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Available Right NowGreenfield parish supports ecumenical effort to help women with addictionsPope Francis recently called on dioceses throughout the world to establish a charitable program during the Holy Year of Mercy that would be a long-lasting legacy of this jubilee year focused on the compassion of God. Father Aaron Jenkins, pastor of St. Michael Parish in Greenfield, was encouraged by the Holy Father’s last suggestion because his Indianapolis East Deanery faith community has been working with other Christian congregations in Hancock County to establish a home for women 18 and older who are recovering from addictions. Friends of Recovery, an ecumenical organization in Hancock County, hopes to open Talitha Koum Recovery House in Greenfield later this year. (Page 10) Rachel’s Vineyard retreats ‘allow God’s mercy to flow’ for women and men in need of post-abortion healingBernadette Roy, a member of St. Ann Parish in Indianapolis, sees a certain phenomenon in every Rachel’s Vineyard post-abortion healing retreat she helps facilitate. “There’s a beauty in watching people come in with their head hung in shame, and leaving with hope and a renewed sense that God loves them,” she says. Roy can relate—she, too, once sought healing from hiding her pain over an abortion she had as a pregnant single mother of two boys in the 1980s. She silently ached for more than 20 years before seeking help. “By that time, I’d had an annulment and was married,” she says. “I went to confession, but I couldn’t forgive myself.” (Page 9) Web-only featuresUnited Catholic Appeal Thank You VideoThank you to the more than 18,000 of you who helped the archdiocese to exceed its $6.2 million goal through your gift to the United Catholic Appeal. You have chosen to put divine mercy into practice by being an authentic witness to God's love. Our ministries that are supported by the Appeal are grateful to you and your generosity.
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