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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

On 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. The Pharisees and Scribes of course complained that Jesus who was supposed to be a holy man, a prophet and a Rabbi would associate closely with such a public sinner.
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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Assumption is the oldest feast day of Our Lady, but we don't know how it first came to be celebrated. Its origin is lost in those days when Jerusalem was restored as a sacred city, at the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (c. 285-337).
Our Faith

God In Our Midst »

"It was not because you are the largest of all nations that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you, for you are really the smallest of all nations" (Deuteronomy 7:7).

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Catholic Living

What It Means to Be "Catholic" (Against Popular Terminology) »

The term Christian has become so diluted that the phrase, "I am a Christian" has very little precise meaning. The person making such an assertion could be identifying himself as anything from a liberal who believes little of traditional Christianity to a fundamentalist who holds to a strict biblical literalism.

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Winning Family

Sing His Praise »

Is it not a wonder that we are entering the last month of the third quarter of this year 2020, soon we will be hearing “jingle bells” I kind of feel some excitement within me. What about you?

Faith & Business

Go to the Ant for Financial Wisdom! »

"Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer or ruler, She prepares her food in summer, and gathers her sustenance in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, And poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man." - Proverbs 6:6-11


Young & Catholic

Beautiful Inside and Out »

Young people are pressured to fit in with the right clothes, hair and looks. But as Catholic Christians, we must remember we are made in the image and likeness of God, beautiful on the inside and outside.


Tonic For The Soul

The Power And Wonder Of The Sign of The Cross »

To some, being Catholic means giving up chocolate for Lent. But those who explore their Catholic heritage discover thousands of years of meaning, insight, and life-giving resources: inspiring stories about people from Abraham to Mother Teresa, practical instruction by some of the most brilliant thinkers of all time, tried and true spiritual practices that make people grow in character and happiness.


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.



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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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