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December 2, 2011 issue
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Local stories:
- Making wishes come true: Teenager’s foundation helps children battling life-threatening illnesses
- Atttitude of gratitude is theme at Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
- Students grow in faith at National Catholic Collegiate Conference
- ‘Theology of the Body’ workshop highlights NCCC gathering
- Parishes to host Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations
- Memorial Mass honors deceased bishops and priests
- Bishop Bruté’s family helps move his cause forward, more volunteers sought
- What was in the news on Dec. 1, 1961? A warning to movie makers from the U.S. bishops, and ecumenical council hopes to aid Christian unity efforts
- Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes throughout December
- Advent resources are available on archdiocesan Web site
- We are the champions again
- Share a story about why you love Catholic schools
- Readers are invited to share favorite Christmas memories
- Dec. 8 is holy day of obligation
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Lessons can be learned from the Penn State scandal
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - More from the Book of Isaiah
- Faithful Lines: Laughter is indeed a necessary blessing in our lives
- It's All Good: Life is about love and relationships, not things
- Faith, Hope and Charity: Catholics are sent forth to serve those in need
- Letters to the Editor
- Is celebrating the feast of St. Nicholas a forgotten tradition?
- Latin is not the original language of our Catholic faith, reader says
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: Silent Discovery
Catholic News Service:
- Addressing U.S. bishops, pope defends Church efforts on sex abuse
- Despite a few ‘rough spots,’ parishioners and priests adapt to new English translation of the Roman Missal
- Catholic seminary enrollment up, but numbers seen as only part of story
- Pope Benedict urges international agreement on climate change
- New Mexico man carries cross 630 miles to priest-hero’s hometown
- Illinois Catholic Charities foster care programs end
- Survey shows Mormon faith could impact Romney chance at GOP nomination
- Column: Why I love Father Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
- The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Advent
- Go Ask Your Father: Custom of choosing saint’s name for confirmation dates to Middle Ages
FaithAlive!
- John the Baptist gave hope in his call to repentance
- Contemplate ‘the day of the Lord’ during Advent
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Students grow in faith at National Catholic Collegiate Conference
It wasn’t hard to notice that the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) was being held in Indianapolis on Nov. 17-19 when more than 20,000 energetic high school students filled the downtown streets. That’s why it may have been easy to miss the other conference for Catholic young people that was held during the same weekend. Approximately 250 young adults attended the first ever National Catholic Collegiate Conference (NCCC), which was held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis in conjunction with NCYC. (Page 5)
Read our news story | See all our NCYC coverage
Web-only features
Advent Resources
During the season of Advent, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will have a special Web page at www.archindy.org/advent. The page contains various Advent resources, including links to the daily readings, past reflections from Archbishop Emeritus Buechlein, penance service schedules, images of past Criterion Christmas Supplement covers and links of interest to other Advent Web sites.
Go to website | Advent penance service listings
Photo Gallery: Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Many children participated in the 12th annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral on Nov. 22 with family members, which was a hopeful sign for representatives of Cathedral Parish and the Christian Theological Seminary, the event’s co-sponsors. See photos taken by our reporter at the event or read the news story which was filed.
See the photo gallery | Read our news story
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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- Despite a few 'rough spots,' Catholics adapt to new missal translation
- Catholic seminary enrollment up, but numbers seen as only part of story
- Black Catholics' survey finds strong ties, strong engagement in church
- Pope urges international agreement on climate change
- Poverty in the midst of plenty: Hunger persists in the United States
- Archdiocese wins San Francisco transfer tax case after three-year fight
- Penn State crisis shows sex abuse pervasive in US society, many say
- Retired Pakistani archbishop: Fear has silenced Christians
- In Africa, pope asks church to be model of reconciliation
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