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Making a Difference: God’s Wake-Up Call to What’s Most Important!

July 24, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano Although it is ordinary time in the church year, I think it often feels like Good Friday these days. Don’t you? With

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ICM Anniversary Special: Facing CRISES WITH CHRIST on Our Side

July 21, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Dear Indian Catholic Matters, it is a joyful occasion to celebrate, as you turn three! In this era of social network and virtual existence, you

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3rd Year ICM Anniversary Special: The New Normal!

July 16, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Fr. Nigel Barrett The ‘New Normal’ is a term many of us may be hearing in all spheres of life, including our Faith and

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The Bishop Fallout Episode: Unexplainable Situation

July 14, 2020 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Tom Thomas – “What happened to the Bishop?” My 12-year old son asked me last night. I was reading a media report on my

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New-Age Church: Taking Your Parish into Cyberspace

April 17, 2020 Team ICM Catholic Culture, COVID-19

By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – I’ll get straight to the point. The COVID pandemic has ‘disrupted’ how we function as Church. As the lockdown is

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Prayer in the Time of Pandemic

March 30, 2020 Team ICM COVID-19, Faith / Spirituality

By Fr Cedric Prakash, SJ – We come to you today dear heavenly and loving Father as your children, as one family with deep faith

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Prayer Does Not Change God, But it Changes Him Who Prays

February 21, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Larissa D’Souza – The prayer of the righteous man is powerful and effective. Our prayers are answered sometimes without realizing. If the only prayer

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Jan 18-25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

January 19, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – The theme for the Week is: “They Showed Us Unusual Kindness” (cf. Acts 28:2). Fr. James Loughran, SA, Director of the

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Peace of Heart Our Fundamental Quest, Says Bishop Dr. Yvon Ambroise

January 3, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Most Rev. Dr. Yvon Ambroise, Bishop of Tuticorin What does the people in the world yearn for at the very core of their being?

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Believe in Yourself and You Will Be Unstoppable

December 30, 2019 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Larissa D’Souza – The strongest factor for success is self esteem. Believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, and believing you will

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The Many Calls I Have Heard in Life

August 4, 2019 Team ICM Tech / Media

Courtesy: Magnet – By Janina Gomes – Most speak of a vocation as one of being a religious sister or a priest. In my case,

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Only a Transformation Through Christ Can Sustain Us

July 7, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarappu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam – While individually every member in the Church should acknowledge with gratitude all that one is receiving

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Learning from Jesus’ Disciples

July 4, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarappu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam – The members of the community of disciples were called Christians for the first time in Antioch

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Love Without Words

June 21, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – In the movie ‘ Fiddler on the roof’, Tevye goes up the roof and keeps asking his wife Goldie repeatedly

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God in the Desert

June 7, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr Adolf Washington – A baby camel asked his mother “Mom, why have we have these huge three-toed feet?” The mother replies, “To enable

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Audio: Fr Christopher White's Daily Reflection

Friday reflection on readings 1, Isaiah 29:17-24 & the Gospel of Matthew 9:27-31. Please click link and scroll down a bit to listen to the audio.

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