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  • Lenten Reflection: Living for God is Openness to New Life!

    Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – SATURDAY SECOND WEEK March 07 – Micah

  • Lenten Reflection: Living for God to the Extent of Dying for God!

    Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FRIDAY SECOND WEEK March 06 – Genesis

  • Lenten Reflection: Living for God is Mindfulness of God!

    Living for God is mindfulness of God! Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 –

  • Sanju Samson and the Quiet Power of Belief

    By John Singarayar SVD – On March 1, under the lights at Eden Gardens, Sanju Samson, a player in the

  • Lenten Reflection: Living for God and the Pit-Digging Enemies!

    Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – WEDNESDAY SECOND WEEK March 04 – Jeremiah

  • Lenten Reflection: Goodness and Justice – Signs of Living for the Other!

    Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – TUESDAY SECOND WEEK March 03 – Isaiah

  • Andhra: Hearts Renewed as 300 Youth Gather for Lenten Recollection at Guntur

    Guntur (Andhra Pradesh): The Lenten Youth Recollection 2026, organised by the Diocesan Kolping Centre for Youth, was held on Sunday,

  • Lenten Reflection: Living for God is Living for the Other!

    Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – MONDAY SECOND WEEK March 02 – Daniel

  • Lenten Reflection: Listening to the Voice Makes Us People of God

    THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – SATURDAY FIRST WEEK Deuteronomy 26: 16-19; Matthew 5: 43-48 Listening to the right voice

  • Odisha: Mayurbhanj District Christians Harassed During Prayer Time

    By Purushottam Nayak – Mayurbhanj: Odisha Christians from Mayurbhanj home district of Indian President Smt. Droupadi Murmu were harassed during

  • Lenten Reflection: Choose to Listen; Choose to Forgive; Choose to Live!

    Listening to the right voice THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FIRST WEEK FRIDAY February 27 – Ezekiel 18: 21-28;

  • Lent and the Grace of Returning

    Each season in the liturgical calendar brings with it a quiet summons – a call to reflect, to decide, and

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Poona Concludes Year-Long Observance of Centenary of Apparitions in Fatima

October 13, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Following is an article by His Grace Bishop Thomas Dabre, Bishop of Poona and Chairman of NBCLC, sharing his reflections on the Centenary of Apparitions in

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The Catholic Guide to Movie-Watching

October 12, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Offbeat

By Susanna D – “Would you eat chocolate if it had a little poop in it?” “Ewww! No!” “Then why would you watch movies with

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Interfaith Marriages: What Catholics Share With the Divorced and Remarried

October 12, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala – I recently attended a service held for of an old neighbor who passed away and was shocked to learn that

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Chapter XI: Who Was Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary (3)

October 11, 2017 Team ICM I Believe

By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis – Consequences of Incarnation The Nicene Creed (325 AD) proclaims: “For us men and for our salvation he came

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Pope John XXIII: Windows Opener

October 11, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – Opening Windows is in most cases child’s play. But often, windows which have not been opened for a long

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We Do Not Have to ‘Meet’ God

October 11, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Sr. Margaret D’Mello – When I was asked to put down a few lines on how I meet God, I started wondering. Meeting God?

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Holy Father Pope Francis’ Historic Letter To Bishops of India

October 10, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Dear Brother Bishops, – The remarkable Varietas Ecclesiarum, aresult of a long historical, cultural, spiritual and disciplinary development, constitutes a treasure of the Church, regina

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Family Prayers: An Introduction

October 10, 2017 Team ICM Family

Beginning this week, we bring you every Wednesday Father Hervé Morissette’s  wonderful book, Family Prayers, a must have for all families. It’s a book of wisdom

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Shamshabad, Hosur Syro-Malabar Eparchies Get Their First Bishops

October 10, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

New Delhi: In a significant development, His Holiness Pope Francis has erected the Syro-Malabar Eparchies of Shamshabad and Hosur, and has appointed its first Bishops,

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Encounter of Martha and Mary with Jesus

October 9, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Eroll Fernandes, SJ – Will you like Martha, presume to tell Jesus what he ought to do, or will you like Mary listen

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Going from ‘I confess’ to ‘iConfess’

October 8, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues – A number of people have asked me if one can make his/her confession over the phone. The rapid diffusion of

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Psycho-Spiritual Refractions: The Grace of Smiling

October 8, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

By Fr. Hedwig Lewis SJ – Smiling is a powerful non-verbal language. A smile represents something bigger than itself. It symbolizes goodwill, affection and openness

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Bishop Emeritus Patrick Nair of Meerut Returns to The Heavenly Father

October 7, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

Meerut: Bishop Emeritus Patrick Nair of Meerut passed away at 7.30 pm on Saturday. He was 85 years old. He was admitted to Max Hospital

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Rosary Rhythms

October 7, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – “Another article on the ‘rosary?’”, I am quite certain a dear friend would quip. Actually, I had decided not to write one this year,

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The Vineyard is the Kingdom of God

October 7, 2017 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo S.J. – Twenty Seventh Sunday of the Year October 08, 2017 Isaiah 5:1-7,   Philippians 4:6-9,  Matthew 21:33-43 Christianity is a reality

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