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January 17, 2014 issue
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Local stories:
- Tour helps superintendents get to know schools, understand their unique qualities
- Indiana bishops endorse proposed state amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman
- Statement of Glenn Tebbe at Indiana House committee meeting
- All Saints, St. Catherine parishes created in Batesville Deanery
- Roe v. Wade solemn remembrance set for Jan. 22 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis
- Terre Haute food bank campaign raises funds for new building
- Preschool voucher to assist low-income families clears House panel
- What was in the news on Jan. 17, 1964? The power of the papacy, a call for a council every 10 years, and the war on poverty
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Pray for Christian unity
- From the Editor Emeritus: Old Testament - Stories in the Book of Genesis
- Catholic Evangelization Outreach: Pondering the number one
- Letters to the Editor
- Warring of words should be expected when the goal is truth, reader says
- Problems with poor stem from lack of emphasis on God, loss of focus on important things
- Events Calendar
- Terre Haute to host solemn observance of Roe v. Wade at Vigo County Court House
- Right to Life of Indianapolis to host memorial service for the unborn on Jan. 26
- Young Adult and College Campus Ministry to begin IndyCatholic Intramurals
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Mary Martin McHugh ministered as an educator, hospital chaplain
- My Journey to God: Remember Me Jesus
Catholic News Service:
- Nine days of prayer part of Roe v. Wade anniversary events for 2014
- With unique approach, Pope Francis shows a new way to be pro-life
- Priest says hitching ride on popemobile was invite to hit road for God
- Bishop Pates praises U.S. investment in Egypt’s ‘human projects’
- Pope supports efforts to help parents of disabled and remove barriers
- Brain-dead patients prompt new questions about end-of-life decisions
- ‘Great misunderstanding’ seen on Church’s teachings on end-of-life challenges
- Pope to moms: It’s OK to breast-feed in public, even in Sistine Chapel
- Ongoing global humanitarian crises bring their own challenges
- Pope says abortion, hunger, environmental damage threaten peace
- Pope Francis names 19 new cardinals, including six from Latin America
- Column: Jan. 22: Marching for the unborn
- Column: Now that the feast is over, fast for the spirit as well as the body
- Column: In 2014, bringing hope to those struggling through despair
- The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Living the Catholic faith in daily life requires reflection and prayer
FaithAlive!
- Joy in salvation from Christ is at the heart of evangelization
- The Scriptures show that the Gospel, evangelization are spread through joy
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Terre Haute food bank campaign raises funds for new building
Tina Elliot, who serves with her husband, Earl, as chairperson for the Close the Meal Gap campaign, shared a story about hunger in her opening comments at the Hope for Hunger event on Nov. 19 in Terre Haute. The fundraiser served as the official start of the public portion of the $2.5 million campaign to raise funds to purchase a larger building for the Terre Haute Catholic Charities Food Bank. (Page 5)
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Indiana bishops endorse proposed state amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman
The six Catholic bishops serving in Indiana have endorsed a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman. The proposed amendment, which has been designated as House Joint Resolution 3 (HJR3), also states that other legal unions “identical or substantially similar to that of marriage” will not be recognized by the state. (Page 3)
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Web-only features
Front Page Image Compilations
We've taken the past five years of Criterion issues from our print edition and made separate compilations of front page images. You can look at 2005-13 and see every front page from that year put into one picture -- kind of a birds-eye view of the year in Catholic news in Indiana.
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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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- Nine days of prayer part of Roe v. Wade anniversary events for 2014
- Court takes up whether buffer zone excessively limits free speech
- The cost of sainthood: Cardinal announces plan to contain fees
- Kerry, Vatican counterpart meet on Syria, Mideast, U.S. health mandate
- Poor, elderly at most risk in chemical spill aftermath, say officials
- Pope says abortion, hunger, environmental damage threaten peace
- 'Great misunderstanding' seen on church's teachings on end of life
- Pope to moms: It's OK to breast-feed in public, even in Sistine Chapel
- Pope names 19 new cardinals, including six from Latin America
- Ongoing global humanitarian crises bring their own challenges
- Pope: Too many Christians have watered-down hope, lukewarm faith in God
- With few words on abortion, Pope Francis shows a new way to be pro-life
- 'War on Poverty' anniversary sparks renewed commitment to the effort
- Investment analyst downgrades stocks over moral, ethical concerns
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