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September 11, 2015 issue

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Local stories:

  • Building hope and faith: Prayer ministry at Bloomington parish hopes to serve as model for others
  • Catholics offer ‘dialogue’ and ‘connecting point’ during Festival of Faiths in Indianapolis
  • Festival celebrates 20 years of Irish blessings of faith, family, fun
  • Oldenburg Franciscan sisters celebrate jubilees
  • Divorce ministry: helping divorced Catholics find ‘being and belonging’
  • What was in the news on Sept. 10, 1965? The pope to visit the United Nations, sympathy for flood victims and a prediction for a long council session
  • Official Appointments

Religious Education Supplement

  • Column: Mom, apple pie, America—and Catechetical Sunday!
  • ‘Principles and Choices’ curriculum supplements religious education programs with pro-life focus and strategies
  • World Meeting of Families’ pilgrims hope to share Church’s vision for family life
    • Ten themes shape the message of the World Meeting of Families
  • Faith, fun and friendship draw people with special needs closer to God
  • Pro-life and catechetical leaders collaborate to spread the Gospel of life

Regular local features:

  • Rejoice in the Lord: We are stewards of all God’s creation
    • Alégrense en el Señor: Tomos somos corresponsables de la creación de Dios
  • Editorial: What to expect during Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S.
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Medieval Church - Troubles brewing between east and west
  • Cornucopia: Asking questions that unlock wisdom
  • Twenty Something: Asking questions that unlock wisdom
  • Be Our Guest: Help build a culture of life, participate in upcoming 40 Days for Life campaign
  • Letters to the Editor
    • No letters were printed this week
  • Events Calendar
    • Nuns on the Bus to host town hall meeting at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Indianapolis
    • Senior CRS communications officer to speak at Marian University on Sept. 17
    • ‘Catholics and the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Selma’ seminar to be held in Indy on Sept. 12
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
    • Franciscan Sister Ruth Greiwe served as educator, missionary in Papua New Guinea
  • My Journey to God: Memory Composed Out of Dust

Catholic News Service:

  • Pope simplifies annulment process, asks that it be free of charge
  • Pope calls on Europe’s parishes, religious houses to take in refugees
  • Pope to celebrate ‘simple weekday Mass’ for 20,000 in New York
  • Column: Turning food waste into food for thought, food for the body
  • The Sunday Readings: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  • Question Corner: Black clergy and religious promote the faith, advocate on issues of racial justice

FaithAlive!

  • Spiritual guides provide support and example to emulate
  • Example of St. Peter can help people who struggle with their faith

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Catholics offer ‘dialogue’ and ‘connecting point’ during Festival of Faiths in Indianapolis

Priest and young peopleAs the St. Rita Parish Gospel Choir lifted their voices in song, the crowd lifted their hands clapping in appreciation. They were hands of not just Catholics, but also Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims and more. The religious mix took place outdoors at the Festival of Faiths at Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown Indianapolis on Aug. 30. It was the third year for the event, sponsored by the Center for Interfaith Cooperation (CIC), a multi-religion member organization that promotes peace through understanding and cooperation among those of different faith traditions. (Page 1)
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Divorce ministry: helping divorced Catholics find ‘being and belonging’

Group of people at a tableAfter starting the divorce process in August of 2009, Gary Reding found himself a transplant from New York knowing no one, and out of the farming job he’d been doing with his in-laws for 31 years. “I never looked at divorce as an option,” he says. “But it turned out to be the way I needed to go. “But I had no one. I was alone and without a job.” Fortunately, the member of St. Michael Parish in Greenfield heard about a retreat offered by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis called “Being and Belonging.” The retreat is designed for separated and divorced Catholics. (Page 13)
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Fire destroys narthex of St. Monica Church in Indianapolis

Fire damage at St. Monica ParishAround 3:45 a.m. on Sept. 9, a fire was reported in progress in the narthex of St. Monica Church, 6131 N. Michigan Road, in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Fire Department arrived on the scene at 3:50 a.m. to find fire and smoke billowing from the structure. Following a roof collapse in the narthex, a call to the Pike Township Fire Department for assistance and the use of three overhead hoses, the fire was declared under control by 4:34 a.m. No one was injured.
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