By Marianne Furtado de Nazareth – The shock was palpable across the class. One of the students had taken his life – to put it
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The Love-Life of God Inside a Couple
By Lorraine & Leon Bent – Catholic Marriage is a fountainhead of showers of blessings over a lifetime. It has four aspects: Sacrament, Covenant, Ministry
Read moreParents Should Accompany Children and Youth as They Grow
By Most Reverend Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam – Children are the gift of God to the parents and to the entire family! Giving birth
Read moreParenting: Sure Path to Holiness
By Lorraine & Leon Bent The call to love is “the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being” (Familiaris Consortio) In the vocation of
Read morePro-life Heroes: To Love is to Live
By Dr Jeanette Pinto – I taught Anoop Chakravarthy a spastic student, the subject of History at the undergraduate level at St. Xavier’s College Mumbai
Read moreThe Roles of a Dad: The Many Hats I Wear!
By Chris D’Souza – Dad, in preparation for this Father’s Day, would you like to do a small exercise? Pick up a piece of paper
Read moreThe Beloved, My Beloved and I
By Lorraine & Leon Bent The love- life of a couple flowers best when the partners are on a faith-journey, where God does things to
Read moreCorrecting Children: A Parental Introspection
By Joshy Joseph Karukutty – We live in a culture which propitiates the kind of understanding that instructing a child is ‘undesirable’. It is so
Read moreOld is Gold: Graceful Years
By Fr. Francis Gonsalves, SJ – On her eighty-fifth birthday a woman was asked: “What is the secret of your happiness?” She replied, “At our
Read moreProtect, Nurture and Support the Girl Child
By His Grace Most Rev. Francis Kalist, Bishop of Meerut, Chairman CCBI Commission for Women Sports is the most watched event in the world. What
Read moreUnderstanding Alternative Life Style Choices
By Dr Jeanette Pinto – Today India is experiencing a vast urban cultural change in family structures. We are in the midst of a serious
Read moreFather’s Presence Boosts Self-Esteem Among Adolescents: Study
Photo caption: (Standing L to R) Assistant Professor Meena Miranda, Dr (Fr) Clifford Castelino, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao, Carlos Castelino and Saligao Seminary Rector Fr
Read moreCelebrate the Family: Pope Francis
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
Read moreAbortion in India: Silence of the Lambs
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
Read moreTransform Your Marriage: Re-establish That Connection!
By Fr. Sundar Wilson, OFM – Newly married couples are blissfully in love and thrilled to be on their honeymoon. Very soon they are into
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