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November 14, 2014 issue
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Local stories:
- Record $6.1 million raised to send children to Catholic schools
- Loved,
valued and
not alone: Schools, students and archdiocese offer help, message of hope to prevent teen suicides
- Suicide loss, awareness and prevention resources
- Bishop Coyne elected chair of bishops’ committee on communications
- At Marian lecture, Orthodox theologian traces 50 years of ecumenical strides
- Honorees committed to leaving ‘this world a better place’
- Five Beech Grove Benedictines celebrate jubilees
- What was in the news on Nov. 13, 1964? The council continues with debate on ban
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Recognizing Jesus in the faces of the poor
- Alégrense en el Señor: Reconozcamos a Jesús en el rostro de los necesitados
- Editorial: The Catholic Church and science
- From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - The Jews return to Jerusalem
- Cornucopia: In today’s landscape, we simply can’t be children of a lesser God
- Twenty Something: Art among us, art within us - honoring the ‘divine spark’
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were published this week
- Events Calendar
- Benedict Inn in Beech Grove to offer ‘Visio Divina’ reflection on Dec. 9
- Angelus prayer led by Archbishop Tobin now airing on Catholic Radio Indy
- St. Margaret Mary craft fair, bake sale and raffle to be held on Nov. 22-23
- Marian University presents musical Songs for a New World on Nov. 21
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: Silver Chalice
Catholic News Service:
- Bishops reminded of role as pastors to Christ’s family—the Church
- Baltimore Archdiocese marks 225th anniversary with day ‘full of joy’
- Ruling sets up possible Supreme Court round on same-sex marriage
- Column: Working toward God’s abundance for all
- Column: A season of true repentance
- Column: Embracing the richness that cultural diversity brings our Church
- The Sunday Readings: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Liturgy Corner: Parishioners experience a time of adjustment with change of pastors
FaithAlive!
- Parents face hurdles in forming children’s faith in secular culture
- Ongoing catechesis for parents helps their children grow in the faith
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Record $6.1 million raised to send children to Catholic schools
Shortly after it was announced that a record $6.1 million had been raised this year to help children in the archdiocese receive a Catholic education, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin wondered if other people had the same reaction he did. “I hope you gasped as I did when I heard that figure,” the archbishop told the 600 people who attended the 19th annual Celebrating Catholic School Values Awards event at Union Station in Indianapolis on Nov. 5. (Page 1)
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Schools, students and archdiocese offer help, message of hope to prevent teen suicides
Shortly after school began in August, the Catholic community in Indianapolis suffered the staggering loss of three teenagers to suicide within 23 days. All were students at local private Catholic institutions—one at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and two at Cathedral High School. What support do Catholic high school communities—students, teachers, faculty and parents—need in such times of crisis, and what resources are offered by schools and the archdiocese to cope with and prevent teen suicide? (Page 1)
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Bishop Coyne elected chair of bishops’ committee on communications
Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, vicar general and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, was elected on Nov. 11 by the bishops of the United States as chair-elect of the bishops’ Committee on Communications during their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore. Although elected this year, his leadership of the committee will not begin until November 2015. He has previously served as a member of the committee. (Page 1)
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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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- U.S. Bishops Fall Meeting
- Indian church shocked over sterilization-related deaths
- CRS official sees wins in Ebola fight, but there's 'a lot more to do'
- Pope sets up new body to speed handling of sex abuse appeals
- Philadelphia officially opens World Meeting of Families registration
- German church commemorates 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
- Pope removes Cardinal Burke from Vatican post
- Many factors seen affecting increasingly lower voter turnout in U.S.
- Ruling sets up possible Supreme Court round on same-sex marriage
- 'Pagan Christians' go to church, but don't put God first, pope says
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