A True Christian Magnet is a splendid monthly which I look forward to reading regularly. The article “I was in prison” by Fr MA Joe Antony S J, was worth reading. I was inspired by
Even children—and persons of other faiths—know who Jesus was, what He taught and how he related. The essentials of His teaching do not require any great learning to understand. He spoke simple, lived a life
Etienne was a young European volunteer who worked in a camp for refugees in Kenya. He considered himself as agnostic or atheistic. He wasn’t interested in church or prayer. Being generous and keen on helping
Practical reflections and suggestions of an experienced educator on the occasion of the International Youth Day (August 12). “In a changing world, young people find themselves in a situation of fluidity and uncertainly, vulnerability and
Dear co-travelers, As we are already or enter the threshold of the category of senior citizens in consecrated life, our outlook on people, events, achievements, and even values of the past changes. Some, of course,
Here is the story of a young man’s search for happiness. He had everything that most people can only wish for—educated and well-to-do parents, an IIT degree, tops jobs, freedom, money, friends, travel. But that
Recently I visited one of our communities, where a group of boys who had finished the 12th standard were undergoing a year of orientation programmes in preparation for entering the novitiate. The superior of the
“'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.’ (Jeremiah 29:11) I believe that
In the previous issue (July 2022) of MAGNET, I presented some of the challenges involved in helping formees to grow in emotional maturity. In this article I shall present ways and means to enhance this
(Excerpts of this essay were used when I was the keynote speaker at the International Association for Counselling Conference in July 2016) In the Los Angeles County Jail there are no bright colours. The benches,