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  Fr. Hermann Bacher  Father of the Watershed Movement in India   Fr. Hermann Bacher, the ‘Father of the Watershed Movement in India’, was the parish priest in Shrirampur in Ahmednagar district in 1960s and 1970s when I was a school student there.    As a boy, I watched him from a distance but never had an occasion to speak to him. Never did I think then that I would later write a biography in English and Mararhi of this great missionary.    In tribute to Fr. Hermann Bacher on his first death anniversary on September 14, representatives from around 270 villages in Ahmednagar district have come together to celebrate his life and his work.   Fr. Hermann Bacher Memorial rally will be held at ADCC Auditorium in Ahmednagar.   Bacher Baba came to India from Switzerland and made the district of Ahmednagar his home for over 60 years.   In 1967, Bacher Baba founded the Social Centre in Ahmednagar to work for the upliftment of the poor and...

          विशेष लेख   बोलावणे मिशनरीसेवा व्रताचे आणि पत्रकारीतेचे   July 20, 2019     lokmarathi  Camil parkhe ,  Journalism कामिल पारखे रविवारची मिस्सा संपल्यावर मी माझ्या वडिलांचे बोट धरून चर्चच्या समोरील मोकळ्या जागेत उभा होतो. देवळातून बाहेर पडणारे लोक आपसांत बोलत उभे होते. श्रीरामपूरला अलिकडेच बदली होऊन आलेले ते तरुण धर्मगुरू घोळक्याने उभे असलेल्या लोकांशी बोलत होते. फादर प्रभुधर यांचे व्यक्तिमत्व अगदी देखणे असेच होते. वक्तृत्वशैलीची देणगी लाभलेल्या फादरांच्या ओघवत्या उपदेशांनी लोक प्रभावित होत असत. भरपूर उंचीचे फादर आपल्या पांढऱ्या झग्यात फिरत होते, तसे त्यांना ‘जय ख्रिस्त’ म्हणून अभिवादन करण्यासाठी लोक त्यांच्याकडे वळत होते. आमच्याकडेही ते आले आणि माझ्या वडिलांशी बोलू लागले. बोलत असताना मध्येच थांबून माझ्याकडे पाहत त्यांनी विचारले, ”पारखे टेलर, तुम्हाला किती मुले आहेत? आणि त्यांच्यामध्ये याचा नंबर कितवा?” माझ्या वडिलांचे श्रीरामपुरात मुख्य बाजारपेठेत सोनार लेनमध्ये टेलरिंगचे दुकान होते. शहरातील दोन-तीन प्रसिद्ध टेलरिंगच्या दु...

BJP trying to make inroads into Kerala, West Bengal and Odisha Camil Parkhe Sunday, 15 October 2017     goo.gl/mrDv4G The BJP has got into poll campaign gear after completing its half term as the ruling party at the Centre. Senior leaders of the party have started visiting the states where the party has done very poorly in the previous Lok Sabha polls and also state assembly elections. The present campaign launched by the BJP leaders in the Left-ruled Kerala aims at creating a favourable political atmosphere for itself prior to the next general elections. The BJP has got into poll campaign gear after completing its half term as the ruling party at the Centre. Senior leaders of the party have started visiting the states where the party has done very poorly in the previous Lok Sabha polls and also state assembly elections. The present campaign launched by the BJP leaders in the Left-r...

St. Francis Xavier and the Modern Church Four countries have lapsed since St. Francis Xavier, the true model of missionaries, preached Christianity in Goa and other parts of the East. The zeal of the saint, his dedication to spread the Good News continues to invoke admiration despite the changing of the times and circumstances. Meanwhile the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola of which St. Francis was one of the first members and the Catholic Church in general have undergone tremendous changes in their outlook and have accepted different means of preaching the way of salvation. The main basis behind the change was the different point of view of looking at the values preached by the other existing religions. The post Vatican II Catholic Church is the embodiment of the drastic changes of views those have been brought about during the last few centuries. There have not been many works written by St. Francis Xavier, giving us the glimpses of the view he held o...