November 2017 - Page 2 of 4 - Indian Catholic Matters

Chapter XVII: He Ascended

November 22, 2017 Team ICM I Believe

By Fr Joseph Francis – How to understand “descending” from heaven and “ascending” into heaven? Descended from heaven or ascended into heaven: these expressions need

Adolescence: Those Wonder Years, Really?

November 22, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Fr Divya Paul – Adults commonly tell young people that the teenage years are the “best years of your life.” The rosy remembrance highlights

Praying With Teenagers: Motivate Them

November 21, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Fr Hervé Morissette, CSC – Your younger children will find it normal to pray with the family, but it may not work as well

Want to Overcome Anxiety and Fear?

November 21, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr Warner D’Souza – A few years ago I learnt how to overcome fear and anxiety, and that too in a hospital. I happened

Brother Cal: The Saintly Man

November 20, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Catholic Culture

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Orphans stink of poverty and misfortune. The ambitious who intern at orphanages move on to greener pastures. Those who run orphanages

Parables for Today: Marriage as Hell

November 19, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

By Fr. Joe Mannath, SDB – Kumari was young and good-looking. Like most young women getting married, she had dreams of loving a man, being

In Solidarity with the Poor: Wakeup Call for Catholics!

November 18, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – Pope Francis has invited the Catholic Church and the entire world, to observe 19 November as the ‘World Day of

Keep The Faith and Be Watchful

November 18, 2017 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – Thirty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time – November 19, 2017 Proverbs 31:10-13.19-20.30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 The Church

The Parable of the Talents: Vivid Use of Light

November 18, 2017 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Joynel Fernandes – An image speaketh a thousand words. The art of painting for long has chiseled and enamoured the heart, mind, soul and

World Day of the Poor: Reach Out, Urges Pope Francis

November 17, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Holy Father Pope Francis – At the conclusion of the Jubilee of Mercy, I wanted to offer the Church a World Day of the

Instead of a Cell Phone, How About a Cross By Your Bedside?

November 17, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan – One day we visited a convent to meet the Superior. I rang the bell and waited. Immediately a kitchen girl

Environment Degradation and Restoration of Creation Are Inseparably Linked

November 16, 2017 Team ICM News

By Sr. (Dr). D. J. Margaret FMA – The concept of environmental security and safety has gained attention in contemporary society. Modern technology and development,