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April 26, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- 'In awe of God's goodness': Deacon Doug Marcotte embraces opportunity to serve God as a priest in the archdiocese
- Coach’s code connects with commitment of Spirit of Service award recipients
- College seminary honors Archbishop Emeritus Buechlein
- Archdiocese offering gift planning education sessions in May and June
- Deadline to apply for spring grants for schools, parishes and ministries is April 30
- Archdiocese hires new director of Pro-Life and Family Life Ministries
- Various bills favored by ICC will be signed into law later this year
- St. John the Evangelist Parish to hold festival to raise funds for fire damage, recognize public safety officials
- What was in the news on April 26, 1963? A cardinal believes that Catholics owe an apology to Orthodox Christians in the world
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Challenges await as population ages
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - Relativism and conscience
- Cornucopia: It’s the chase, plus the goal, that counts in life
- Emmaus Walk: Do you hear what I hear? ‘God loves you, and so do I’
- Faith and Family: Time flies when you’re being obedient
- Be Our Guest: Love in marriage is a choice made moment by moment every day
- Letters to the Editor
- Have the courage to stand up for the truth where marriage is concerned
- Where Father Tad is concerned, ‘truth is truth,’ letter writer says
- Events Calendar
- National Catholic Council on Addictions offers free workshop on addiction and recovery
- ‘Hope and Healing from Suicide’ evening offered at St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: For A Child Born in April
Catholic News Service:
- Build ‘civilization of love’ in response to bombings, cardinal urges
- Italian media report progress in Blessed John Paul’s sainthood cause
- Damaged Texas town swarmed with assistance, prayers, reporters
- Catholic Charities leaders plead for needs of poor with Congress
- Pope ordains new priests, talks about learning to hear Jesus’ voice
- Bishops: Immigration bill on right track, some changes sought
- Grand jury report likens Gosnell’s clinic to a ‘baby charnel house’
- Pope: God is real, concrete person, not mysterious, intangible mist
- Battle with the devil: Pope Francis frames the fight in Jesuit terms
- Rwandan genocide survivor becomes American citizen
- Student pro-life leader says she ‘won’t be bystander’ on abortion issue
- The Sunday Readings: Fifth Sunday of Easter
- Question Corner: A pall is placed on a casket at a funeral as a sign of the deceased person’s baptism
FaithAlive!
- Christianity views leadership as founded on service
- Jesus taught that good leaders are called to be servants of others
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Deacon Doug Marcotte embraces opportunity to serve God as a priest in the archdiocese
At 10 a.m. on May 18, three men are scheduled to be ordained priests at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis: Transitional deacons Doug Marcotte, Martin Rodriguez and John Francis Kamwendo. This week, The Criterion features a profile of Deacon Marcotte. Our next two issues will feature Deacon Rodriguez and Deacon Kamwendo. (Page 1)
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Archdiocese hires new director of Pro-Life and Family Life Ministries
The archdiocese has announced that Rebecca Niemerg has been appointed to the newly created position of Director of Pro-Life and Family Life Ministries. She will begin her new job on July 1. Niemerg possesses a thorough understanding of Church teaching, a wealth of experience in ministry, a deep personal commitment to the sacredness of all human life, and a passion for protecting the most vulnerable among us, said Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin. (Page 3)
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Web-only features
Photo gallery: 2013 Spirit of Service Awards dinner
Indiana University men's basketball coach Tom Crean was the keynote speaker during the Spirit of Service Awards dinner at the Indiana Roof Ballroom on April 13. The event served as a fundraiser for Catholic Charities Indianapolis while honoring four individuals in the archdiocese for their service. Crean spoke on the essential connection between courage and conviction.
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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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- Pope offers prayers for Orthodox archbishops kidnapped in Syria
- Prepare for Last Judgment by serving the poor, pope says at audience
- Scottish midwives win right to refuse any involvement in abortion
- Italian media report progress in Blessed John Paul's sainthood cause
- One cannot follow Jesus, love Jesus without the church, pope says
- Damaged Texas town swarmed with assistance, prayers, reporters
- Build 'civilization of love' in response to bombings, cardinal urges
- Vatican official says Archbishop Romero's sainthood cause 'unblocked'
- Bishop says failure on gun measure shows 'failure in moral leadership'
- Catholic Charities leaders plead for needs of poor with Congress
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