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July 4, 2014 issue
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Local stories:
- High court upholds religious liberty for closely held businesses in key case
- Catholic bishops of Indiana issue a shared statement on recent marriage ruling
- Archbishop Tobin shares his thoughts on recent court decisions
- Growing trend of parish health ministry seeks to promote wellness of body, mind and soul
- Parish nurses and health ministers share ideas, network at retreat
- Children’s book on St. Theodora wins fourth place from Catholic Press Association
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious love God in word and deed
- What was in the news on July 3, 1964? Local religious sisters celebrate milestones and a reflection on the initial delay of the Civil Rights Bill
- Official Appointment
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Connected in the Spirit - The missionary option
- Alégrense en el Señor: Conectados en el Espíritu - la opción misionera
- Editorial: The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is pro-culture
- From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - The establishment of Israel’s monarchy
- It's All Good: Make time to meet God—early and often—in prayer
- Letters to the Editor
- Volunteers needed during summer, too
- Events Calendar
- Biking for Babies event at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish set for July 17
- Carmelite sisters of Terre Haute to lead Our Lady of Mount Carmel novena starting on July 8
- Obituaries
- General listing
- A native of Cuba, Franciscan Sister Carmen de Barros ministered for 43 years in Catholic high schools and fostered religious vocations
- Providence Sister William Eyke ministered for 45 years at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
- My Journey to God: Run to Jesus
Catholic News Service:
- Supreme Court strikes down ‘buffer zones’ at abortion centers
- British high court rejects challenges to assisted suicide laws
- Pope gives archbishops their palliums, urges them to focus on following Jesus
- Column: Americans need to exercise their freedom to vote
- Column: Do you want better friendships? Be a better friend
- Column: The beatitudes and a prayer for caregivers
- The Sunday Readings: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Multiple witnesses are typically needed to have an annulment decree granted
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High court upholds religious liberty for closely held businesses in key case
Bill Grote jumped out of his chair on June 30 when he saw a television report on the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding Burrell v. Hobby Lobby. The report explained that the high court ruled in a 5-4 decision that closely held companies cannot be forced to abide by the federal Health and Human Service’s mandate that requires nearly all employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs, elective sterilizations and contraceptives to their employees free of charge if the individual or families that own these businesses have religious objections to the mandate. (Page 1)
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Growing trend of parish health ministry seeks to promote wellness of body, mind and soul
There are many examples of programs being implemented across the archdiocese by a growing trend in parishes—health ministry. It’s a ministry that strives to improve the whole person—body, mind and soul—of Catholics in central and southern Indiana. The faith-based health ministry movement, also known as faith community nursing or parish nursing, began in the United States in the 1980s. The movement has spread through many faiths, both Christian and non-Christian. (Page 1)
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Web-only features
Parish festival listing -- all summer long
Our parish festival listings were included one of our issues in May, but we keep them up all summer, posting periodic corrections and additions. Got a spare weekend? Check our listings at any time via the link below to see where the fun will be each week.
Go to our parish festival listing
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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- Court: Closely held companies can't be required to cover contraceptives
- Bishop: Christians fleeing northern Iraq are 'really, really afraid'
- Christians without Mary in their life are orphans, pope says
- Court gives EWTN last-minute relief from HHS contraception mandate
- Protect Religious Freedom Restoration Act, faith leaders tell Congress
- Father Snyder, head of Catholic Charities USA, to step down in 2015
- U.S. bishops backed Civil Rights Act, urged people to make it work
- Bishop says violence cause of surge at border, implores Congress to act
- Supreme Court strikes down 'buffer zones' at abortion clinics
- Tanzanian archbishop calls attention to plight of albino children
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