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  • Odisha: Cooking Girl Finds Her Vocation for Sisterhood

    By Purushottam Nayak – Kandhamal:  A young girl who loved spending time in the kitchen never imagined that her passion

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    Verghese V Joseph – Derry, the second-largest city in Northern Ireland, became the spiritual centre of a global Catholic witness

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    The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Goa: Abiding in Christ, Serving the World

    Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – As the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Sancoale Goa celebrates

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    A Wellspring of Graces: Rediscovered off the Beaten Path in Poland

    In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated on June 12, Bishop Piotr Sawczuk of the Diocese

  • Did God Create Cockroaches?

    # chhotebhai – Yes, cockroaches are the flavour of the season (yuck), thanks to the intemperate remarks of the CJI,

  • Have A Heart!

    It seems to be a never-ending circle of hate, violence and war; destruction, division and discrimination. Today, corruption, exclusion and

  • What the Rosary Actually Does and Why I Wish Someone Had Told Me Sooner

    By Christina Hanna Paul – I was born and raised Catholic. Sunday Mass, the Rosary, Catechesis, I had it all

  • The Last Pilgrimage: Ensuring That No Elder Walks Alone

    Recently, during a Catholic spiritual retreat, I met an elderly woman of about 75 years old. She shared one of

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    Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo XIV’s Moral Test for the Age of AI

    Janina Gomes – Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, arrives at a moment when the world is dazzled by

  • Beyond Sports: Pope Leo XIV’s June Intention

    “Let us pray that sport is a tool for peace, encounter, and dialogue between different cultures and peoples, that it

  • World’s Faithful Unite for First-Ever Worldwide Marian Procession

     Verghese V Joseph – In an extraordinary act of global Catholic unity, the first-ever Worldwide Marian Procession will bring together

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    Holiness Off the Beaten Path: Servant of God, Lay Missionary, Helena Kmieć

    Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is.

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Homily: Discover Jesus and Proclaim Him Before Others

June 20, 2020 Team ICM Homilies

Twelfth Sunday of the Year June 21, 2020 Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33 “Do not be afraid.” How good it is for someone

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Trust in God with Complete Freedom

June 20, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Vimal Kumar A csc – Readings: Jer 20: 10-13; Rom 5: 12-15; Mt 10: 26-33 ‘Fear not’ is a catchy word for today’s reflection.

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Finding Jesus in My Life

June 19, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Jijo Philip csc – Readings: 2Chr 24:17-25; Lk 2:41-51 “Child, why have treated us like this? Look your father and I have been searching

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Relevance of ‘Sacred Heart of Jesus’ in Contemporary World

June 19, 2020 Team ICM News

By Fr Mathew Thankachen O. Praem.- (An attempt is made on the struggle of the “Inner man” and the ‘role of the family and Church

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Sacred Heart of Jesus: A Means of Salvation or Literally Saint-ification for Us

June 18, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Nishant Xavier – The Sacred Heart of Jesus is God’s Living Testament of His Infinite Love for us – our Divine Redeemer, our Father

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Accompany Migrants During COVID-19! A Catholic Perspective

June 18, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – As a follow up of the relief services provided during COVID-19 pandemic by various stakeholders, a Zoom meeting was held

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Sacred Heart: Love of Jesus for the Father and for Us

June 18, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr Joseph Francis – I would like to begin by pointing out a few things that could help us meditate on this theme of

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Be in Constant Touch With the Heart

June 18, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Friny Peter Ruwnglal csc – Readings: Deut 7: 6-11; 1 Jn 4: 7-16; Mt 11: 25- 30 Today, the church celebrates the solemnity of

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During Lockdown, Ranchi Church Reaches Out to Freedom Fighters’ Families

June 17, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – In another very meaningful and significant gesture during the COVID-19 lockdown period, the Ranchi Archdiocese reached out to more than

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Let Our Prayer Transform Us

June 17, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Nibin K Cyriac csc – Readings: Sir 48: 1-14; Mt 6: 7-15 Prayer is not mere words. It is an expression. It is a

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Acts of Mercy: ‘BREADS’ Distributes Provision To Migrants and Needy

June 17, 2020 Team ICM News

By C V Joseph – Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society (BREADS), an NGO and belonging to the Salesian Province of Bangalore, On Wednesday, BREADS

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Karnataka: Belagavi, Karwar Diocesan Churches to Reopen After June 30

June 17, 2020 Team ICM News

By Louis Rodrigues – Belagavi: While the Covid-19 crisis continues its scare, and even though permission has been granted to reopen the places of religious

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Prison Ministry India Launches Unique Online Volunteer Training Programme

June 16, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: Prison Ministry India (PMI) on Monday launched an online initiative to train full-time volunteers on its ‘Reform to Reintegrate’

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Share Love of God With Others

June 16, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Akhsi Wary csc – Readings: 2Kgs 2: 1, 6-14; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Today’s gospel reading tells us to examine and reflect about the disposition

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Pray for Those Who Persecute Us

June 15, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Naresh Namindla csc – Readings: 1Kgs 21:17-29; Mt 5: 43-48 We tend to become friends with the ones whom we like. We love the

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