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July 10, 2015 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘Part of our life’s path’: Fellow parishioners share special bond of life, faith through transplant surgeries
- Trip to Italy takes Roncalli educators in the footsteps of school’s namesake
- What was in the news on July 9, 1965? Experimentation in liturgy is forbidden, and a dialogue opens between Lutherans and Catholics
- Serra Club vocations essay: Prayer, advice and service help in discerning one’s vocation
- Girl Scout hopes project helps unite faith communities
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Work is for us, we are not for work
- Alégrense en el Señor: El trabajo nos beneficia pero no nos debemos al trabajo
- Editorial: Take a look inside ‘the waiting room’ at the issue of doctor-assisted suicide
- From the Editor Emeritus: Early Church - Affirming that Mary is the mother of God
- Cornucopia: Are the inmates in charge of this asylum we live in?
- Bruised, Hurting and Dirty: It’s no coincidence seeing God at work in people’s lives
- Twenty Something: Drinking with the saints
- Reflection: People of faith may be marginalized in future public discussions on marriage
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Life Principles Academy pro-life training set for July 25 in Indianapolis
- Sisters of Providence will offer Retreat in Daily Life starting in October
- Little Sisters of the Poor rummage sale set for July 17-18
- Benedict Inn to host presentation on connecting faith to everyday life
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Alexa Suelzer taught in high schools and universities in Indiana
- My Journey to God: Faithfulness
Catholic News Service:
- Independence Day Mass closes U.S. bishops’ annual Fortnight for Freedom
- Families need prayers, mercy and courage to help them build strong societies, pope says
- Schedule for the pope’s visit to the United States
- Pope’s visit will stress families, charity, tolerance
- Pope will address Congress and celebrate first canonization Mass in the United States during visit to Washington
- Masses, talk at Independence Hall and visit to prison will highlight Philadelphia itinerary for Pope Francis
- Pope will have ‘profound, lasting impact’ on New Yorkers, says Cardinal Dolan
- Advocates urge continued funding of adult stem-cell research, treatment
- New focus for U.S. Buddhist-Catholic dialogue is poverty, social justice
- Oklahoma archbishop says court’s ruling on Ten Commandments statue is ‘deeply concerning’
- Pope Francis to Guides: Educate girls for big responsibilities in Church, world
- German priest builds churches and communities in Bolivian city
- Florida’s abortion waiting period goes into effect; viewed as a law that empowers women
- Column: Encyclical reflects Church’s connection to science
- The Sunday Readings: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Focus on one’s own worthiness for Communion, not another person’s
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Fellow parishioners share special bond of life, faith through transplant surgeries
Two fellow parishioners, acquainted with each other but not close friends, happen to see each other in a business and strike up a conversation. This kind of meeting can occur at any time, and one might not think twice about it. But a conversation in a bank in Shelbyville about a year ago between Deb Dalley and Marcia Adams, both members of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Shelby County, changed their lives forever. In late spring last year, Adams’ doctors told her that polycystic kidney disease had decreased the function of her kidneys so much that she needed to have a transplant. (Page 1)
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Girl Scout hopes project helps unite faith communities
Theresa Bridge knows the challenges that can arise when two people or two faith communities are asked to come together in the hope of creating a connection that has the potential to be even more special. So the 16-year-old student at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis decided to become “part of the solution” when she realized there would be growing pains as Holy Cross Parish in Indianapolis merged into St. Philip Neri Parish in Indianapolis as part of the archdiocese’s “Connected in the Spirit” plan. (Page 15)
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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.
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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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- Families need prayers, mercy, courage, including from synod, pope says
- Death penalty protests bring together families of victims, the executed
- Iowans urged to 'buckle down, get to work' on environmental problems
- Advocates urge continued funding of adult stem-cell research, treatment
- Independence Day Mass closes U.S. bishops' annual Fortnight for Freedom
- Catholic economist: Pope has 'measured' critique of U.S. economy
- Helping environment, poverty requires change of heart, cardinal says
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