Indiana Archives

Catholic high school welcomes students with special needs into new program

Jan 19, 2020

Bernadette Scholars are students at Marian High School in Mishawaka, Ind., who have mild intellectual disabilities. This is the first year for the program, in which the “Bernies” spend some time in classes just for them and other times are in typical classrooms with others.

By Jennifer Barton

Senator tries again to ban Indiana school vouchers over gay firings

Jan 3, 2020

A proposal aimed at banning private schools that discriminate against gay employees and students from receiving Indiana voucher program money is being backed by the state’s Republican school superintendent.

By Associated Press

Letters foster one young woman’s gratitude for veteran’s years of service

Nov 11, 2019

A letter that touched one young woman’s life in ways she never expected is one she wrote six years ago when she was an eighth grader at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis. It was a letter of thanks to a World War II hero for his service to his country.

By John Shaughnessy

Indiana’s Catholic bishops wanted renewed execution freeze

Oct 7, 2019

Indiana’s Catholic bishops are calling for a renewed moratorium on executions at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute.

By Associated Press

Fetal remains found in rural Illinois have been returned home to Indiana

Oct 6, 2019

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said Oct. 3 he has overseen the return of the remains of 2,246 aborted fetuses back home to Indiana after they were discovered in September at the Illinois home of the late Dr. Ulrich “George” Klopfer.

By Catholic News Service

Indiana bishops want decision to resume federal death penalty rescinded

Oct 5, 2019

In an Oct. 4 statement, the Catholic bishops of Indiana said the federal government’s decision this past summer to end a 16-year moratorium on executing federal inmates is “regrettable, unnecessary and morally unjustified.”

By Carol Zimmermann