Criterion E-Newsletter (August 8, 2014)

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August 8, 2014 issue

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Local stories:

Priest, young adults collaborate on film about Church’s teaching on same-sex attraction
- Catechism Corner: What the Church teaches on homosexuality
Vatican offices deny appeals of parish mergers in two deaneries
Taiwanese woman professes perpetual vows as Sister of Providence
Sister of Providence professes first vows on June 29 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
What was in the news on August 7, 1964? A suggestion for a ‘little council,’ and the archdiocese trains lay catechists
Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious show God’s love in ‘chaotic, complex world’
Youth volunteer outreach helps Brown County residents
Two priests initiated into Fourth Degree Assembly of Knights of Columbus
Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass is scheduled Sept. 21 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
How has faith helped your marriage? We want to know

Regular local features:

Rejoice in the Lord: We are all immigrants and members of the family of God
- Alégrense en el Señor: Todos somos inmigrantes y miembros de la familia de Dios
Editorial: Clergy sex-abuse scandal
From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - The story of David and Bathsheba
Cornucopia: Like in the movies, each of us is on a road trip through life
Twenty Something: Looking back on ‘mystery priest’ at car crash
Letters to the Editor
- More to the Democratic Party platform than previously shared, reader says
- Reader’s letter on target with assessment of newcomers arriving in America
Events Calendar
- Black Catholic Institute accepting participants
- Silent directed retreat available at Benedict Inn Aug. 18-20
- Pregnant mothers needed to help nurses learn ultrasounds third week of August
- Sisters of Providence Hole-y-One Golf Scramble set for Sept. 12
Obituaries
- General listing
My Journey to God: Surrender

Catholic News Service:

Congress recesses, leaves Washington without funds for migrant surge; actions ramp up
Sign of peace at Mass: Vatican says it stays put, but urges education
Like good shepherd, Church must seek out, help abused, says survivor
Arizona community rallies to show support, compassion for child immigrants
Compassion, sharing and the Eucharist: Steps on the path to heaven, Pope Francis says
Church aid agencies coordinate relief for Gazans, plan for future needs
Anglican canon says with focus on Gaza, Islamists can kill at will in Iraq
Former major leaguer shares baseball skills, deep faith at camp
Court overturns law requiring hospital privileges for abortion doctors
EWTN builds West Coast studio on campus of California diocese’s new cathedral
Idaho campus ministers see colleges as ‘places of evangelization’
Column: The cost of war is the senseless loss of children’s lives
Column: God, widowhood and the curveballs we’re thrown in life
The Sunday Readings: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Question Corner: Church’s liturgical rules guide when the Gloria and creed are included in liturgies

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Priest, young adults collaborate on film about Church’s teaching on same-sex attraction

Father John Hollowell had a problem. The teenagers he taught at high school accepted nearly everything that he taught them about the Catholic faith—except the Church’s teachings on one topic: homosexuality. In response, Father Hollowell and the young adult filmmakers at the Indianapolis-based Blackstone Films released The Third Way, which tells the stories of several people with same-sex attraction, but who seek to live according to the Church’s teachings on homosexuality. (Page 1)
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Youth volunteer outreach helps Brown County residents

Each summer, teenagers from St. Agnes Parish in Nashville and young people who participate in Terre Haute youth ministry come together with adult leaders to help needy persons in Brown County. Indiana Nazareth Farm is a service camp sponsored by St. Agnes and five Terre Haute parishes which have combined their youth ministry efforts—St. Benedict, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Patrick, St. Margaret Mary and St. Joseph University. The camp is based on four cornerstones—community, prayer, simplicity and service. (Page 16)
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