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November 18, 2011 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘I see her everywhere’: Blessed Mother plays key role in woman’s journey to embrace the Catholic faith
- Parishes use a variety of means to prepare members for implementation of new translation of the Mass
- Father Donald Quinn served Greenwood parish, helped with campus ministry
- What was in the news on Nov. 17, 1961? Warnings about false ecumenism and praise for youth in the fights against racism
- Wanted: Prayers, pledges, participants for 2012 Race for Vocations team
- ‘Lions Breathing Fire’: Conference participants encouraged to evangelize and be men of Christ
- Young men attend conference to deepen their faith and draw closer to Christ
- Palestinian Catholic visits Indiana to thank donors for scholarship
- Our Lady of Providence High School girls’ soccer team wins state title
- ‘Share a story’ about why you love Catholic schools
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Bishops and political responsibility
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - Letters of Peter and Jude
- Cornucopia: Except for death and taxes, change is constant
- Faithful Lines: Purgatory on Earth - Making sense out of suffering
- Catholic Evangelization Outreach: Announcing a ‘Year of Faith’
- Letters to the Editor
- Teacher touched by video during Celebrating Catholic School Values program
- Events Calendar
- St. Joan of Arc School to host Founder’s Day Celebration
- SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral to change daily Mass schedule
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Mary Frank served as a teacher, principal and pastoral minister
- My Journey to God: Royalty
Catholic News Service:
- Bishops discuss religious liberty, marriage, finances at annual meeting
- Despite plea from bishops, committee passes bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act
- Pope: Embryos cannot be destroyed even for important research
- Many Americans OK with religion in politics as long as it’s their own
- U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenges to federal health care reform law in March
- 2012 papal trip to Mexico, Cuba being studied seriously, spokesman says
- Column: Should we vaccinate our children for sexually transmitted diseases?
- Column: The wonderful focus of Thanksgiving Day
- The Sunday Readings: Feast of Christ the King
- Go Ask Your Father: Catholics do not need to genuflect before receiving holy Communion
FaithAlive!
- Be wakeful and alert to discern God’s will for your life
- Faith in God’s Providence can dispel our fear and anxiety
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Conference participants encouraged to evangelize and be men of Christ
Called to be “lions breathing fire,” more than 800 men and young men from across the state gathered at the Indiana Catholic Men’s Conference on Oct. 29 in Indianapolis. Various speakers during the six-hour session at the Indiana Convention Center challenged the men to recognize that “Jesus is alive” in their lives, and dared the men to embrace that power in their roles in the Church, the community and their families. (Page 10)
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Wanted: Prayers, pledges, participants for 2012 Race for Vocations team
When the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon and the Finish Line 500 Festival 5K are held on May 5, 2012, in Indianapolis, a team of runners and walkers will participate for a fifth consecutive time joined together by a common goal—promoting the belief that everyone has a vocation from God. The night before the Mini and 5K, they gather for a Mass for Vocations at St. John the Evangelist Church, followed by a pasta dinner. (Page 7)
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Web-only features
Browse our Online Archives by Topic
Beginning with our issues dated January 2008 and later, we have begun to organize listings of our news stories by eight popular or common topics. By going to our online archives, you can now look at collections of stories that are related to: Catholic Education, Family Life, Catholic Charities, Liturgy/Spiritual Life, Youth Ministry, Vocations, Pro-Life and Legislation/Indiana Catholic Conference.
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National and world news you may have missed...
Here's a sampling of some news stories that ran on our website this past week or so that you may have missed.
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- US Supreme Court to hear challenges to federal health care reform law
- Bishops, back from Iraq, suggest ways Catholics, Americans can help
- Bishops discuss religious liberty, marriage, finances at annual meeting
- Bishops discuss optional memorials for late pope, Mother Marianne Cope
- Study finds more optimism, less depression among weekly churchgoers
- Catholics object to Vanderbilt applying policy to religious groups
- Catholic college sues federal government over contraception mandate
- 2012 papal trip to Mexico, Cuba being studied seriously, spokesman says
- Bil Keane, creator of 'Family Circus' comic strip, dies at age 89
- As bishops stay neutral, voters have say on 'personhood,' labor rights
- British court: Church can be held liable for crimes of clergy
- In Benin, pope to outline church's pastoral direction in Africa
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