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Homily for Youth: 7 Lessons from the Christmas Crib

December 24, 2021 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – Christmas is a time of joy! Come what may, this joy cannot be lost or left out. One of

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Silent Night – the ‘Night’ of Nights

December 20, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Sr. Mary Thadavanal MSMHC – In all ages there was no night as silent as this night: an awesome night, deep and full with

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Preparing Our Hearts for This Christmas

December 19, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – Prepare our hearts to receive Jesus is the common phrase used during this season of Advent. So let’s pull

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Christmas: God Re-Enters Our Chaos

December 17, 2021 Team ICM News

By Fr Hedwig Lewis SJ – St Ignatius of Loyola views the Incarnation of Jesus from a unique perspective. In the Spiritual Exercises, as a

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Manipur: Neighbourhood Children’s Parliament of Shajouba Celebrate Pre-Christmas

December 15, 2021 Team ICM News

Shajouba: At the close of the academic year 2021, after their final examination, neighbourhood children’s Parliament (NCP) of St. Joseph’s High School Shajouba celebrated Pre-Christmas

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A Christmas Miracle – When Enemies Became Brothers

December 12, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano As the first Christmas of World War I approached, Pope Benedict XV on Dec. 7, 1914, asked the leaders of all warring

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Advent: Reflect, Renew and Move Forward

December 5, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By His Grace Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam As the season of Advent commences we all are thinking of Christmas celebrations and preparations for the

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‘Christmas Makes Meaning When Celebrated With Destitute’

December 26, 2020 Team ICM News

By C V Joseph – Bengaluru: Christmas is celebrated lavishly all over the world but when it is celebrated with the destitute and the neglected

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For Ranchi’s Rickshaw Pullers, It Was a Different Kind of Christmas!

December 26, 2020 Team ICM News

Ranchi: Christmas day was celebrated in a very different and special way in the Archdiocese of Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand state, this year. There were

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Incarnating Christmas

December 24, 2020 Team ICM Advent

By Soroj Mullick, SDB – Unlike other years, we are forced to face this Christmas differently, without much of feasting with family and friends. There

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Homily for Youth: Celebrating God’s Love

December 24, 2020 Team ICM Advent

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord December 25, 2020 Today, we celebrate love! Christmas is a festival

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Making a Difference: Proclaim ‘Good News of Great Joy’!

December 23, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Tony Magliano The commercialism of Christmas can easily tempt us to become spiritually sidetracked. A barrage of commercials tries to sell the illusion that

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Must Watch: YouTube Film ‘Beautiful Child’ Opens Up to Great Reviews

December 21, 2020 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Verghese V Joseph – ‘Beautiful Child’, a short digital short film on the Christmas story, was released on YouTube on December 20. The moving

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The God of Christmas Never Sleeps Nor Slumbers

December 3, 2020 Team ICM Advent

By Most Rev. Dr. A. Stephen Bishop of Tuticorin Christmas as we know, is a period of joy and celebration, exchange of gifts, families coming

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Of Boxing Day and Charities

December 25, 2019 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Jacqueline Kelly – Boxing Day takes place on December 26, the first day, or normally, the first weekday after Christmas. It is celebrated in

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Pope Leo XIV to Centesimus Annus Foundation: 'Give voice to the poor'
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