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December 16, 2016 issue
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Local stories:
- ‘This is a wonderful country’: Immigrants, refugees escape persecution and poverty for the promise of a better life
- Cardinal Tobin encourages Catholics to ‘dream the dreams of God’ at African Mass
- Jennings County parish celebrates 175 years of faith
- Despite early adversity, Ritter captures state football title
- Hard work leads Roncalli to perfection, state championship
- Oldenburg Academy senior captures cross country state championship
- Divine Mercy grotto provides ‘place for people to go and be with Jesus’
- Despite family tragedy, speaker offers message of hope and healing
- SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and Saint Meinrad announce Christmas liturgies
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: God is with us, even when we don’t know how or why
- Alégrense en el Señor: Dios está con nosotros, aunque no sepamos cómo ni por qué
- Editorial: Debt and religious vocations
- From the Editor Emeritus: Wrapping up 86 columns on the history of the Church
- That All May Be One: Spirit will be present at Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- Worship and Evangelization Outreach: Appeal of music can add to richness, beauty of liturgy
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Christmas crèches on display at Archabbey Library through Jan. 6
- Special Pacers vs. Pistons offer for Catholic Schools Week ends Dec. 20
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: The Joyful Noise
Catholic News Service:
- Violence fixes nothing; world needs politics of peace, pope says
- Ohio lawmakers send governor two bills restricting abortion
- Give flesh to the Gospel like Mary did, pope says on Guadalupe feast
- Vatican sets up emails and hashtag to send Pope Francis birthday greetings
- Vatican recognizes association of its women employees
- Column: Advancing the freedom to serve
- Column: ‘It’s not wrong, if it feels right!’
- Column: How to spot fake news
- The Sunday Readings: Fourth Sunday of Advent
- Question Corner: Catholics with celiac disease may receive low-gluten host or just the precious blood
FaithAlive!
- God’s ‘loving gaze’ rests on each of us, as it did on Mary
- Acceptance of God’s unexpected will can often require great faith
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Immigrants, refugees escape persecution and poverty for the promise of a better life
The volunteer teacher from Catholic Charities Indianapolis points to the copy of the Declaration of Independence on the classroom wall, stressing the words “Life” and “Liberty” that he has written in big, bold, black letters. For the 14 immigrants and refugees who have enrolled in this class to pursue their dream of becoming American citizens, those two words have become the essence of their lives. When the teacher explains the role of the Declaration of Independence in the birth of the United States as a nation, the students hear a story marked by courage, sacrifice and hope. (Page 1)
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Cardinal Tobin encourages Catholics to ‘dream the dreams of God’ at African Mass
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin may have Irish in his blood, but he has ties to Africa as well—since June of 2013, he has served as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) subcommittee on the Church in Africa. Yet in his four years as Archbishop of Indianapolis, he has not had an opportunity to celebrate the annual African Catholic Mass for the African community of the archdiocese. He fit that pleasure in just weeks before leaving for his new role as Archbishop of Newark, N.J. (Pages 9)
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Web-only features
Advent Resources
During the season of Advent, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will have a special Web page at www.archindy.org/advent. The page contains various Advent resources, including links to the daily readings, past Christmas reflections from Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, penance service schedules, images of past Criterion Christmas Supplement covers and links of interest to other Advent Web sites.
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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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- Vatican sets up emails, hashtag to send pope birthday greetings
- Marriage advice: Make time for each other, especially at Christmas
- Pope remembers Opus Dei head as 'paternal and generous' witness
- Papal preacher: Trust Spirit's guidance in dealing with moral dilemmas
- Pope: Priests are called to console, not heap obligations on people
- Pax Christi: Children are Africa's greatest resources
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