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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

Letting God Be God-A test of Character

There comes a time when tribulations make us think we are smarter than God. These are the times when apart from our faith, our characters are tested. Have you been in a situation or situations when you prayed and still everything went wrong? Then you wonder if God answers prayers or even listened to you.
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Christmas: Always A New Beginning

We all occasionally desire a new beginning. Call it nostalgia for some good old times or the result of the "had I known" surge of regret for some bad decision or action! Is the patronage of the beauty and cosmetic industries not somehow driven by a longing for youthfulness, some sort of self-perpetuation?
Our Faith

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...

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Catholic Living

The Nature & Purpose of Purgatory »

Some who deny the existence of purgatory cite Revelation 14:13: “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth. ‘Blessed indeed,’ says the Spirit, ‘that they may rest from their labours, for their deeds follow them!’”

More Articles: Living

Winning Family

Ageing With Grace »

“Even to your old age and grey hairs I am He, I am He who sustains you. I have made you and I will carry you, I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isiah 46:4
This is the promise of God for the righteous one, for the one who looks up to Him, for us.

Faith & Business

A Theology of Enough »

In Chicago’s Goodman Theater production of A Christmas Carol, one of the characters says wistfully, “Enough, what a glorious word.” And when Jesus asked the disciples what they had to feed the multitude and they said five loaves and two fishes, he said, basically, “That is enough.”


Young & Catholic

Getting it Right-The Foundation of Friendship »

I write this post to help parents raise their teenagers to be virtuous adults. I share this post with the hopes of helping them raise their children by adding a few thoughts that have come to me.


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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