By Susanna D – The concept of arranged marriages is as fascinating and repulsive to the Western world, as it is natural and normal to
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Chapter XVII: He Ascended
By Fr Joseph Francis – How to understand “descending” from heaven and “ascending” into heaven? Descended from heaven or ascended into heaven: these expressions need
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Adolescence: Those Wonder Years, Really?
By Fr Divya Paul – Adults commonly tell young people that the teenage years are the “best years of your life.” The rosy remembrance highlights
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Praying With Teenagers: Motivate Them
By Fr Hervé Morissette, CSC – Your younger children will find it normal to pray with the family, but it may not work as well
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Want to Overcome Anxiety and Fear?
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
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Brother Cal: The Saintly Man
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Orphans stink of poverty and misfortune. The ambitious who intern at orphanages move on to greener pastures. Those who run orphanages
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Parables for Today: Marriage as Hell
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
Read moreIn Solidarity with the Poor: Wakeup Call for Catholics!
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
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Keep The Faith and Be Watchful
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
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The Parable of the Talents: Vivid Use of Light
By Joynel Fernandes – An image speaketh a thousand words. The art of painting for long has chiseled and enamoured the heart, mind, soul and
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World Day of the Poor: Reach Out, Urges Pope Francis
By Holy Father Pope Francis – At the conclusion of the Jubilee of Mercy, I wanted to offer the Church a World Day of the
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Instead of a Cell Phone, How About a Cross By Your Bedside?
By Fr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan – One day we visited a convent to meet the Superior. I rang the bell and waited. Immediately a kitchen girl
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Environment Degradation and Restoration of Creation Are Inseparably Linked
By Sr. (Dr). D. J. Margaret FMA – The concept of environmental security and safety has gained attention in contemporary society. Modern technology and development,
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Small Family = Happy Family… Really?
By Susanna D – Some years ago at our after school tuition class in the slum, I was ‘taking up’ one girl’s Hindi answers. All
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Chapter XVI: The Question of Resurrection
By Fr Joseph Francis – Chapter XVI: On the third day he rose again from the dead (2) The Sadducees (a party of Jewish priests) were
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