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November 15, 2013 issue

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Local stories:

• ‘The wisdom of the faithful’: Year of Faith in archdiocese capped by release of faith-sharing resource
  • 10 Things We Want You to Know about the Catholic Faith
• Madison family business wins challenge to HHS mandate
  • Law professor says Grote case opinion explores religious liberty questions
• New boundaries help parishes, pastors ID communities to be served
• CCHD, CRS collections help those in need, are constantly monitored by Church
• Permanent shrine to St. Theodora Guérin (photo only)
• NCYC will offer youths chance to connect with God
• What was in the news on Nov. 15, 1963? Cardinals clash at the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Paul VI calls for a united Europe
• Mozart’s Requiem sung during special All Souls Day Mass
• SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral releases its Advent and Christmas schedule

Regular local features:

• Editorial: Being faithful disciples beyond the Year of Faith
• From the Editor Emeritus: Year of Faith - The Liturgy of the Hours
• Catholic Evangelization Outreach: Diversity, continuity and consistency - Pope Francis and a Catholic life
• Reflection: A birthday prayer for a sister who is an instrument of love
• Letters to the Editor
  • Input of laity is needed for preparatory document for Synod of Bishops, reader says
• Events Calendar
  • Join Race for Vocations team, register for Mini-Marathon before cost rises on Dec. 1
  • Marriage on Tap hosts Catholic psychologist John Cadwallader on Nov. 16
  • Dr. Ray Guarendi of EWTN to speak at St. Joan of Arc Parish in Indianapolis
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • School Sister of St. Francis Diane Drufenbock taught at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College for 18 years
• My Journey to God: Mass in the Jungle

Catholic News Service:

• Second collection to aid survivors devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
• Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville elected USCCB president
• God may scold, but he never slaps, Pope Francis says during morning Mass
• Speakers see Vatican openness to including more women in Church roles
• God’ s weak spot is his love for those who are lost, pope says
• Venerating relic a chance for youths to reflect on John Paul’s papacy
• Same-sex marriage undermines ‘cornerstone’ of society, says conference
• Column: Sex, truth and the illumination of our guilt
• Column: There are dangers when drinking alcohol too early in life
• The Sunday Readings: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
• Question Corner: God is waiting to forgive us of all of our sins, even the worst we can imagine

FaithAlive!

• Pope Francis envisions a Church that shows mercy, heals wounds
• The Church is the ‘family of God,’ the ‘home for communion’

Available Right Now

Year of Faith in archdiocese capped by release of faith-sharing resource

With the end of the Year of Faith a little more than a week away on Nov. 24, the fruit of meetings held in parishes across central and southern Indiana can be seen in a new resource of the archdiocese that is intended to help Catholics learn more about their faith and share it with others: “10 Things We Want You to Know about the Catholic Faith.” The resource in various formats can be viewed both in English and in Spanish. (Page 1)
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Madison family business wins challenge to HHS mandate

A Catholic family in Madison that owns a vehicle lighting manufacturing company won an important religious liberty victory in a Nov. 8 ruling handed down by a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The rulling said that members of the Grote family & Grote Industries, cannot be compelled to provide abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations & contraceptives to their employees in their company health plan—a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate that is a part of the Affordable Care Act. (Page 1)
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Web-only features

Donate to help those suffering from Typhoon Haiyan

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) officials have already committed $20 million in emergency aid for survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan, relying on the generosity of Catholics in the coming days. You can either donate directly to CRS using the link below, or give at your parish this weekend during a special second collection.
Go to Catholic Relief Services' donation page

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 leads prayers, calls for aid for people hit by deadly typhoon
• CRS asks bishops to take up second collection to aid Philippines
• Caritas Philippines leader calls typhoon devastation 'unimaginable'
• Bishops send 'special message' reiterating objections to HHS mandate
• Archbishop Kurtz, Cardinal DiNardo elected to top USCCB posts
• Bishops OK plan to address pornography in new statement
• U.S. bishops discuss relief aid, defense of marriage, religious liberty
• 47 Catholic leaders urge bishops to support CCHD's anti-poverty work
• CRS, Special Olympics link to aid people with intellectual disabilities
• Vatican to put St. Peter's relics on display for first time
• U.S. bishops: ENDA, OK'd by Senate, goes beyond barring discrimination
• Keeping status quo for undocumented called 'stain on soul of nation'
• God's weak spot is his love for those who are lost, pope says

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