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August 9, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘A response to faith’: Medical school at Marian
University
is a first for
Catholic college
- Five fun facts about Marian University’s new College of Osteopathic Medicine in Indianapolis
- World Youth Day pilgrims say Brazil experience deepened their faith and opened their hearts to God
- Catholic Help Network hopes to raise awareness of how to serve others
- Changes announced in Office of Multicultural Ministry
- Father Taylor and Sister Jannette elected to national leadership roles
- What was in the news on August 9, 1963? Kennedy administration will back some private education aid, and calling the Church to a greater civil rights role
- Light of faith is a great gift brought to us by Jesus
- Cursillo: Living the ‘Fourth Day’ for 50 years, looking to the future
- Bilingual choir performs at Protestant church anniversary service
- Love of history helped priest through 50 years of ministry
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Pope Francis on homosexuality
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - Baptism and confirmation
- Cornucopia: When we actually come face to face with Facebook
- Twenty Something: Lessons from Mom’s retirement
- Letters to the Editor
- When it comes to education, let us follow Christ and put our children first
- Recent issue helps us remain focused on God, be faithful Catholics
- What is the key to combating racism? Recognizing it in ourselves, reader says
- SAM program is still active and available at St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis
- Events Calendar
- Benedict Inn in Beech Grove offers series of sessions on ‘Lumen Gentium,’ Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
- St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg offers series on end-of-life issues
- Former Holy Trinity School reunion for Classes of 1962 and 1963 open to anyone
- Our Lady of Guadalupe missionary image to travel to abortion centers in Indianapolis
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: Love From Above
Catholic News Service:
- Senate confirms Hackett, retired CRS leader, as ambassador to Vatican
- Archbishop recalls Lindy Boggs ‘as strong, constant voice for life’
- Madagascar archbishops confirm no contraceptives in CRS programs
- Pope picks ‘fraternity’ as theme for his first World Peace Day message
- This ‘bike gang’ aims to serve community, spread Catholic faith
- Panelists discuss Church’s contribution to improvements in Cuba
- Speaking of divorce, pope refers to practice of Orthodox churches
- Pope denounces ‘poison’ of consumerism in ‘society based on profit’
- Column: Finding peace and strength when stresses pile up in your life
- The Sunday Readings: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Contemplative prayer is a gift of God, not a product of a ‘particular technique’
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‘A response to faith’: Medical school at Marian University is a first for Catholic college
Some people called it a “leap of faith” when Marian University in Indianapolis announced its plan to be the first Catholic college in the country to have a school of osteopathic medicine. Yet, Marian’s President Daniel Elsener prefers to use a different phrase as the university’s first group of 162 medical students gets ready for the historic first day of classes on Aug. 12. (Page 1)
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World Youth Day pilgrims say Brazil experience deepened their faith and opened their hearts to God
“A beautiful disaster.” That’s the way that Brie Anne Eichhorn describes her experience as one of the 3 million young people who joined Pope Francis in Rio de Janiero on July 23-28 for World Youth Day. “I describe it that way because I had expectations for this trip that I didn’t even know I was having, and those expectations were completely torn apart,” said Eichhorn, a member of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Indianapolis who was one of 32 young adults from the archdiocese to travel to World Youth Day. (Page 7)
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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.
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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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- Judge rules funds for care of cemeteries cannot be used to settle debts
- Pope restricts use of old Mass by Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
- Missionary activity is service to hurting world, pope says in message
- Speaking of divorce, pope refers to practice of Orthodox churches
- Motherly tenderness: Pope says church must embody, mirror God's mercy
- Against the tide: the pope rallies a counterculture
- Senate confirms Hackett, retired CRS leader, as ambassador to Vatican
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