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Available Right NowTeacher with ‘greatest job in the world’ earns national awardOn the wall of Lisa Vogel's classroom she has a picture of every student she has taught at St. Mary School in North Vernon during the past 15 years. “I have the greatest job in the world, and the rewards and blessings are infinite,” she says. It’s things like that that help explain why Vogel was selected as one of the 11 national recipients of the 2014 Distinguished Teacher Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). (Page 8) A Promise to Keep teens honored for mentoring adolescentsWhen Archbishop Tobin addressed the 150 teenagers at a luncheon at the Catholic Center in Indianapolis on April 10, he spoke about sexuality. “The gift of human sexuality is a lot like a fire,” he said. “Fire can do really good things for you. It can warm the house, cook your food, light your path. But it can also burn and scar, and finally destroy. It all depends on the decisions you make with that gift.” These teens—along with 225 additional high school students unable to attend the luncheon—serve as mentors in the archdiocesan A Promise to Keep program. (Page 7)
Web-only featuresPhoto Gallery: Annual Chrism MassCelebrated annually during Holy Week, the chrism Mass is the occasion when holy oils used in the sacraments are blessed and priests ministering in the archdiocese renew their ordination promises. Representatives from parishes and religious communities across central and southern Indiana receive the oils during the Mass then take them back to their faith communities. See photos from the event.
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