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February 7, 2014 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘There’s a lot of need out there’: Ministries, outreaches tackle ongoing challenge of helping homeless during brutal winter
- Ways to step up and help the homeless and others this winter
- Ritter food drive shows everyone deserves a place at God’s table
- ‘Part of the call to discipleship’: Bloomington parish starts new program with Lilly grant money
- Abortion legislation moves to clarify current law
- Wedding Announcements
- Pre Cana Conference, Tobit Weekend and One in Christ program prepare engaged couples for marriage
- Couples may announce engagement or marriage
- Thaw our hearts, O Lord: Young adults bring their energy and convictions to annual March for Life
- ‘Never again’: A high school student reflects on the national March for Life
- Church’s 100 important events? Editor emeritus offers his list
- Photos: Catholic Schools Week Mass at SS. Peter and Paul
- ‘Got Sisters-Nun Run’ for Indianapolis area is set for Feb. 21-22
- Benedictine monk professes solemn vows
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Pope Emeritus Benedict’s retirement viewed a year later
- From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - Abraham’s test, and Isaac marries
- It's All Good: Take time to acknowledge God’s blessings each day
- Letters to the Editor
- How about a human life index?
- Events Calendar
- SPRED dinner dance to be held on March 22 in Indianapolis
- ‘Joy of the Gospel’ conference set for March 29 in Bristow
- Catholic Radio Indy celebrates 10 years with dinner and silent auction on Feb. 25
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Maryknoll Father James Madden, an Indianapolis native, ministered in Peru for many years
- My Journey to God: The Blessing of a True Friend
Catholic News Service:
- Cardinal Tagle: Haiyan recovery can show world a united Church
- Catholic identity must be clear, uncompromising, pope tells university
- New complications in executions bring new death penalty discussions
- Two types of HHS mandate cases are at different points in legal process
- Music ministry called a gift that can reconnect people with the Church
- A Church without religious sisters is ‘unthinkable,’ pope says while honoring consecrated life on Feb. 2
- Pope Francis calls for the promotion of life at every stage
- Column: Changing the music, but not the message
- Column: The invisible problem of modern slavery among us
- Column: Walking in the theological virtue of hope in our lives of faith
- The Sunday Readings: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis reiterate that Church is not anti-Islamic
FaithAlive!
- Adult faith formation is key to carrying out Church’s mission
- Growing in knowledge of the Catholic faith is a lifelong project
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The faces of poverty: Gospel mandate calls Catholics to serve our brothers and sisters in need
Pierce Cavanaugh, a senior at Indiana University (IU), is one of the first leaders of a network of small faith groups being established at the university through a new campus evangelization program started by St. Paul Catholic Center in Bloomington. The program is the result of the parish campus ministry receiving $98,055 through a Lilly Endowment grant last fall.
“The more involved you get and the more into your faith you get,” he said, “you see why it’s so good, and you want other people to have the same thing.” (Pages 1)
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‘A voice for the voiceless’: Catholics called to build culture of life, archbishop says at Jan. 22 Mass
The doorbell rang on another bitter, below-zero-wind-chill day, letting Dave Bartolowits know there was another person in need shivering outside the rectory door of St. John the Evangelist Parish in downtown Indianapolis. Bartolowits was nearing the end of his two-hour volunteer shift at the parish’s Garden Door Ministry, a ministry that serves hot meals and provides warm clothing every weekday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to the city’s homeless. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
"Catholic News Around Indiana" online archive
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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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- U.N. committee presses Vatican on child abuse, some church teaching
- CRS Rice Bowl Lenten program has new twists: an app, recipes, contest
- Pope: Don't skip Sunday Mass; people need communion with God, church
- A church without religious sisters is 'unthinkable,' pope says
- Father Hehir: Pope's focus on poor brings church tradition to forefront
- Philippine cardinal: Haiyan recovery can show world a united church
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