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June 14, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- Archbishop Tobin announces
sweeping changes for parishes
in Batesville Deanery
- Archbishop: Connected in the Spirit will help Church carry out its mission
- Batesville Deanery Catholics reflect on decision to close parishes
- Father Harold Ripperger chose priesthood over possible baseball career
- Providence Sister Jeanne Knoerle was Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College president
- What was in the news on June 14, 1963? The largest conclave in history set to open soon, and the last words of Pope John XXIII
- Bishop Chatard grad, friends launch a different women’s magazine
- First graduates of Hispanic Leadership Institute ready to lead, help others grow in their lives of faith
- Latino pharmacist brings faith and science together in NFP ministry
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Football player doesn’t pass up chance to live out faith in the public arena
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - The role of statues and icons
- Cornucopia: Fathers Day is the time to celebrate good men
- Reflection: ‘I chose life’: A story that’s always worth sharing
- Twenty Something: Love, marriage and pizza delivery
- Be Our Guest: In the life debate, hyperbole not the answer, doctor says
- Letters to the Editor
- Participate in June 22 Fortnight for Freedom Mass, rosary procession and rally
- Events Calendar
- June 22 Mass kicks off local observance of second annual Fortnight for Freedom
- Theology on Tap summer series starts on June 19
- Summer session of ‘Divorce and Beyond’ series starts on July 9
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Cecilia Ann Miller taught music in Catholic schools for 28 years
- Franciscan Sister Consolata Kuhn ministered as an educator in four states, including Indiana
- My Journey to God: Welcome, Summer
Catholic News Service:
- Bishops warn against changes in immigration reform legislation that could kill its chances
- Theologian thinks papal trip to Brazil critical for younger generations
- Pope says ‘throwaway culture’ harms environment and human life
- In Venezuela, shortages include bread for Communion, sacramental wine
- New York bishops oppose effort to ‘codify’ Roe v. Wade into state law
- The Sunday Readings: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Developmentally disabled Catholics can receive sacraments, have a Church funeral
FaithAlive!
- Sunday Mass can give meaning and direction to life
- Catholics are called to set aside time for worship on Sundays
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First graduates of Hispanic Leadership Institute ready to lead, help others grow in their lives of faith
On May 11, Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein’s vision of more Hispanic leadership in the archdiocese became a reality as the first class graduated from the archdiocese’s new Hispanic Leadership Institute. On that day, 45 Hispanic Catholics from around the archdiocese received their certificates of completion for the two-year Lay Leadership Pastoral Formation Program. (Page 9)
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Batesville Deanery Catholics reflect on decision to close parishes
Paula Bohman came to St. Louis Church in Batesville on June 6 expecting to hear Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin announce that her parish, St. Anne in Hamburg, would be closed. A lifelong member of the Batesville Deanery faith community, she had seen the church destroyed by a fire in 1954 and by a tornado 20 years later. In both instances, the families in the parish banded together to rebuild. While expecting the news, she was nonetheless saddened to hear Abp. Tobin actually make the announcement. (Page 8)
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Web-only features
Parish festival listing -- all summer long
Our parish festival listings were included in our annual Vacation/Travel Supplement in May, but we keep them up all summer, posting periodic corrections and additions. Got a spare weekend? Check our listings at any time via the link below to see where the fun will be each week.
Go to our parish festival listing
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 decries 'real slavery' of children forced to work
- Bishops warn against changes in immigration bill that could kill it
- Obama administration drops fight to limit age restrictions on Plan B
- Church has led way in addressing abuse of minors, says board chairman
- Lay members meet to contribute to Regnum Christi's transformation
- Religious freedom gets more lip service than guarantees, pope says
- Pope nixes 'boring' practice of reading text to students, uses Q&A
- College loans revisited: Costs to go up if Congress can't reach deal
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