CRI ENCYCLOPEDIA
2 volumes. 1974 pages. Editor-in-Chief: Fr George Panthanmackel MSFS, Executive Editor: Fr. Jose Karipadathu MSFS; Managing Editor: Fr V M Thomas SDB
Published by the Conference of Religious, India. Co-publisher and distributor: Asian Trading Corporation, Bangalore. 2020. Rs 2500. [Discounted and subsidized price for religious and for seminary libraries: Rs 2000.]
This monumental publication gives brief and up-to-date information on the 504 Institutes of Consecrated Life, Societies of Apostolic Life and Secular Institutes serving in India. Every entry on a religious order is written by a member, thus ensuring accuracy.
The two volumes are structured as follows:
The whole of Volume I and a good part of Volume II are devoted to brief presentations of the 504 religious orders, in alphabetical order.
The rest of Volume II is thematic. It presents short articles on the following select topics relevant to religious life in India today:
Advocacy, Agriculture, Architecture, Consecrated Life: History of, Consecrated Life: Meaning, Dance, Ecumenical effort: A Personal Testimony, Ecumenism, Education, Education (Inclusive) of the Differently Abled, Family Apostolate, Feminism and Women Religious, Healing Ministry, Holiness, Holy Persons, Human Rights, Human Trafficking and Transgender Bias, Indigenous Religious Congregations, Inter-Faith Relations, Legal Services, Literature, Music, Peace effort in Northeast India: Pointers for Progress, Philosophizing, Print Media, Prison Ministry, Public Domain, Religious Life: Charism and Apostolate, Religious Life: Spirituality of, Retreat and Renewal Ministries, Rites and Liturgy, Science and Technology, Secular Institutes: Spirituality of, Social Communications, Social Research, Theology, Tribal Development, Universal Church, Youth Ministry.
This is followed by a list of all the religious orders working in India, as well as the orders founded in India. It concludes with a useful glossary, a detailed index, and a supplement presenting the involvement of religious in reaching out to those affected by the pandemic and the lockdown in India.
The comprehensive and up-to-date information it provides make this Encyclopedia a real asset for institutions and for scholars. We see it as a great contribution by and to the religious of India, and a must for any religious library. Its writers and editors, headed by Fr George Panthanmackel MSFS, deserve our gratitude and heartfelt appreciation.
Registered Charitable and Religious Trusts in India A Handbook on Temporal Administration: Guidelines on the Financial, Legal, Structural and Administrative Matters
By Fr Alex G SJ (Gujarat Sahitya Prakash and Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, 2020. 372 pp. Rs 600)
Panicky about the drastic changes and demands of the Income Tax Act, FCRA and other laws? Don’t fret. This book will guide you with updated knowledge.
It will benefit all those involved in the financial and structural management of the registered trusts and societies, both as beginners and as competent practitioners. Training the Church personnel in financial and general administration is the main objective of this book.
The Chapter on Temporal Administration has been written from a Christian perspective. Provisions in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church have been taken and applied.
The theoretical and practical approach in the book to Temporal Administration, though Christian in orientation, is applicable to people of all faiths and institutions and organizations with 12A.
Topics covered: Accounting & Financial Statements, including audit requirements; banking information and procedures, necessary for beginners; Financial Planning and Management, Budgeting, Cash-flow Management and Saving for investment; investing in Mutual Funds; Statutory Compliances, dealing with income tax exemption for NPOs, FCRA, TDS, GST and Registered Legal Entities and the way to run such legal entities; Temporal Administration in the Church, including the Spirituality of Temporal Administration.
The relevance of the topics covered and the competence and clarity of the author make this book a reliable companion for any religious and charitable trust.
Fr Joe Mannath SDB
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