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Recollecting the Sanctity of the Present Moment

March 9, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Paul Suski – “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what

Making a Difference: God’s Radical Call

March 8, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” With these two compelling sentences – as recorded

Women at the Foot of the Cross and Beyond

March 7, 2023 Team ICM Features

Tom Thomas – International Women’s day is celebrated on March 8th. It is also a good time to reflect on the role of women in

The Covenantal Relationship in the “Father’s House”

March 6, 2023 Team ICM Features

The covenantal relationship between Yahweh and the People of Israel was sealed in the blood of the covenant at Sinai. In Christ the new covenant

Lenten Message: Leaving the “Father’s House”

March 5, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam There is in all of us ‘the prodigal son!’ This becomes evident in the use of the

Bad Apples, Sad Couples, Glad Tidings

March 3, 2023 Team ICM Features

chhotebhai – Fortunately, I belong to a small parish where just a handful of people come for the Sunday evening Mass. It is therefore a

A Lenten Saint: St John Joseph of the Cross

March 3, 2023 Team ICM Features

Tom Thomas – The Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 957 Communion with the saints says. “It is not merely by the title of example

Making a Difference: When the US Bishops Were at Their Prophetic Best

March 2, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – Forty-years-ago the United States Catholic bishops wrote a document that stirred up public opinion like none other. Many Catholics, and non-Catholics

Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

February 17, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Jacqueline Kelly – In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. Religious Orders

Making a Difference: And So We Fight Evil!

February 15, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano Jesus was totally nonviolent. Any serious contextual reading of the Gospel reveals Jesus courageously, prophetically proclaiming the Kingdom of God – often

Prophetic Role of St. Joseph Vaz In the Mission History of the Church

February 14, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Filomena Saraswati Giese – Berkeley, California: The official Feast Day of Indian-Sri Lankan St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz (1651-1711) on January 16, 2023 has just been