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March 20, 2015 issue

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Local stories:

  • Modeling Christ’s love: Teacher’s emphasis on drawing out best in students leads to archdiocese’s highest honor for educator
  • Life for Catholics in Holy Land involves persecution and economic hardship
    • Tour guide gives pilgrims cultural, historical and archaeological insight on Scripture
    • Photos: Jerusalem portion of the 2015 Archdiocese of Indianapolis pilgrimage to the Holy Land (print only)
    • Pilgrims reflect on visit to Jerusalem
  • Gabriel Project executive director honored at Sanctity of Life Dinner
  • Budget bill boosts school choice for state’s children
  • Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
  • Circle of Grace teaches children their safe boundaries
  • What was in the news on March 19, 1965? Archdiocesan clergy report from Selma, and hints of the dropping of Friday abstinence

Regular local features:

  • Rejoice in the Lord: The smell of the sheep, the voice of the shepherd
    • Alégrense en el Señor: El olor a oveja y la voz del pastor
  • Editorial: How to attract more vocations
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Reflection on the raising of Lazarus back to life
  • That All May Be One: Justification is fruit of dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans
  • Catholic Education Outreach: The selfie generation
  • Reflection: Who are the poor?
  • Letters to the Editor
    • ‘Fast for Living Wages’ to show support for raising Indiana’s minimum wage
  • Events Calendar
    • ‘Hope After Suicide’ seminar set for April 8 in Indianapolis
    • New Albany Deanery Catholic Youth Ministries to host Bowl-a-thon on April 4
    • Archbishop Tobin to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Mass on April 12
    • Catholic Radio Indy fundraiser dinner set for April 15 in Indianapolis
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
    • Providence Sister Joanna Mary Valentino ministered in Catholic education for three decades
  • My Journey to God: I am the Key

Catholic News Service:

  • At Lenten penance service, pope announces Holy Year of Mercy
  • Conventual Franciscan is appointed bishop of Lexington
  • Column: Moving beyond gender and artificial boundaries we’ve created
  • The Sunday Readings: Fifth Sunday of Lent
  • Question Corner: The Church approves of the fruitful use of adult stem cells in medical research

FaithAlive!

  • Listening to God can make our good works more effective
  • Sacrifice can help us bear the ‘fruit of selflessness’ in Lent

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Teacher’s emphasis on drawing out best in students leads to archdiocese’s highest honor for educator

Teacher and studentsCompetitive by nature, Amy Wilson has always strived to not only get better, but to draw out the best in herself. That inherent quality guided her as a student and an athlete, and it continues to guide her as a teacher and a coach. And yet, that driving desire seemed to crash into a wall with a former student she calls Bob. The story of what eventually happened to Bob—and what happened to Wilson as a teacher—helps explain why she was chosen as this year’s recipient of the Saint Theodora Guérin Excellence in Education Award, the highest honor for a Catholic educator in the archdiocese. (Page 1)
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Circle of Grace teaches children their safe boundaries

Teacher and studentKindergarten students in the Catholic school raise their arms over their heads, form a circle, and bring the circle down around their bodies. The children are being taught that this is their “Circle of Grace,” a personal space given to them by God that others may not violate without permission. This activity is part of the Circle of Grace religious education program that is being implemented in schools and parishes throughout the archdiocese. The program is designed to educate children and youths about the value of positive relationships, and protecting themselves from negative ones. (Page 15)
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Web-only features

Survey on the Bishops' pastoral letter on poverty

The bishops of Indiana said it is their hope that Catholics throughout the state will read their recent pastoral letter on poverty, reflect on it and help the bishops consider how the Church should respond. They are also asking people to take part in a survey to gather more information they will use to further address the issue of poverty in Indiana.
Survey in English | Survey in Spanish

 

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