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April 22, 2016 issue

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Local stories:

  • ‘It was a God moment’: Unexpected death helps lead family to forgiveness and reconciliation
  • New Albany Parish seeks to build stronger families
  • Rachel’s Vineyard retreats ‘allow God’s mercy to flow’ for women and men in need of post-abortion healing
    • Post-abortion healing ministries: ‘Extending God’s love and forgiveness’
  • Greenfield parish supports ecumenical effort to help women with addictions
  • What was in the news on April 22, 1966? Marian College expanding, the end of the Index of Forbidden Mass, Mass in sign language, and ‘God is dead’

Regular local features:

  • Rejoice in the Lord: Christian love is self-sacrificing, open to all, forgiving
    • Alégrense en el Señor: El amor cristiano es abnegado, receptivo e indulgente
  • Editorial: All are God’s children and should share in God’s gifts
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Imperiled Church - Anti-Catholicism grows in England
  • Cornucopia: Remember, sin is not only in the eye of the beholder
  • Letters to the Editor
    • No letters were printed this week
  • Events Calendar
    • Providence Sisters to host special Mother’s Day Brunch on May 8
    • New Albany Deanery Catholic Youth Ministries hosts 5K Friar Fun Run and Mile Walk on May 21
    • Protest at Planned Parenthood in Bloomington and Indianapolis April 23
    • Deadline to register for Brunch for former St. Agnes Academy alumnae is May 31
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
  • My Journey to God: He Notices

Catholic News Service:

  • Supreme Court hears arguments on president’s deferred deportation programs
  • Pope prays for refugees and brings 12 Syrians back to Rome
  • Words and deeds can’t be separated, Pope Francis tells new priests
  • Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims
  • Pope, Orthodox leaders listen to cries of refugees, urge help
  • Nigerian bishops urge government to hasten effort to free abductees
  • Immigrants who have found safe refuge long for peace in homeland
  • Religious groups say ‘yes’ to court’s idea on health care coverage
  • New video looks at meaning of religious freedom, court fight on health mandate
  • Column: On ‘aging gracefully’
  • Column: Looking for opportunities to foster a culture of encounter
  • Column: Villanova’s shining moment
  • The Sunday Readings: Fifth Sunday of Easter
  • Question Corner: Masses to pray for deceased people can be celebrated years after their death

FaithAlive!

  • Comforting the afflicted often gives peace to those who suffer
  • Showing kindness to the sorrowful mirrors the actions of God in the Bible

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Greenfield parish supports ecumenical effort to help women with addictions

Priest in buildingPope 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)
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Rachel’s Vineyard retreats ‘allow God’s mercy to flow’ for women and men in need of post-abortion healing

Woman protesting abortionBernadette 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)
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United Catholic Appeal Thank You Video

Women at conferenceThank 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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