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August 23, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- Being welcomed, staying connected: Young married couples build community in their parishes
- ‘In the presence of a saint’: Seminarians come close to holiness during annual pilgrimage
- Benedictine sisters to bestow Angel of Grace awards at fundraiser
- Providence sisters celebrate 50-year jubilees
- House parent retires after 24 years and 400 babies
- Christian faith proclaims the truth of God’s total love
- What was in the news on August 23, 1963? The U.S. bishops urge personal involvement in the fight against racial bias, and the pope calls for unity
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Jesus is what we long for, the joy of our desiring
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - The sacrament of matrimony
- Cornucopia: Reality can be so real—or sometimes not
- Emmaus Walk: Somewhere, over the rainbow … we will see …
- Letters to the Editor
- Build solidarity by being informed, formed and transformed by God’s revelation, reader says
- Events Calendar
- Benedictine Inn plans day trip to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for feast of St. Theodora Guérin on Oct. 3
- St. Vincent de Paul ‘Friends of the Poor’ Walk in Indianapolis is set for Sept. 28
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: Little Mystery
Catholic News Service:
- Christians targeted because extremists perceive they helped oust Morsi
- LCWR leaders hope for continued dialogue on Vatican assessment
- Bishop says Egyptians are running out of food because they fear going out
- Workers still struggle 75 years after minimum wage was established
- Faith isn’t ornamental, but it means making tough choices, Pope Francis says
- Canonization date for John Paul II, John XXIII to be known in September
- Pope says Mary is always near, helping the Church face its trials
- Catholic lawmaker in Missouri legislature files suit over HHS mandate
- ‘Faith, family, football’ permeates Steelers team, says Benedictine
- National shrine employees recall roles in March on Washington
- Washington woman recalls historic march felt like ‘a homecoming’
- Column: Universal morality and the natural law
- Column: Where did shame and contrition go?
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: While Church rules can change, its teachings are not subject to polls
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Being welcomed, staying connected: Young married couples build community in their parishes
Scott Seibert and his wife, Katherine “KC”, had great hopes for becoming active members of a Catholic parish after they were married in the Church four years ago. “When we went to various parishes to find a community, there wasn’t a lot of outreach or programming for people our age,” recalls Scott, 27. Yet instead of quietly slipping away, the Seiberts pursued an approach that is becoming a trend in some Catholic parishes across the archdiocese. (Page 1)
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‘In the presence of a saint’: Seminarians come close to holiness during annual pilgrimage
History and holiness came alive for the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis when they visited the motherhouse campus of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Aug. 14. They saw the place where St. Theodora Guérin and her companions first set foot on the grounds that would become the home of their fledgling religious order. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
Photo gallery: Archdiocesan seminarians make pilgrimage to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
The seminarians pilgrimage to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods capped off the annual three-day archdiocesan seminarian convocation in which men in formation for the priesthood for the Church in central and southern Indiana spend time together, before going off to their seminaries for the upcoming academic year.
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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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- Canonization date for John Paul II, John XXIII to be known in September
- Christians in Egypt targeted because extremists perceive they helped oust Morsi
- Washington woman recalls historic march felt like 'a homecoming'
- Ag Department official praises Catholic leaders for supporting food aid
- Catholic spokesman defends Egyptian army crackdown against protesters
- New guidance refines the rules for faith-based/government partnerships
- Pope says Mary is always near, helping the church face its trials
- LCWR leader hopes assembly a contemplative experience for attendees
- Castel Gandolfo: Town struggling to overcome total pope-dependency
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