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United in Faith: A Transformative Celebration at the Feast of the Holy Rosary

November 11, 2024 Team ICM News

Soroj Mullick SDB – Bandel: The Feast of the Holy Rosary was a profound and uplifting celebration held at Bandel Basilica in the Hooghly district

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West Bengal: Empowered Voices – Celebrating the Strength and Resilience of Women in Krishnagar

November 7, 2024 Team ICM News

Sr. Gracemary – Krishnagar, West Bengal: The annual Women’s Day celebration on November 3, 2024, brought together a vibrant assembly of 500 women from various

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Empowering Faith: Samir Lahiri’s New Journey with the CBCI Laity Commission

September 21, 2024 Team ICM News

Krishnagar: Mr. Stephen Samir Lahiri, a distinguished Salesian Cooperator from Krishnanagar, West Bengal, has been appointed as a Council Member of the Commission for Laity

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Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes: A Simple Life of Gentle Service

May 20, 2024 Team ICM Features

Fr Soroj Mullick SDB – Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B, Bishop Emeritus of Krishnanagar, West Bengal, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 5:55

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West Bengal: Celebration Marks Inaugural Women’s Religious Day in Krishnagar Diocese

March 13, 2024 Team ICM News

Sr. Gracemary SMI – Krishnagar (West Bengal): The Women’s Commission of Krishnagar Diocese made history as it celebrated the Day of Women Religious for the first

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West Bengal: Awareness Drive for Minority Scholarship

January 24, 2024 Team ICM News

By Isaac Harold Gomes – Howrah: Education is the foundation of empowerment, particularly for those who belong to the economically weaker section (EWS) of our

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Kolkata’s Fatima Charismatic Prayer Group Organises 15th Mega Bible Convention

October 30, 2023 Team ICM News

By Isaac Gomes. Kolkata: Fatima Charismatic Prayer Group, a devout band of dedicated laypersons, successfully organised its 15th Mega Bible Convention, from 27th October to 29th

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West Bengal Panchayat Elections: Three Catholic Women Emerge Victors

July 12, 2023 Team ICM News

Isaac Gomes – Amidst the news of West Bengal Panchayat election results for the three-tier panchayat polls held for 63,229 Gram Panchayat seats, 9,728 Panchayat

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Kolkata: 45th Priestly Anniversary of Fr Francis Sunil Rosario

April 24, 2023 Team ICM News

By Isaac Gomes – Barasat (WB): On 21st April at 5.30 pm 200 parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes, Barasat gathered together to participate in

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West Bengal: Fr. Nirmol Gomes Appointed Bishop of Krishnagar

April 30, 2022 Team ICM News

Bangalore: His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Nirmol Vincent Gomes (53), S.D.B., currently the Assistant Director of Novices and Vice-Rector of the Nazareth Bhawan

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Art & Faith: God’s Face in the Sacred Edifice

January 11, 2021 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Fr Soroj Mulllick, SDB – For thousands of years, the Trinitarian God descends among his flock under the forms of the sacred species. Through

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Bengal: Bandel Church Walk Pilgrimage – In Search of Grace

January 13, 2020 Team ICM News

By Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB – Marian shrine of Bandel near Kolkata has attracted thousands of pilgrims on this Sunday, 12th January 2020. The pilgrims

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“Monday with Mary” – Our Lady of Bandel, West Bengal

January 12, 2020 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Tom Perna – Sometime during the middle of the 16th century, Bandel, presently an urban area within the Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in

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Bengal & Arunachal Get New Bishops

June 8, 2018 Team ICM News

By Team ICM – Rome / New Delhi: His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed new bishops for India. Fr. Fulgence Aloysius Tigga, has been appointed

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