One day Taize Prayer is organised by the Diocese Youth Members on 18th of march 2018 at Good Shepherd Cathedral Bagdogra, at 9 a.m. All Parish Youths are requested to come for the Taize prayer and the Eucharist celebration and also for the election of new DEXCO Members..

THE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY ENCOUNTER 1st March – 3rd March 2018 Good Shepherd Cathedral Hall Bagdogra The Theology of the Body ENCOUNTER for the Diocese of Bagdogra was awesome. The JTM (St. John Paul II Theology of the Body Messenger) Team from Kolkata was a young, free, lively and enthusiastic group. There were altogether 36 participants from different parishes in the Diocese of Bagdogra. The Encounter began at 4 p.m. on 1 March, 2018. They started from their reflection on the creation of the universe, man and woman, and first sin. The topics which followed were: An encounter with Christ the Bridegroom, Original Man, Historical Man, Eschatological Man and Celibacy (What we are destined for in heaven and how it relates to the celibate vocation), Marriage and Humanae Vitae (Living the Theology of the Body in the vocation of marriage), What is the meaning of life? Why did God create us male and female? Why is there evil in the world and how do we overcome it? How do we attain true happiness on earth? What kind of joys await us in heaven? How can we experience the love we long for in the depth of our hearts? Broken families, abortion, AIDS, internet pornography, sexual abuse scandals, homosexual marriage. Our Church and our world are in the midst of a profound sexual crisis. REAL LIFE TESTIMONIES OF THESE VOLUNTEERS made this whole seminar so lively and realistic. The way this young JTM team conducted this entire seminar was …….. I don’t know what to say…… no words…… I myself relived my student days, as a youth and now as a married man and a parent duri..

A new Basketball and badminton court is Inaugurated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Vincent Aind at St. Mary's School, Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri..

TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH Theology of Body (TOB) A 3 (three) day training programme for the youth is being organized on 1, 2 & 3 March 2018 in the Cathedral Premises. This training programme will be conducted by the team know as Theology of Body (TOB) from Kolkata. For this training programme only 5 (five) youth who are able to understand English from 10 (ten) parishes of our Diocese are to attend. In case any young couple conversant in English is ready and willing to take part in it is also welcome in place of youth...

CATHOLIC SABHA GENERAL MEETING This is to inform you that our General Meeting with regards to Catholic Sabha has been organized for the Diocese of Bagdogra. The same will take place on Sunday, the 25th of February in the Cathedral premises. The meeting will begin at 10 and conclude with lunch. The resource persons will come from Darjeeling and Kolkata. Dear Fathers you are requested to attend the same yourselves and bring from your parish 3 (three) men (President, Vice President & Secretary or delegates) and 2 (two) women representatives from each parish...