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June 27, 2014 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘It’s a great life’: Youths receive positive image of priesthood during seminary’s Bishop Bruté Days
- Plummer leaves Catholic education post to become principal in Arizona
- Criterion staff honored for excellence in journalism
- Bishop Coyne is featured in new videos about Catholicism’s “Top 10” list
- Eucharist, church renovation brings Rushville parish community together
- Appeal helps ministry lay cloak of charity in Tell City Deanery
- What was in the news on June 26, 1964? Pope Paul plans to make pronouncement on the pill, and the Civil Rights Act about to become law
- Official Appointment
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Saints Peter and Paul were spirit-filled evangelizers
- Alégrense en el Señor: San Pedro y San Pablo fueron evangelizadores con espíritu
- Editorial: The changing face of our family of faith
- From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - The delightful story of Ruth
- Cornucopia: That’s the thing about love—it grows and expands
- Faith and Family: Stand beside our heavenly Father during life’s storms
- Letters to the Editor
- Concern for improving lives should trump focus on global warming, reader says
- Newspaper should only focus on truths of Catholic faith
- Events Calendar
- Pilgrimage to sites in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana set for July 14-16
- Marian University to host forgiveness and reconciliation retreat on July 12
- ‘Faith in Action’ radio show features local faith stories
- Franciscan Friars in Bloomington offering retreat on brown scapular on July 18-20
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: Grandchild
Catholic News Service:
- Archbishop Lori: Catholics should be free to serve with ‘eucharistic heart’
- Texas diocese helps to respond to immigrants’ need in surge of children entering the United States
- Marchers feel encouraged in stance for traditional marriage
- Media urged to stay focused on God, be friends of Jesus and one another
- Bishop Pates, Pax Christi USA call for diplomacy to resolve Iraq crisis
- Pope calls torture a ‘very grave sin’
- Pope condemns mafia, says members are excommunicated
- Pope points to St. John the Baptist as special model for evangelizing
- Column: Heaven, marriage and fine wine
- Column: Like St. Paul, accept God’s will, but not defeat in your life
- The Sunday Readings: Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul
- Liturgy Corner: Communion services should only be celebrated in exceptional circumstances
FaithAlive!
- The Eucharist celebrates Christ’s presence in the Church
- Sunday Mass renews the special bonds of the Church’s faithful
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‘It’s a great life’: Youths receive positive image of priesthood during seminary’s Bishop Bruté Days
Nearly 50 years ago, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin was in the position of the nearly 40 teenage boys with whom he spoke on June 18 at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis. The boys were participants in the eighth annual Bishop Bruté Days, a camping and retreat event sponsored by the seminary for teenage boys open to the possibility that God might call them to the priesthood. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Indiana on the same-sex marriage ruling
The Roman Catholic bishops of Indiana have issued a statement today affirming marriage between one man and one woman. The statement was issued in response to the ruling by the 7th Circuit of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that Indiana’s marriage law which bans same-sex “marriage” is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution.
Read the bishops' statement
Photo Gallery: Mass at renovated St. Mary's Church in Rushville
Mary Schneider has seen many changes at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Rushville during her 72 years. But the recent renovation of her faith community’s church is the most dramatic of those changes. “It’s breathtakingly beautiful,” said Schneider. “I just get goose bumps talking about it. Everywhere you look in the church, it’s more beautiful from one place to the other.”
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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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- Sudanese woman convicted of apostasy released from prison, then rearrested with family at airport
- Pope points to St. John the Baptist as model for evangelizing
- Leader says Life Teen's goal to 'completely transform' youth ministry
- Pope condemns mafia, says members are excommunicated
- Citing Marianist mission, University of Dayton divests from fossil fuel
- Vatican publishes reflection on discerning essentials of faith
- Administration announces steps to handle surge of kids at border
- Say 'no' to drugs, but 'yes' to life, love, job creation, pope says
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