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Overcoming Loneliness: A Reflection on the Power of Hope

July 15, 2024 Team ICM Features

Sch. Emmanuel Akilan SJ  – What kept me going during the darkest times of my life was only a glimmer of hope. Bedridden and hospitalized,

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Single Life: The Sacred Vocation Often Overlooked

May 19, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Lavoisier Fernandes If you are Catholic, one might recognise that the three Church designated vocation callings are – religious life, marriage and being single.

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West Bengal: Celebration Marks Inaugural Women’s Religious Day in Krishnagar Diocese

March 13, 2024 Team ICM News

Sr. Gracemary SMI – Krishnagar (West Bengal): The Women’s Commission of Krishnagar Diocese made history as it celebrated the Day of Women Religious for the first

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Understanding the Characteristics of Being Religious

November 10, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By M L Satyan. While working with many religious congregations during the past many years I have been reflecting on the values of a religious

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Are We Religious or Spiritual?

November 6, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By M L Satyan. A few months ago, I read a news report about four nuns of a religious congregation taking their final vows in

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Manifestation of Our Love for the Church and Her Mission…!

June 7, 2023 Team ICM Features

We should love the Church whom we consider as “mother” and we enjoy the privilege of being her children! We enjoy in this Church the

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Why I Still Want to Continue as a Religious

February 2, 2023 Team ICM Features

Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – Says Sr. Regis sra: “I do not have any thought to break away from the relationship with my Lord and

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Grace-filled Motivation for Religious Life Today

January 28, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Mary Thadavanal MSMHC – Religious life is a special call given to those whom God chooses. The initiative comes from God himself. “You

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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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ICM Moves Up in World’s Top 100 Catholic Media Sites

Bengaluru-based Indian Catholic Matters (ICM), a leading online Catholic publication, has been ranked 51st in this year’s Feedspot top 100 Catholic websites in the world.

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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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To the Delegation of "The National Italian American Foundation" (4 June 2025)
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Regina Caeli, 1st June 2025
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Holy Mass for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly (1 June 2025)
31.05.2025
Conclusion of the month of May (31 May 2025)
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To the Members of the Popular Movements for Peace (30 May 2025)
28.05.2025
Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Participants in the Seminar "Evangelizing with the Families of Today and Tomorrow: Ecclesiological and Pastoral Challenges", organised by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life (28 May 2025)
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