Canossian Missions Hong Kong - Macau

The Canossian Missions in Hong Kong began in 1860 and spread from this base into the region, including provinces of China, Timor, India, Singapore and Malacca.

Sr Endah, an Indonesian religious

Sister Endah is married to God. And even though she doesn’t take her final vows for another five years, it looks like this is a match made in heaven. (Gizelle Brown, The Jakarta Globe)

Vietnamese nuns save infants from the grave

Little Maria Ho Thi Thien An, now four, was saved by her father from being buried alive with her dead mother when she was just seven days old. (UCA News)

Nuns urged to counter trend toward smaller families

India’s new women-Religious leader says nuns should try to convince couples to have children, and arrest what she calls a “culture of death” in the country in which women resort to abortions. (UCA News)

Lay faithful’s letter to bishops, priests, religious

A group of Filipino lay Catholics are preparing for the scheduled “Discernment on the Prophetic Calling of the Lay Faithful in Philippine Society” in February 2010. (Philippine Inquirer)

Indian Religious head seeks nun empowerment

Lack of empowerment among Catholic nuns remains a major concern for the Church in India, Conference of Religious in India president, Brother K.M. Joseph has said.

Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in India

The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in India tell their stories through this website. There is information on the work they do and the people they reach.
The site also offers spiritual resources and insights.
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Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in India

Laypeople need Religious to inspire them

Men and women religious are needed in Asia today to inspire laypeople and be a powerful a sign of God’s presence in their economically driven societies. (UCA News)
This was the message a lay Church worker gave to leading Asian Religious gathered for a Federation of Asian Bishops’ (FABC) meeting in Hua Hin, Thailand.
Religious must live [...]

Catholic volunteers in Indonesia

After having rescued the refugees of the earthquake of Padang in West Sumatra province, Christian activists of the Humanitarian Charity Group (KBKK) have started a new project for the reconstruction and development of the area devastated by the September 30earthquake. (Rosalia Royani, AsiaNews.it)
“Serving people in need,” Ekanegara Grace, a member of the charity tells AsiaNews, [...]

Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate order states on its website that it is the largest religious congregation for men in the Catholic Church in India.
Founded at Mannanam, Kerala, in 1831, the congregation has grown beyond the boundaries of Kerala and even India. Members now work in 24 countries around the world.
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Carmelites of Mary Immaculate

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