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Month: August 2018

Pope Francis: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

August 31, 2018 Team ICM News

By Pope Francis – Dear brothers and sisters, On this Day of Prayer, I wish first to thank the Lord for the gift of our

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While Hanging Tough, Your Pull Counts Too!

August 30, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Linda Joseph – I realised the other day that one of the hardest things in life is to continue pulling while everybody else seems

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Celebrate the Family: Pope Francis

August 28, 2018 Team ICM Family

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – The World Meeting of Families which began on 21 August in Dublin Ireland, concluded this evening(26 August) with a

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St. Augustine of Hippo: Bishop and Doctor

August 27, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Rev. Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM –  “Too late have I loved you, O Beauty, ever ancient, ever new. Too late I loved you! And

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As 1st Instalment, Karwar Diocese Contributes Rs 11 Lakh for Kerala & Kodagu

August 27, 2018 Team ICM News

By Louis Rodrigues – Belgavi: On the call given to the Christian Community by the Bishop of the diocese of Karwar, Derek Fernandes Catholic Diocese

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Tied Down By Work Pressures? Time to Join Bangalore’s Tech Park Prayer Groups

August 26, 2018 Team ICM Offbeat

Anonymous In 2006, I got my first job posting in Bangalore – India’s Silicon City. It was a start-up company with several business issues. As

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Homily: Through the Eucharist Meal We Are Fully Transformed

August 25, 2018 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69 Faith, a gift of God, serves

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Arunachal Students Dance to Raise Funds for Kerala

August 23, 2018 Team ICM News

By Our Special Correspondent – Namphai: A group of young students from Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh performed dance numbers and beatbox in the market

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Pope Pledges Repentance Over Alleged Misconduct of Priests

August 21, 2018 Team ICM News

From the Editor’s Desk – Just last week, a Pennsylvania grand jury in US made public its roughly 900-page report on sexual abuse by clergy,

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Flood of the Century: ICM Joins Indian Church to Help Poor & Affected

August 19, 2018 Team ICM News

By Team ICM – It’s being called the flood of the century. Torrential rains and strong winds over past three weeks have devastated God’s own

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Sunday Homily: Closer to Him in the Eucharist

August 18, 2018 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Twentieth Sunday of the year Jesus when he began his public ministry announced that he has come to establish

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Abortion in India: Silence of the Lambs

August 17, 2018 Team ICM Family

By Carmel Nisha Pius Franco – Since August 10th, 1971 more than 300 million children are estimated to be killed by abortion in India. That’s

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Church Opens its Doors to Rain-Hit Kerala

August 16, 2018 Team ICM News

By Team ICM – The state of Kerala is going through a difficult phase with rains unrelenting in its fury – lashing its cities, towns

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Franciscans And The Dogma of Assumption

August 14, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Friar Trevor D’Souza, OFM –  The Apostolic Constitution of Pope of Pope Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus, Defining the dogma of the Assumption, November 1,

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Kiara’s New Musical: Believing in the Girl Child

August 12, 2018 Team ICM Features

By Dr. Wendy M Dickson – Last year, Kiara Music Academy aligned itself with BOSCO, for a long-term partnership in working for the exploited Indian

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