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Month: January 2023

Mistaken as Missionaries, Right-Wing Activists Attack Tour Group

January 17, 2023 Team ICM News

By Louis Rodrigues – Staff members belonging to Vishwa Mandal Sevashram, Sirpur in Dhulia district of Maharashtra on an educational tour of Karnataka, Maharashtra and

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To Find Happiness In Strange Places

January 17, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Divya Paul It happens, just as your cup of happiness is full and you finally sit back to enjoy it, somebody bumps your

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Seek God’s Grace to be Generous With Our Words

January 17, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

John Desing csc – Readings: Heb 7:1-3,15-17; Mk 3:1-6 Today we are called to be a generous giver. The first reading talks about Melchizedek, a

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St Joseph Vaz, a Faithful Follower of Jesus, Says Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão

January 16, 2023 Team ICM News

Bro. John Malvino Alfonso OCD – Sancoale: “St. Joseph Vaz was a faithful follower of Jesus. He experienced Jesus and   proclaimed him through acts of

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CCBI’s 34th Plenary Session to Dwell on the Synodal Path

January 16, 2023 Team ICM News

Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: The 34th Plenary Assembly Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) will take place during January 24-30, 2023 at St.

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Christians Must be Recognized by Our Love

January 16, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Akhsi Wary csc – Readings: Heb 6:10-20; Mk 2:23-28 In the gospel we hear, Jesus defending the disciples who were pulling off heads of grain

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Indian Edition of Apostolic Letter Totum Amorist Est Released

January 16, 2023 Team ICM News

Bengaluru: Totum Amoris Est (Love is Everything) – an apostolic letter on the fourth centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales by Pope

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Why St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz “Matters” to Indian Catholics

January 15, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture, COVID-19, Healthcare

By Filomena Saraswati Giese – We are at the crossroads of where the Church is heading as great changes take place in independent countries free

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St. Joseph Vaz: The Friday Miracle Worker!

January 15, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – Fr. Joseph Vaz was born to Christopher Vaz and Maria de Miranda, Christian parents of the Konkani Brahmin caste; the third

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Jesus Gives New Life to All Those Who Come to Him

January 15, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Tarsish Marak csc – Readings: Heb 5: 1-10; Mk 2:18-22 In those days fasting was one of the religious practices and still, it is followed

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Homily: Vocation Sunday, Know Your Calling

January 14, 2023 Team ICM Homilies

Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Second Sunday of the Year January 15, 2023 Readings:  Isaiah 49:3, 5-6   1 Corinthians 1:1-3   John 1:29-34 Today we begin the ordinary season

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Have a Strong Conviction in Your Heart

January 14, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Preet Anupam Beck csc – Readings: Is 49: 3, 5-6; 1Cor 1: 1-3; Jn 1: 29-34 The readings of today invite me to be holy

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Blessed Devasahayam Pillai – The First Lay Indian Martyr

January 13, 2023 Team ICM Best of ICM, Faith / Spirituality

By Verghese V Joseph – January 14th is the feast day of Blessed Devasahayam Pillai, the first Indian lay martyr to be beatified. Popularly known

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Receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation

January 13, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Paul Suski – The saints have always reminded us how important it is to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation frequently. St. John Paul II

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Rid Yourself of Judgmental Attitude

January 13, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

John Desing csc – Readings: Heb 4: 12-16; Mk 2: 13-17 The gospel reading presents to us three types of personalities representing Jesus as one

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To the Brothers of the Christian Schools (15 May 2025)
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To participants in the Jubilee of the Oriental Churches (14 May 2025)
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