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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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Pope Francis Prays Angelus for Solemnity of the Assumption

August 16, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

The feast of the Assumption, also known as Ferragosto, is an important religious and civil holiday in Italy, and thousands of faithful were present in

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Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

A Day of Joy: Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

August 14, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Fr. Eugene Lobo S.J. Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a; 10ab; 1 Corinthians 15:20-26; Luke 1:39-56 Today (August 15) we celebrate the feast of Mary’s Assumption into heaven.

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Matha, Pitha, Google, Deivam!

August 14, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Catholic Culture

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues One of the questions in the old penny catechism was “Where is God?” And the answer was “God is everywhere.” Today

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Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast of Assumption: The Gift of Mother Mary to Us

August 14, 2017 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body and soul into heaven is one of the last dogmas of the

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Facing Those Brook Besor Moments…

August 13, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Linda Joseph –  I believe all Christians face something Max Lucado referred to as a Brook Besor moment. When even your dearest abandon you

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Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love In The Family

August 12, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Most Reverend Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam –  This year, on March 19th, the feast of St. Joseph, our beloved Holy Father, Pope Francis,

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Why Do You look For The Living Among The Dead? #fakenews

August 12, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Tech / Media

By Rev. Fr. Joshan Rodrigues – Just a few days ago, I received a Whatsapp text from one of my relatives stating that Sr Nirmala, the

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Jesus Is The Source Of Peace

August 11, 2017 Team ICM Homilies

Nineteenth Sunday of the Year August 13, 2017 1 Kings 19:9.11-13,  Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:22-33 God’s presence is felt more often in tiny, small ways,

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11 August: Feast of St Clare of Assisi

August 11, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Fr Trevor D’Souza OFM – Clare of Assisi cannot be understood without understanding Francis of Assisi and Francis is incomplete without Clare. While Francis represents

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Chapter II: I Believe in God

August 9, 2017 Team ICM I Believe

Faith is primarily acceptance of the Person of God Sometimes people tend to think of faith and belief as acceptance of some impersonal truths or

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Bored at Mass? Try These 7 Steps!

August 7, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Catholic Culture

Fr Joshan Rodrigues – One of the most common refrains I hear from young people is ‘Mass is boring. Homilies are boring. I don’t know why

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XLRI had Maggie long before anyone else

August 7, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

By Abhijit Bhaduri –  That was the summer of ’82. It seems such a long time ago. Memories are not time dependent. We may forget

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Time To Rethink The Purpose Of Business

August 7, 2017 Team ICM Features

By Lawrence Chong – In an age where businesses are downsizing, rightsizing or just doling out the pink slips that has fast becoming the norm, it’s

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God’s Love For His Children Is Eternal

August 6, 2017 Team ICM Family

In today’s session on ‘Good and Effective Parenting’ organised by Resurrection Church Parents’ Collective, Mr. Sunil Mahajan of Pathfinder exhorted parents to try and fill

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The Journey of Priestly Formation Begins With a Call

August 6, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Chris Vimalraj Hiruthya – A simple definition of the word ‘vocation’ is its literal meaning a ‘call’. For example, the call to married

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