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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

What I want is Mercy, not Sacrifice

0n the occasion of the call of Matthew the Tax Collector (in Matthew 9:9-13), a number of tax collectors and sinners were gathered at table with Jesus in Matthew's house.
Cover Choice

What About the Virgin Mary? (A Brief Catechism About Mary)

Why waste your time with a Marian catechism?; Jesus is the center of the Christian faith...
Our Faith

Why Do Catholics Have Crucifixes? »

Many non-Catholic Christians are uncomfortable with the display of a crucifix - a cross with an image of Christ's crucified body. They prefer to display an empty cross.


Catholic Living

Pray the Rosary and Plug Into Heaven »

I know everyone who regularly prays the rosary will testify to the many graces obtained for others and ourselves by this great means of prayer that Our Lady gave us.

More Articles: Living

Winning Family

Think Mercy! Show Mercy! »

The theme of the Jubilee year as pronounced by Pope Francis is Mercy. To appreciate the theme, one needs to think through the reason why God Almighty, The Omnipotent will send His only Begotten Son to the land of man – The earth.

Faith & Business

7 Financial Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs »

Most of us are familiar with the typical habits of successful people -wake up early, eat breakfast, build a network. But what about the financial habits?


Young & Catholic

Why Do I Have to go to Church? »

My husband and I have three daughters who at young ages already express some big opinions about life, including a four-year-old who complains about going to church.


Tonic For The Soul

Eucharist, Mass, and Gratitude »

One of my biggest struggles as a religion teacher is with our technical terms. We have so many words that we use, sometimes every single day: Trinity, Eucharist, Heaven, Son of God, Mass, Incarnation, and so on.


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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