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February 23, 2018 issue
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Local stories:
- At the edge of heartbreak and hope: God’s love guides doctor helping refugees after years of caring for the poor in Africa
- Scecina Women’s Circle shows philanthropic impact of women
- Photos: Legislative dinner (print edition only)
- Hearing on sex education ‘opt in’ bill is held in House
- Wedding Announcements
- Pre Cana Conference, Tobit Weekend and One in Christ programs prepare engaged couples for marriage
- All ages welcome on archdiocesan pilgrimage to Ireland for 2018 World Meeting of Families
- Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- From the Archives: Catholic Scouting awards
Regular local features:
- Christ the Cornerstone: Lenten season is a time to intensify our prayer
- Cristo, la piedra angular: La Cuaresma es una época para intensificar la oración
- Editorial: As a nation, let’s find ‘the courage to stand up’ and protect our children
- From the Editor Emeritus: Black Catholics in U.S. history: This week, Norman Francis
- Cornucopia: Looking back, the good old days were good when they weren’t bad
- Emmaus Walk: Uneasiness about surgery leads to episode showing God’s providence
- Faith and Family: Let Lent be a time for families to walk the path of vocations
- Investing with Faith: Optimize your legacy giving for the new tax law
- Reflection: Our own gold medal moments
- Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Men invited to Lenten Prayer Breakfast on March 3 at St. Joan of Arc Parish
- March 5 marks first in series of talks on Flame of Love Movement
- New Albany Deanery Catholic Youth Ministries accepting fellowship applications through March 7
- Cardinal Ritter Birthplace Foundation to host Lecture and Irish Coffee Night in New Albany on March 15
- Princess and pirate fundraiser on March 4 will help Batesville Deanery parishes’ mission ministry
- Ignatian Silent Lenten Retreat for Women held in Greenfield on March 17
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: Our Father’s Love
Catholic News Service:
- U.S. bishops declare national call-in day to urge Congress to save DACA
- Parish’s Lenten observance dedicated to shooting victims, their families
- Florida school shooting is an act of ‘horrifying evil,’ says archbishop
- In-flight nuptials: Pope didn’t glide over Church requirements
- Archbishop calls for renewed focus on Rev. King’s call to nonviolence
- Pope Francis says Paul VI will be declared a saint this year
- Column: Sorting through ‘solutions’ to the HIV/AIDS pandemic
- The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: Church requires cremated remains to be treated with respect due to human dignity
FaithAlive!
- Sacrifice makes the world more holy in the image of Christ
- Fasting has been a spiritual practice of the Church since its earliest days
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God’s love guides doctor helping refugees after years of caring for the poor in Africa
If you wanted to share a defining moment from the life of Dr. Ellen Einterz, the natural instinct would be to start with a story from her 24 years of providing love and medical care to people in one of the poorest countries in Africa, people devastated by the impacts of AIDS, cholera and malaria. But maybe the better beginning involves the e-mail that changed the direction of her life in a way that still stuns the 63-year-old physician. The e-mail flashed onto her computer screen in the early part of 2016 when she was back in Indianapolis, back in the parish of her family and her youth—St. Matthew the Apostle. (Page 1)
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Scecina Women’s Circle shows philanthropic impact of women
Jean Donlon and Beth Murphy first learned of the “women’s giving circle” concept at a philanthropy conference in the spring of 2016. They were inspired by the idea: a group of women pooling their own donations for a specific cause. A little more than one year, 51 women and $24,000 later, inspiration had become reality in the form of the Scecina Women’s Circle to benefit the students of Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School on the east side of Indianapolis. (Page 3)
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All ages welcome on archdiocesan pilgrimage to Ireland for 2018 World Meeting of Families
The archdiocese will lead a pilgrimage to the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland, from Aug. 18-27, 2018. The pilgrimage is sponsored by the archdiocesan Office of Marriage and Family Life. Father Eric Augenstein, archdiocesan director of vocations, will serve as its spiritual director. The World Meeting of Families was started in 1994 by St. John Paul II and is held every three years. The 2018 theme is “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World.” (Page 9)
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Web-only features
Lenten resources
Each year, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis provides special Lenten resources online – the daily readings, archived columns from our current and former archbishops, Stations of the Cross and links of interest. We encourage you to share the link with others, most particularly because it also includes the full listing of penance schedules from around the archdiocese.
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