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August 15, 2014 issue

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Local stories:

  • Treasuring the gift of one another: Sister’s ultimatum leads to memorable experience in Africa for Catholic teachers
  • Central Indiana Cursillo Community celebrates 50 years
  • Archdiocesan parishes asked to pray for peace in northern Iraq
  • SPRED summer retreat: ‘It’s a pure, honest joy’
  • What was in the news on August 14, 1964? Pope Paul issues his first encyclical
  • On 60th anniversary, Sister Demetria Smith offers heartfelt thank you
  • Criterion looking for your help to share success stories in schools

Regular local features:

  • Rejoice in the Lord: Visiting the imprisoned offers the healing and hope of our Lord
    • Alégrense en el Señor: Visitar a los prisioneros brinda el consuelo y la esperanza de Nuestro Señor
  • Editorial: Sharing the gift of prayer both locally and globally
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - Absalom’s rebellion against King David
  • Catholic Education Outreach: Catechists to focus on ‘Our Future, Our Families’ during 2014-15 program year
  • Letters to the Editor
    • We must bring God back into schools and public places, writer says
    • Substance Addictions Ministry looking for volunteers to expand its works
    • Church must lead the way in treatment of gays and lesbians
  • Events Calendar
    • Call-out for artists to present at SS. Francis and Clare Parish festival
    • Silent directed retreat available at Benedict Inn Aug. 18-20
    • ‘Friends of the Poor®’ Walk on Sept. 27 will raise funds for Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
  • My Journey to God: Mary’s Immaculate Heart

Catholic News Service:

  • Pope’s appeal for peace in Iraq: ‘Stop these crimes’
  • Caritas official: Emotional toll in Gaza is worse than conflict’s physical damage
  • First black priests in U.S. ‘opened door for rest of us,’ says Indianapolis pastor
  • Anderson says Knights’ efforts follow pope’s call to help world’s poor
  • Time to act: Church teaches duty to intervene to prevent genocide
  • As Ebola deaths rise, Africa’s bishops urging, taking action
  • With no pope in residence, Vatican opens gardens of summer villa
  • Pope says memorize the beatitudes
  • ‘Great War’ brought Catholics, bishops into mainstream of U.S. society
  • Column: A funeral of a beloved priest, grace and the ‘gift’ of tears
  • Column: Fall back on the Gospel and trust God in life’s most trying moments
  • The Sunday Readings: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  • Question Corner: Church’s liturgical rules guide when the Gloria and creed are included in liturgies

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Treasuring the gift of one another: Sister’s ultimatum leads to memorable experience in Africa for Catholic teachers

TeachersEver since Nancy Meyer's older sister—Sherry Meyer—moved to Uganda in 1991 to serve as a lay missionary in the Diocese of Arua, Nancy Meyer had traveled five times to visit her. ‘I had always enjoyed going and visiting, but I had seen the area. So I told Sherry, ‘I’m not coming back until you give me something to do,’ ” Nancy recalls with a smile. That’s when Sherry issued her own challenge to Nancy. (Page 1)
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Central Indiana Cursillo Community celebrates 50 years

Cursillo MassRob and Anjie Reuzenaar compared orchestrating the 50th anniversary celebration of the Central Indiana Cursillo Community (CICC) on Aug. 9 to planning their daughters’ weddings. It involved sending invitations and tallying RSVPs, planning a liturgy, preparing food for the reception and enlisting the help of clergy, musicians and speakers. Cursillistas from five decades gathered for the 50th anniversary Mass, celebrated by Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of the Lafayette Diocese, at St. Susanna Church in Plainfield. (Page 3)
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Photo Gallery: Special Religious Development Retreat

SPRED Retreat“Joy” was the theme of the adult Special Religious Development (SPRED) “Hallelujah Luau” retreat, where the blank canvases soon blossomed with cheery yellow and red flowers. With hugs, giggles, laughs and joking in abundance, that joy was especially present in those attending the retreat. The participants were members (referred to as “friends”) of SPRED programs for those ages 18 and older with special needs in several parishes of the archdiocese.
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