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October 16, 2015 issue
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Local stories:
- A bridge of faith: St. Mark parish, school welcome Burmese refugees with open arms
- Nativity sets are at heart of Advent pilgrimage to Dayton
- Unique ‘Table of
Plenty’ dinner event
to benefit NCYC
scholarships
- More volunteers are needed to help with NCYC in November
- Special archdiocesan youth choir being formed to sing at NCYC Mass on Nov. 19 at St. John’s
- Priest retirement fund has been ‘underfunded for some time’; donations to United Catholic Appeal can help
- Conversation to mark 50 years of Jewish-Catholic dialogue
- CCF offering free seminars on basics of estate planning
- Providence very evident in young adults’ pilgrimage to see Pope Francis
- Alveda King: from abortion recipient to pro-life advocate
- Parishes, groups across central and southern Indiana help build culture of life
- ‘Celebrate Life’ dinner highlights pro-life successes and heroes
- What was in the news on Oct. 15, 1965? Pope prevents council debate on clerical celibacy law, and an editorial mourns the closing of the Indianapolis Times
- Leader of Anglican ordinariate for U.S. and Canada visits Indianapolis
- Deadline to apply for fall grants for schools, parishes and ministries is Oct. 31
- Hometown birthday celebration at St. Nicholas School
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Themes from the Synod on the Family that deserve our reflection
- Alégrense en el Señor: Temas del Sínodo de la familia que merecen nuestra atención
- Editorial: St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s parents’ canonization
- From the Editor Emeritus: Medieval Church - Pope St. Gregory VII claimed secular supremacy
- Catholic Evangelization Outreach: ‘Becoming Catholic?’ or ‘entering full communion?’
- That All May Be One: Oct. 25 Jewish-Catholic dialogue to feature Archbishop Tobin, Rabbi Cook
- Reflection: Backup quarterback’s example of selflessness, faith are worth emulating
- Letters to the Editor
- Small families are limiting descendants for future generations, reader says
- Events Calendar
- Science, technology, engineering and math conference for sixth- through eighth-grade girls is Oct. 31 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
- Nov. 1 deadline to order new CD of college seminarians’ hymns to Mary
- Holy Name of Jesus Parish to begin first Friday devotion
- Filipino cuisine to be featured at Intercultural Ministry gathering on Oct. 17
- Session on recent changes to annulment process will be held on Oct. 28 in Indianapolis
- Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration offer discernment retreat, day of reflection
- ‘Evangelization in the Black Community’ event on Oct. 17 is cancelled
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: In You I’ll Abide
Catholic News Service:
- Archbishop Cupich urges Illinois, nation to back gun control measures
- Synod on the family surprises: Universal compassion, inaccurate coverage, couples say
- Method of teaching about family can alienate people, synod members say
- Citing new rules, Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work
- Church and society must learn from families, pope says at audience
- Column: ‘They’ is a dangerous, divisive word that must not threaten us
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: The Church accepts the moral use of morphine to relieve dying patients’ pain
FaithAlive!
- Material wealth is not evil, but can be turned into an idol
- Jesus points to a greater treasure in heaven beyond worldly wealth
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A bridge of faith: St. Mark parish, school welcome Burmese refugees with open arms
Cathy Boyle gets emotional as she recalls watching the friendship develop between two children from different worlds. The seeds of the friendship were planted last year in her eighth-grade homeroom at St. Mark School in Indianapolis. At the beginning of that school year, Boyle watched as one of her students who had attended St. Mark’s for eight years made a conscious effort each day to befriend another boy whose family had recently arrived in the United States as refugees from Burma, which is also known as Myanmar. That friendship offers a hint of the remarkable transformation that has taken place in the school and the parish of St. Mark during the past five years—ever since Burmese refugees have become a growing part of both communities. (Page 1)
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‘Celebrate Life’ dinner highlights pro-life successes and heroes
Two pro-life awards may have been presented at the Right to Life of Indianapolis’ “Celebrate Life” dinner on Sept. 29. But as keynote speaker Alveda King pointed out to the nearly 1,000 attendees, “Look at the person next to you. Chances are, you’re sitting next to a pro-life hero.” The dinner and fundraiser brought together pro-life advocates from across Indiana to the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis to celebrate the successes and heroes of the pro-life cause. (Page 11)
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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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- In 50 years since 'Nostra Aetate,' church has built strong interreligious ties
- Archbishop Cupich urges Illinois, nation to back gun control measures
- Aid workers in Greece brace for more migrants, despite worsening weather
- Synod surprises: Universal compassion, inaccurate coverage, couples say
- NCCW provides resource on domestic violence awareness
- Take a positive approach to families, synod members say
- Syrian archbishops support Russian military intervention in civil war
- Sentencing reforms working their way through Congress, but slowly
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