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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.

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A Sojourn In The Desert With Christ

As we begin this Lenten season, we are called to enter the desert with Christ; to turn away from sin and towards our God. Many of us realize that we are called to face difficult questions during this penitential season. 
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Lent: A season of spiritual preparation.

Lent is a period of fasting leading up to Easter. The season is rooted in the 40-day fast of Jesus in the wilderness. Catholic Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, and ends right before the evening Masses of Holy Thursday, although Lenten penance continues through Holy Saturday.
Our Faith

The Meaning of Easter »

To the secular world, our celebration of Easter Sunday is an odd event. In their eyes, we celebrate a corpse rising from the dead, and they really can't figure out why.

More Articles: Our Faith


Catholic Living

Fasting and Abstinence »

It is a traditional doctrine of Christian spirituality that a constituent part of repentance, of turning away from sin and back to God, includes some form of penance, without which the Christian is unlikely to remain on the narrow path and be saved.

More Articles: Living

Winning Family

Holy Christmas, Merrier Christmas: A Deep Preparation for Easter »

Christmas 2021 was celebrated in style I would say. The message in the Church was, “Make this a Holy Christmas” At first it sounded weird to me because I thought,” what could be more Holy than celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy One,” but as the celebration approached and especially in my family, I understood what a Holy Christmas could really mean to different people.

Faith & Business

Five Ways to Show Catholic Courage at Work »

Do we ever stop to consider how many times a day our thinking and actions about our Catholic faith are influenced by a misguided concern for what others think of us?


Young & Catholic

Discerning Between Good and Evil »

Good versus evil. You see this theme played out in comic books, video games and movies.


Tonic For The Soul

If Christ Be Not Raised »

There was one time in the New Testament when the Faith was spoken of as "worthless"-and that is the actual word that was used: "worthless." When is Christianity worthless? Listen: "If Christ is not raised, your faith is worthless" (1 Cor 15:14).

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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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