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March 10, 2017 issue

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Local stories:

  • United in the Eucharist: Perpetual adoration chapel gives life to parish once marked by ‘heavy hearts’
    • Priests reflect on positive influence of perpetual adoration chapels
    • Perpetual adoration chapels in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Scifres tapped to replace retiring Tinder, lead CYO
  • Death penalty ban for serious mental illness fails to advance
  • ‘Listen, learn, think, pray and act’ to overcome racial divide, bishop says
  • Teen improves parish ministry to earn Girl Scout Gold Award

Regular local features:

  • The Face of Mercy: Keep hope alive, keep your gaze fixed on Jesus
    • Mantengan viva la fe, la mirada fija en Jesús
  • Editorial: Recipe for a joyful Lent
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Meetings with President Mubarak and other Egyptian leaders
  • Cornucopia: Apparently, history today is not the history we remember
  • Twenty Something: Tending to each other and our common home
  • Letters to the Editor
    • Reader says newspaper must print both sides in immigration debate
  • Events Calendar
    • St. Thomas More 5K event to benefit Churches in Mission; deadline is March 25
    • Larger-than-life-size Divine Mercy cross stitch on display in Chicago
    • Exhibit of plein-air art on display at Archabbey Library Gallery
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
  • My Journey to God: Little Feet

Catholic News Service:

  • Initial reaction to presidential refugee ban ranges from deep concern to opposition
  • Amid fears, unauthorized immigrants ask Church for spiritual, legal help
  • Bishops: Congress must consider budget’s moral, human dimensions
  • Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, Pope Francis says
  • Trump visits Catholic school to show school choice support
  • Bellarmine’s first female president says taking job like ‘a homecoming’ for her
  • Despite opposition, assisted suicide law takes effect in nation’s capital
  • Evangelization at the margins drives USCCB convocation planning
  • Column: My farewell column: Thank you from the bottom of heart
  • The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Lent
  • Question Corner: Traditional English translation of “Glory be” prayer can cause confusion

FaithAlive!

  • Keep spiritual goals in mind when fasting in Lent
  • People who fasted in the Scriptures did so for several purposes

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United in the Eucharist: Perpetual adoration chapel gives life to parish once marked by ‘heavy hearts’

Adoration chapelThree years ago, many members of All Saints Parish in Dearborn County in southeastern Indiana had heavy hearts as they continued to struggle with the merger a few months earlier of four parishes in the area into All Saints. On the evening of March 1, Ash Wednesday, many of those same hearts were filled with faith and hope. (Page 1)
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Scifres tapped to replace retiring Tinder, lead CYO

Bruce ScifresAs Bruce Scifres prepares to become the new executive director of the archdiocese’s Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), it means he will no longer lead the Roncalli High School football team that he has guided to seven state championships, including the 2016 team that finished its season with a perfect 15-0 record. Still, Scifres doesn’t view his new position as an end to his 30 years of teaching and coaching at the high school in the Indianapolis South Deanery. Instead, the 60-year-old father of four sees the move as a continuation of his commitment to help shape the lives and faith of young people through sports. (Page 1)
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‘Listen, learn, think, pray and act’ to overcome racial divide, bishop says

Bishop Edward K. BraxtonBishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Ill., is one of eight active black Catholic bishops in the United States. With black men making up less than 3 percent of the 269 active U.S. bishops, one might call them a “minority.” Such a word is precisely the type of language that perpetuates the racial divide in the U.S. and in the Church, Bishop Braxton said in a talk titled “The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the United States” at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Indianapolis on Feb. 18. (Page 9)
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Lenten resources

Lenten image Each year, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis provides special Lenten resources – the daily readings, archived columns , Stations of the Cross and links of interest – on our special site (www.archindy.org/lent). We encourage you to share this link with others, most particularly because it also includes the full listing of penance schedules from around the archdiocese.
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