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August 22, 2014 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘A sense of community’: St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities: From ‘best kept secret’ to a leading agency in New Albany
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities facts and figures
- Pilgrimage takes seminarians to Catholic high schools
- Photos: Back-to-school basics … and some sweet treats, too
- Benedictine sisters to bestow Angel of Grace awards
- What was in the news on August 21, 1964? A prelate calls for participation at all Masses, and reaction to Pope Paul’s first encyclical
- Appeal funds help catechists ‘nourish their efforts to teach the faith’
- Saint Meinrad Archabbey welcomes two new novices
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Holy Spirit is inviting us to think globally, act locally
- Alégrense en el Señor: El Espíritu Santo nos invita a pensar a escala mundial y a actuar localmente
- Editorial: Persecution of Christians in Iraq
- From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - The reign of King Solomon
- Cornucopia: Assuming this is correct, assumptions are often wrong
- Letters to the Editor
- Party’s support of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood is evident, reader says
- Events Calendar
- Scecina Class of 1964 plans 50-year reunion on Sept. 19-20
- Former St. John Academy reunion scheduled for Sept. 21 in Indy
- Sept. 12 fundraiser in Greenwood to raise money for cancer patient
- Founders of Catholic Radio Indy to speak at Marriage on Tap on Sept. 13
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Helen Saler ministered in Catholic schools and in catechesis
- My Journey to God: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic News Service:
- Cardinal Filoni, Patriarch Sako call for action to liberate Iraq
- 800,000 watch during beatification Mass as Pope Francis moves 124 Korean martyrs closer toward sainthood
- Special U.S. collection urged to help those suffering in Middle East
- Federal court says accommodation process on HHS mandate ‘a subterfuge’
- Pope asks prayers after great nephews, their mother die in car crash
- Pope tells Asians to witness to Christ in all aspects of life
- Pope talks airstrikes in Iraq, his health, possible U.S. visit
- Charity, forgiveness keys to Korean reunification, says pontiff
- Liberian health system suffers from strain of caring for growing number of Ebola patients
- Latin American Church leaders pledge to promote family’s role in society
- Hospitals affected by state decisions on Medicaid expansion
- Column: Is artificial insemination wrong even among married couples?
- Column: Robin Williams - A lesson from the dimming of a bright star
- Column: A faith-full recipe for celiac sufferers
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: A need for a savior can be accepted in various interpretations of Genesis
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St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities: From ‘best kept secret’ to a leading agency in New Albany
NEW ALBANY—Until about four years ago, New Albany had a little-known treasure in its midst. But the secret is out and New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan made it official: On June 30, he presented St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities with a check for $25,000 from the city council and declared June 30, 2014, as St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities Day. The official declaration was the city’s way of helping the organization recognize its 25th anniversary. (Page 1)
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Pilgrimage takes seminarians to Catholic high schools
For more than a decade, the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis have gone on pilgrimage just prior to the start of a new academic year. They’ve usually visited historic parish churches or shrines in central and southern Indiana. This year’s pilgrimage was a departure from the past as more than 20 men in formation for the priesthood visited three Catholic high schools in Indianapolis on Aug. 12—Cathedral, Roncalli and Providence Cristo Rey. (Page 3)
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Web-only features
Photos: Back-to-school basics … and some sweet treats, too
See a short series of photos taken by our reporting staff and contributors of students going back to school at Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School in Clarksville, Providence Cristo Rey School in Indianapolis and St. Mary School in Rushville.
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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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- Faith, prayer sources of strength for slain U.S. journalist, his family
- Committee says church remains committed to dialogue with Muslims, others
- Pope thanks people for prayers for his family after deadly crash
- St. Louis archbishop urges prayers for peace to calm chaos in streets
- Special U.S. collection urged to help those suffering in Middle East
- LCWR speaker urges women religious to forge ahead through hard times
- Pope talks airstrikes in Iraq, his health, possible U.S. visit
- Federal court says accommodation process on HHS mandate 'a subterfuge'
- U.S. Dominicans praying, 'agonizing' for Iraqi Dominicans, villagers
- 800,000 watch as pope moves 124 Korean martyrs closer to sainthood
- Pope says forgiveness key to reconciling divided Korea
- Archbishop says workers, especially young adults, need decent jobs, pay
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