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July 20, 2012 issue
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Local stories:
- 'Till Death Do Us Part': Couple celebrates 75th anniversary shortly before God calls husband home
- New director strives to stoke fire of faith in college students and young adults
- Pre Cana Conference and Tobit Weekend prepare engaged couples for marriage
- Wedding Announcements
- Couples may announce engagement or marriage
- What was in the news on July 20, 1962?
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious inspire student to seek God first in life
- Volunteers see outreach to tornado victims as a way to live out faith
Regular local features:
- Editorial: The Philadelphia story
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - Start of the Second Letter to the Corinthians
- Catholic Evangelization Outreach: Speaking the truth with love
- Be Our Guest: Priest’s celebration of Mass is gift to family of campers
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Parishes adjust Mass schedules for Brickyard 400 race weekend
- ‘Hoosier Haitian Vacation’ to raise funds for new church in Port-au-Paix
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Benedictine Sister Joan Marie Massura served in education, youth ministry and retreat ministry
- My Journey to God: Ascending
Catholic News Service:
- Recent papal term offers clues of where Pope Benedict XVI is leading the Church
- Catholic school graduate will lead U.S. women’s basketball team
- Xavier University grad is shooting for medals at London Olympics
- Drought and heat make Midwest corn farmers pray for rain
- Arlington diocese requires profession of faith by religion teachers
- Nuns join with neighbors in efforts to keep new strip club out
- Episcopal Church approves liturgical resources for blessing of same-sex couples
- Column: The embryo that grew up
- Column: Examining our sense of stewardship in the lazy summer days
- Column: The class reunion came with a lesson—and camaraderie
- The Sunday Readings: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Catechism assures parents they can entrust stillborn child to God’s love and mercy
FaithAlive!
- Happiness is ultimately found in doing God’s will
- Wall art shows broad vision of happiness around the world
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Volunteers see outreach to tornado victims as a way to live out faith
Elizabeth Jamison felt restless when she traveled to Henryville a few weeks after a devastating tornado tore through the southern Indiana town on March 2. She went with a friend to lend a helping hand in the relief effort, but the magnitude of the needs made her uneasy. Looking back, she knows those feelings were a way that God spoke to her heart. “When you’re taking your faith seriously and living a life of prayer, you should feel a little restless when you come across a situation where somebody needs help. That should make you [feel] a little restless. It’s because you’re called to do something about it.” (Page 16)
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Couple celebrates 75th anniversary shortly before God calls husband home
Seventy-five years ago, Donald Bird and Mary Angeline McCarthy promised to love each other “in sickness and in health till death do us part.” At the time, the young newlyweds had no idea that their love story would span three-quarters of a century from 1937 until 2012. On June 20, Don and Mary, at age 98 and 95, celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary at the St. Augustine Home for the Aged, where the Little Sisters of the Poor, staff members and other residents made sure that their party was festive. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
Catholic Voting Resources
The U.S. Bishops have put together a resource for helping Catholics to form their conscience when it comes to voting, titled "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility." As the 2012 election gears up, get information on faithful citizenship and forming a voting conscience on our new site. You'll find the voting guide, videos from various prelates and other web resources.
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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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- Mississippi abortion clinic stays open; Indiana abortion law overturned
- Syrian Catholic leaders call for united efforts by world community
- Hong Kong cardinals keep spotlight on detained Shanghai bishop
- New profession of faith seen as 'public way of witnessing' to beliefs
- Canada to appeal B.C. court ruling on euthanasia, assisted suicide
- Kateri feast day draws Native American Catholics eager for own saint
- Gallup survey shows low confidence in church, organized religion in US
- No deferred deportation rules yet; attorneys suggest steps to take now
- As pope's vacation begins, taking stock of his work year
- New proposal would remove mandate's penalties for religious employers
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