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Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend April 29, 2018 Child protection Parental FAQs/Pope hears ’’ from commission ODAYODAYSS ATHOLICATHOLIC Pages 2, 3 TT CC Volume 92 No. 17 50¢ TODAYSCATHOLIC.org Southwest Airlines Virtue program strengthens athletes accident Victim advocated for Catholic schools Page 4 ‘The Dating Project’ Documentary reintroduces singles to dating skills Page 8 Faith and determination Gifts go hand in hand for mother and daughter following injury Page 9 Provided by Bishop Luers High School St. Vincent de Paul Bishop Luers High School football team members gathered in the Chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi earlier this school year to present letters, which were read Society of aloud, and roses to their mothers. Ceremonies like this one, in Fort Wayne, are components of a comprehensive Catholic school sports culture program called St. Joseph County SportsLeader, which devotes itself to encouraging virtuous behavior among student athletes. Dinner underscores value of BY DEB WAGNER Painting of saint blessed safety-net organizations wo years ago Bishop Luers Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades Page 11 High School Principal Jim THuth, who was assistant venerates a relic of St. José principal at the time, attended Sánchez del Río at Our a SportsLeader conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, to learn about Lady of Guadalupe Church, the Catholic, virtue-based for- Warsaw, April 8. The bishop mation program for coaches. He became eager to bring it the Fort conferred the sacrament Wayne school, and at the begin- of confirmation to candi- ning of the 2017-18 school year it was implemented. dates at the parish and then Athletic programs at Bishop Luers have long incorporated the blessed a painting of the Catholic faith, but SportsLeader recently canonized Mexican offers an intentional way for student-athletes to grow their martyr, seen behind him.
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