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The Beacon International Magazine is a laity publication on the Catholic faith and the African Church.

The Beacon International Magazine has as its primary aim the dissemination of vital Catholic information on doctrine, faith, health and every day life. Ours is one of the first laity efforts in Catholic publication for local and international markets on the African continent covering diverse areas such as faith, the Church, doctrine, everyday life experiences.

The Beacon team is drawn from an enviable group of international writers and commentators who contribute essays and articles on a wide range of issues.
We shall continue to live up to our promise of giving a well packaged magazine to our readers while maintaining the highest level of professionalism, aesthetic values, respect for human dignity and a wholesome representation of the Catholic Faith.

This Edition

Front Page

2015, Here we go!

Happy New Year to you all. I sincerely hope that your holiday celebrations were filled with peace and joy. These first few days of 2015 found me reluctantly returning to my desk and computer after a nice long break over the Christmas holiday to savour time with family and friends.
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Can You Stand Up For Christ?

Gift wrappings and presentation boxes make gifts more attractive. But at times, they may distract us a little from the gift itself. The Gospel account for Christ’s baptism is full of drama as our own baptism is full of attractive rituals.
Our Faith

The Christian Tradition: Living, Holy, and Relevant »

Everybody has a tradition. The United States has a cultural tradition. Certain businesses have "traditions of excellence."

More Articles: Our Faith


Catholic Living

A New Year to Give Our Lives More Fully to the Lord »

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. (John 3:16)

More Articles: Living

Winning Family

The Cross in Our Lives »

There are so many reasons that Christ’s Cross should be on our minds as a Christian, especially because we are navigating the season of Lent-that beautiful and prayerful time of year.

Faith & Business

Too Busy for God? »

One of the great pleasures of my life is being a dad. Interestingly, though, I never really wanted to be a dad.


Young & Catholic

Everybody's Doing It: Dating and Peer Pressure »

Too many times we hear young people say they want to do something because everybody’s doing it!


Tonic For The Soul

Meditation - The Foundation of Mental Prayer »

If your spiritual life is to develop properly, you must learn how to meditate -the foundation of mental prayer.

More Tonic For The Soul


Saint Of The Month

Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.



Videos Of The Month


Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»

The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join


When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»

Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.


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