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April 13, 2018 issue

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Local stories:

  • Annual women’s conference proves good ‘for the health of the family’
    • Highlights from talks at Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference
    • Participants reflect on impact of Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference
  • Solar panels offer unique model of stewardship
  • New outreach, website helps address challenges of pornography
  • ‘I found who I am’: St. Barnabas teen grows through mission experience
  • From the Archives: Musicale at Holy Name Parish

Regular local features:

  • Christ the Cornerstone: Seeing and touching Jesus in the fullness of Easter joy
    • Cristo, la piedra angular: Ver y tocar a Jesús en la plenitud de la alegría de la Pascua
  • Editorial: Listen to young people
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Reminiscing about my first trip overseas in 1971
  • Cornucopia: Hang on to the current fad—it just may be important
  • Our Works of Charity: Gift of the resurrection enables us to pour out hope onto others
  • Twenty Something: The art of slow living: when calligraphy becomes prayer
  • Reflection: Who were those disciples on the road to Emmaus?
  • Be Our Guest: Are we about the resurrection?
  • Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson
  • Letters to the Editor
    • No letters were printed this week
  • Events Calendar
    • Disabilities awareness Mass planned for April 29 at St. Mark Church in Indy
    • Holy Cross to host drug awareness event and Narcan training on April 19
    • Great Lakes Gabriel Project to host two fundraising events in Indianapolis in April
    • Vox Sacra is auditioning for a bass singer
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
  • My Journey to God: Sound

Catholic News Service:

  • Holiness means being loving, not boring, pope says
  • Cardinal says pope’s ‘powerful words’ are a call to holiness
  • The devil is a real threat, not a myth or symbol, pope says
  • As young people speak to Church, they must listen to Jesus, pope says
  • Don’t be afraid of shame, open hearts to God’s mercy, pope says
  • Pope denounces use of chemical weapons after deadly attack in Syria
  • Bishops on both sides of Mexico border criticize troop deployment
  • Terminally ill mother: Euthanasia push robs ‘friends and family of joy’
  • The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Easter
  • Question Corner: Priestly celibacy is a discipline that became universal in 11th century

FaithAlive!

  • God planted in the human heart a desire for friendship
  • Bible gives examples of friendship in the Old and New Testaments

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Annual women’s conference proves good ‘for the health of the family’

Women at conference.Julie Alumbaugh finished registering at the welcome desk just one minute before the start of the 13th annual Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference. Cradling her newborn, she slipped into the back of the 500 Ballroom of the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, along with her twin sister and her mother. It was then that she glanced at the program materials and realized the theme of the conference was “The Sanctification of the Family.” She was among the nearly 700 women from central and southern Indiana—and beyond—to step away from their busy lives for a day of renewal and reflection. The conference included dynamic speakers, opportunities for adoration and reconciliation, and Mass across the street at historic St. John the Evangelist Church. (Page 1)
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Solar panels offer unique model of stewardship

People in front of churchThere was still a winter chill in the air, but the sun shone brightly upon the hilltop campus of St. John the Apostle Parish in Bloomington on March 15. A sunny day brings more than good moods at this church—sunshine also brings electricity. “The blessing of God’s creation [is] that the sun shines on this beautiful facility on top of this beautiful hill,” explained the parish’s pastor, Father Daniel Mahan, “and that with panels covering just part of the building, we’re able to take care of most of our electrical needs.” St. John the Apostle Parish just installed a photovoltaic system, more commonly known as a system of solar panels, which captures the sun’s rays and converts the energy into electricity to power its campus. As far as records show, this is the first system to be installed at a parish in the archdiocese. (Page 1)
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New outreach, website helps address challenges of pornography

The archdiocese has started a new outreach—and a new website—to help people whose lives, marriages and families are being devastated by the use of pornography. “It’s ironic that something so devastating is also something that isn’t talked about a lot in many circles,” says Ken Ogorek, director of catechesis for the archdiocese. The archdiocese is taking a three-fold approach to helping people addicted to pornography, with all three approaches featured on the new website, www.archindy.org/myhouse. (Page 7)
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