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Jesuit Superior General’s Visit to Goa: Impressions and Challenges

March 12, 2019 Team ICM Features

Not often does the head of one of the world’s largest religious orders of the Catholic Church spend time with simple shepherds at one village

Women: The Feminine Genius at Work

March 7, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Teresa Joseph, FMA – International Women’s Day (IWD) 2019 with its Official UN theme: Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change is already

Ash Wednesday: From Ashes to Glory

March 5, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Among the beautiful, meaningful and solemn ceremonies of the Catholic Church, is the gathering of the faithful on Ash Wednesday. This

A Cry for God’s Mercy and Forgiveness

March 5, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Bro John Malvino Alfonso, OCD – Today, 6th March 2019 the Church observes Ash Wednesday. In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the

Lent A Time Of Spiritual Renewal

February 28, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – What is Lent? Lent is a solemn 40-day period in the Church’s liturgical year in which we prepare ourselves spiritually for

The Joys of the Elderly

February 26, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Dr. Jeanette Pinto – The Fourth Commandment reads: “Honour thy Father and Mother.” It means not only when they are young, agile and productive

U.N.’s International Year of Indigenous Languages

February 8, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, that is: dedicated to raising awareness

Pedro Arrupe: You Are God’s hand

February 4, 2019 Team ICM Features

Photo courtesy Jesuit Midwest: Pedro Arrupe, SJ, with Mother Teresa By Francis Gonsalves, SJ When asked: “Doesn’t it give you great joy to see the

Not So Much Jazz: Adi Shankaracharya and St. Thomas of Aquinas

January 29, 2019 Team ICM Best of ICM, Features

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Saint Thomas of Aquinas was considered foolish by his classmates because he was an introvert. Maybe, he was dyslexic. Maybe, he

Need for an Indian Academy of Religion Mooted

January 27, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – There is a distinct Hindu way of life, and there is a distinct Christian way of life. But the problem is

It’s Christmas, Rejoice and Be Glad!

December 24, 2018 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – It’s Christmas once again! Rejoice and be glad! May we catch and live some of this spirit as we commemorate the

Mountain-Top Experience: Abraham, Moses, Elijah and Jesus

December 11, 2018 Team ICM Features

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – Dasharath Manjhi—nicknamed ‘Mountain Man’— lost his wife on the way to hospital since circumventing a mountain took six hours