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October 11, 2013 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘Blessed beyond words’: Colts’ Joe Reitz keeps his focus on faith and family while living his football dream
- Despite weather, hundreds take part in Respect Life Mass and Life Chain
- Annual ‘Feast of Booths’ in Vincennes to shine light on history of Church
- ‘Helping us help parishes throughout the archdiocese’
- Documentary about Spanish pilgrimage route to be featured at film festival
- Couples share stories, memories at Jubilee Mass, reception
- Fledgling Oldenburg Academy football team makes strides in first season
- Historical novel shares story of canine’s conversion
- Public invited to ‘40 Day’s for Life’ midpoint rally on Oct. 12 in Indianapolis
- Former St. Philip Neri parishioner professes first vows with Augustinians
Regular local features:
- Editorial: The Church continues to fight the HHS mandate
- From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - Catholics must be pro-life
- Twenty Something: Something old, something new - The allure of the vintage
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Little Wish Foundation hosting special event on Nov. 1 in Carmel
- Ask the questions about life as a Sister of Providence on Oct.18-20
- Day of recollection, continued formation offered for liturgical ministers of music at Saint Meinrad Archabbey set for Oct. 26
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Ursuline Sister Thomasita Hayes taught for 29 years at Shawe High School in Madison
- My Journey to God: Walking with Jesus
Catholic News Service:
- Pope, in Assisi, calls on Church to renounce ‘spirit of the world’ and embrace poverty
- Pope Francis, cardinal advisers looking at major overhaul of Roman Curia
- ‘Prayer and action’ give hope that reform still possible, says marcher
- Effects of federal shutdown extend beyond furloughed workers
- Pope calls synod to discuss families, divorce and remarriage
- Holy, holy, holy: Pope Francis talks about his favorite saints
- Cardinal sees religion’s soul, head, heart embodied in three popes
- Column: The ethics of donating money to charitable foundations
- Column: We are all called to represent the presence of God on Earth
- Column: Contemplating God, even among humanity’s greatest achievements
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Current Church teaching allows for organ donation after brain death is determined
FaithAlive!
- Catholics are called to manifest their faith as witnesses to Christ
- Witnessing to faith in word and deed is key to the new evangelization
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Colts’ Joe Reitz keeps his focus on faith and family while living his football dream
For Joe Reitz, three words describe the essence of his life as a husband, a father, a Catholic and a football player with the Indianapolis Colts. Actually, the three words come from the description that his wife, Jill, uses in connection to her Twitter account: “Blessed beyond words.” Reitz talked about his life and faith in an interview with The Criterion. (Page 1)
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Despite weather, hundreds take part in Respect Life Mass and Life Chain
“One in four will never be born.” Such was the somber message of the Central Indiana Life Chain shirts worn by people along Meridian Street in Indianapolis on Oct. 6, Respect Life Sunday, as Catholics and other Christians gathered for an hour to pray for an end to abortion and other threats to the sanctity of life. The Life Chain followed the Respect Life Sunday Mass at the cathedral in Indianapolis, celebrated by Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, and attended by an estimated 600 people. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
Purchase photo reprints from the Golden Jubilee Mass for married couples
Many couples gave praise for God’s blessings at the archdiocese’s 30th annual Golden Jubilee Mass for couples celebrating 50 or more years of marriage. The Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis on Sept. 22. Photo reprints from the event are now available to be purchased on our website.
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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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- Pope calls synod to discuss families, divorce and remarriage
- Civilian chaplains now returning to ministry despite federal shutdown
- Despite dangers, church always assists world's refugees, says prelate
- Pope, in Assisi, calls on church to renounce 'spirit of the world'
- Effects of federal shutdown extend beyond furloughed workers
- Have the courage to marry, start a family, pope tells youths in Assisi
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