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June 28, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘Now, Indiana is home’: Archbishop Tobin views pallium trip to Rome as a journey of humility and faith
- Catholics rally for religious liberty during Fortnight for Freedom
- Immersion program helps build bridges between cultures
- What was in the news on June 28, 1963? Pope Paul VI to be crowned in St. Peter’s Square, President Kennedy sends congratulations
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priests and religious can light the fire of faith in youths
- Father Richardt celebrates, reflects on 50 years as priest
Regular local features:
- Editorial
- Witnesses to history
- Building bridges in our local Church
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - The resurrection of the dead
- Corncopia: Hospitality and entertaining the guests from hell
- Faith and Family: God’s grace lets us enjoy life and keeps us from getting burned
- Emmaus Walk: Let God lead you to ‘opportunities from above’
- Letters to the Editor
- As Independence Day approaches, stand up for faith, religious freedoms
- Is closing, combining parishes the way to move forward? Reader offers another alternative
- Events Calendar
- Annulment information session offered in Indianapolis on July 24
- Free organ concert set for July 7 at Saint Meinrad
- St. Francis de Sales all-school reunion is July 13 at Our Lady of the Greenwood
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Dorothy McLaughlin ministered as teacher and principal in Catholic schools for 46 years
- My Journey to God: God’s High Places
Catholic News Service:
- Court kicks back college quotas case; takes clinic protests and visa cases
- U.S. pilgrims react to news of flooding, damage to Lourdes shrine
- N.Y. Catholics hail defeat of abortion plank in women’s equality bill
- House OKs measure called ‘most important’ pro-life bill in 10 years
- Lori: Faith serves public life, witnesses moral values democracy needs
- Knights sponsor vigil for religious freedom on feast of English martyrs
- Rio host families open homes, hearts to World Youth Day volunteers
- Catholic and Baptist leaders seek passage of health care conscience act
- Pope Francis says Catholic-Jewish dialogue enriches faith and humanity
- Column: Humans - Trash or treasure?
- The Sunday Readings: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Catholic funerals should ordinarily be celebrated in a church, not a funeral home
FaithAlive!
- Working with the Earth can lead people closer to God
- Gardens and farms play an important role throughout the Bible
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‘Now, Indiana is home’: Archbishop Tobin views pallium trip to Rome as a journey of humility and faith
For Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, his pilgrimage to the Eternal City this week symbolically marks a dramatic change in his life—and another historic moment in the life of the Church in central and southern Indiana. The archbishop shared his comments during an extensive interview before his trip to Rome—an interview in which he talked about the pilgrimage he is leading there this week, his thoughts on receiving the pallium from Pope Francis, and his first seven months as the leader of the archdiocese. (Page 1)
Read our news story | Follow the pilgrimage on our blog
Immersion program helps build bridges between cultures
English-speaking parish leaders in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis spent a week earlier this month taking part in a Spanish immersion experience developing skills, approaches and frameworks that will help them minister to the area’s growing Latino community. Each day of the immersion program had five parts: Spanish lessons as a group, focus groups, a culinary experience, one-on-one Spanish lessons, and learning about various aspects of Hispanic culture. (Page 3)
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Web-only features
Religious Liberty Resources
Get the latest local and national news about religious liberty issues, as well as the latest statements from Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin and the U.S. Bishops, on our religious liberty website. You'll also find background information, links, older statements and ways to take action.
Go to our religious freedom homepage
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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- Court overturns DOMA, sends Proposition 8 back to lower court
- U.S. Supreme Court overturns key provision of Voting Rights Act
- Environment advocates consider Obama climate plan a good step forward
- Court kicks back college quotas case; takes clinic protests, visa cases
- N.Y. Catholics hail defeat of abortion plank in women's equality bill
- Retired pope's eyes 'are bright and joyous,' says longtime friend
- Cleanup underway as floodwaters receded at Lourdes shrine
- Brazilian bishops support peaceful protests as World Youth Day nears
- Catholic, Baptist leaders seek passage of health care conscience act
- Pope calls hunger, malnutrition 'truly scandalous'
- House rejects farm bill; Catholic advocates had called for fairness
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