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May 17, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- Connecting faith and teaching: Saint Theodora
Guérin Excellence
in Education
Award winner
goes the extra
mile for students
- Finalists for teaching honor come from throughout the archdiocese
- Catholic family in Madison challenges HHS mandate
- Attorney sees a strong case for religious freedom for Grote family in lawsuit
- Graduations set for 12 Catholic high schools in the archdiocese
- Fleming named superintendent, McCoy assistant superintendent of schools
- St. Rita parishioner is named Caregiver of the Year
- Caregiver services available through Catholic Charities, Area Agencies on Aging
- Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis to host annual Italian Street Festival on June 14-15
- What was in the news on May 17, 1963? North Vernon students take part in rifle club, and more ripples from the pope’s peace encyclical
- Ordination Mass of new priests to be streamed live on website
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Catholics and the ‘new evangelization’
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - I believe in the Holy Spirit
- Catholic Evangelization Outreach: Parishes are a living extension of Jesus Christ
- Letters to the Editor
- We must be open and listen to where the Spirit is leading us, letter writers say
- Events Calendar
- Six parishes change Mass times due to holiday and race
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Janet Brosnan ministered as an educator and hospital chaplain in Indiana and Ohio
- Benedictine Brother Terence Griffin used business knowledge in ministry at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
- My Journey to God: Mary, My Mother
Catholic News Service:
- Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder and manslaughter
- Pope warns comfortable living causes ‘gentrification of the heart’
- Through blogs, Catholic moms share their faith as ‘digital disciples’
- Popular blogs written by or for Catholic moms
- Only Holy Spirit can fill hearts thirsting for love, peace, pope says
- Vatican, U.S. sign deal to cooperate in fight against financial crime
- Column: Mary, pro-life inspiration
- Column: The pope’s example about living in solidarity with the poor
- Column: Caregiver should start slowly when loved one doesn’t want help
- The Sunday Readings: Pentecost Sunday
- Question Corner: The Jewish faith was an essential part of Jesus’ life, preaching and ministry
FaithAlive!
- Don’t take a vacation from being generous this summer
- Prayful reading of Scripture can make the Bible come alive
Available Right Now
Saint Theodora Guérin excellence in Education Award winner goes the extra mile for students
Scott Hutchins of Our Lady of Providence Jr./Sr. High School in Clarksville is this year’s recipient of the Saint Theodora Guérin Excellence in Education Award, the highest honor for a Catholic educator in the archdiocese. It is humbling for Hutchins to consider that he has been chosen as the best educator in the archdiocese, which includes more than 2,200 teachers in 68 schools. (Page 1)
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Catholic family in Madison challenges HHS mandate
Although it’s been in business for more than a century, May 22 will be a significant date in the history of Grote Industries, a family-owned, worldwide manufacturer of vehicle lighting products based in Madison. On that day, a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Chicago will hear arguments in the lawsuit the Grote family filed last October to gain relief from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that forces most employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations and contraceptives to their employees in company health plans. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
Ordination Mass of new priests to be streamed live on website
At 10 a.m. on May 18, three men will be ordained priests during a Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis: transitional deacons Doug Marcotte, Martin Rodriguez and John Francis Kamwendo. The Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, will be streamed live at www.archindy.org/streaming, and shortly thereafter will be available to watch online in an archived format.
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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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- Church is growing worldwide, especially in Asia, Africa, Vatican says
- Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder, manslaughter
- Women religious uniting in nationwide effort to end human trafficking
- Bishops say full effect of 'redefining marriage' will be felt for years
- Pope: Satan tricks people into being selfish, leaving them loveless
- Boston priests praise police but want clergy seen as first responders
- Annual audit shows number of abuse allegations in church dropped in 2012
- Obama administration won't seek to block injunction in HHS mandate case
- Through blogs, Catholic moms share their faith as 'digital disciples'
- Nun, other activists found guilty of 'intending to harm' U.S. security
- Central African Republic bishops: Christians subject to pillage, rape
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