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December 14, 2012 issue
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Local stories:
- Hope for Christmas: Toy drive to help less fortunate is a mission fortified by faith
- New Marian statue graces Mary, Queen of Peace Parish
- St. Joseph University Parish celebrates 175 years of faith
- Conventual Franciscans take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
- SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and Saint Meinrad announce Christmas liturgies
- Renovated St. Francis Xavier Church is rededicated
- What was in the news on Dec. 14, 1962? The council goes into recess, and the American Church sees a golden opportunity
- Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- Advent resources are available on archdiocesan Web site
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Editorial: The College of Cardinals
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - The central mystery of our faith
- Cornucopia: Christmas is a nostalgic occasion and holy time for people of faith
- Twenty Something: Advent and the art of anticipation
- Be Our Guest: A remembrance of jazz great Dave Brubeck
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Simbang Gabi Masses are Dec. 15 at two parishes
- Catholic Community Foundation to sponsor continuing education seminar
- Grant will help support work study at Providence Cristo Rey High School
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: The Death of a Friend
Catholic News Service:
- Pope says Americas need renewed missionary spirit, well-catechized laity
- Supreme Court to hear cases on same-sex marriage
- Catholics find new Mass translation to their liking, study finds
- Church must highlight women’s vital role in ministry, says U.S. speaker
- Amid ongoing violence, Chicago-area Catholics challenged to build peace
- Column: Taboos and tattoos
- Column: The holiday folly of needs and wants this Christmas season
- The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Advent
- Question Corner: Bishop establishes parishes and churches in diocese and has the right to name them
FaithAlive!
- Advent repentance leads to Christmas peace
- Advent can be a time to seek the face of Christ in other people
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Hope for Christmas: Toy drive to help less fortunate is a mission fortified by faith
The plan is special and simple in a season that focuses on the birth of a child and the difference he makes to the world. Dick and Wynn Tinkham and April and Maria Sasso came up with the plan after 15,000 people were served during one month at the Indianapolis food pantry that the Tinkhams started 30 years ago. As parents and families in need lined up for food in early November, April Sasso and her teenage daughter, Maria, started a sign-up sheet to provide toys at Christmas for the children in those families. (Page 1)
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St. Joseph University Parish celebrates 175 years of faith
Through the winter cold in January 1837, Bishop Simon Bruté made his way north from Vincennes to Terre Haute, a two-day journey by horse. There, Bishop Bruté purchased land on South 5th Street between Ohio and Walnut streets for $500. On Jan. 6, he installed Father Stanislaus Buteux as pastor of the newly established St. Joseph Parish. One hundred and seventy-five years later, Bishop Bruté's cause for sainthood is open and St. Joseph University Parishsits in the same location, still proclaiming the Gospel and serving the people of Terre Haute. (Page 5)
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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, reflections from Archbishop Daniel M. 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
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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- Pope launches Twitter account, tweets to more than 1 million followers
- For undocumented immigrants, year brought glimmers of hope
- Reports: Chinese bishops revoke appointment of Shanghai auxiliary
- Catholics find new Mass translations to their liking, study finds
- Pastoral plan offers support for gay students, affirms church teaching
- Children's books: Space, bugs, saints, humor and more
- Catholic beliefs are not open to popular vote, pope says
- If charitable deductions are in peril, will contributions be, too?
- Bioethics institute: Liverpool protocol in line with church teaching
- New charity rules don't forbid state funding, Vatican official says
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