excellency, in the parish Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Valpoi, on 1st June 2025, at 8.30am. The Letter by

A two day conference for seminary educators was held at the Pilar Pilgrim Centre, Pilar, Goa on 26-27 May 2025. Around fifty seminary educators, provincials and members of the General Administration of the Society of Pilar came together for their annual deliberations and updates related to the training of young men to the priesthood. The

A new edition of the Order of Religious Profession was officially released on June 3, 2025 in a solemn function at the Apostolic Nunciature in New Delhi. His Excellency Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, handed over the first copy to His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic