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FaithAlive!
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Available Right NowFaith, love and service guide teacher who receives archdiocese’s top educator honorDoug Bauman can’t believe how amazingly memorable this past year has been for him. He and his wife Julie savored being in Philadelphia in September when Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families for nearly one million people. And the father of three was recently selected 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) ‘Food Fast’ brings Clarksville youths ‘in tune with others’ suffering’After the teens of the youth group at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Clarksville spent several hours stocking shelves at Bonnie’s Food Pantry, the charity’s director offered the hungry teenagers ice cream. Their answer was simple—difficult, but simple: “No thank you. We’re fasting.” The 19 youths were holding true to the experience they had embarked upon the night before—the high school-aged group’s sixth annual Food Fast. The experience consists of 24 hours of fasting and service. (Page 7) Web-only featuresPhoto Gallery: 2016 Indiana Women's ConferenceThe Holy Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis sparked the theme of this year’s conference, “Mercy for All.” More than 560 women from across Indiana and at least two other states converged at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel for the daylong event organized by the Marian Center of Indianapolis and sponsored by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Highlights included dynamic speakers, uplifting music by acclaimed Catholic singer/songwriter Annie Karto, and a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin. There also were opportunities for eucharistic adoration, Benediction, the sacrament of reconciliation, the rosary and a healing service.
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