In this touching personal story, Fr Brian, an Irish Missionary in Kenya, shares his experience of being healed—and the role dreams played in it. A remark in a recent issue of MAGNET touched a chord
When she was leading the agitation, she was not aware that the police had been strictly ordered to disrobe her and have her photographed. The ruthless dictator and the extremists thought that kind of humiliation
Who is your favourite saint? Suppose you answer, “Therese of Lisieux,” or “Francis of Assisi,” or “Oscar Romero,” or “Don Bosco,” or whatever, it says something about you rather than about that saint. When someone
This is the message of Pope Francis, for World Communications Day which will be celebrated on the Sunday before Pentecost, 13 May 2018. The World Communications Day was established by Pope Paul VI in 1967
You feel good when someone who loves you phones you. Your face lights up. Your voice becomes warm and tender. Nice to matter to someone, right? Great to be called, right? Each of us is
PANDITA RAMABAI SARASVATI (1858-1922) - DIED 5 APRIL Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati was an Indian woman, born to a Brahmin father, Anant Shastri, and his second wife, Lakshmibai. Her father, a learned Sanskrit scholar, taught Puranas in
Reflecting on their thirty-three years of marriage, Kevin sees the inadequacy of youthful romance and of other worldly views of this way of life. While “marriage as sacrament” is certainly very meaningful, the real beauty
The Charism Statement of the Christian Brothers reads: Deeply aware of the Father’s providential presence in life, Edmund Rice was moved by the Holy Spirit to open his whole heart to Christ present and appealing
“What on earth am I here for?” Life has meaning and purpose when we stretch beyond the ‘clock of routine’ and engage our lives on a ‘Divine agenda.’ We were never created to merely drift