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February 5, 2016

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• Brothers’ reunion is made possible through touches of mercy, forgiveness
• Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
  • Lenten disciplines include fasting, almsgiving, prayer
  • Catechism Corner: What the catechism says about Lent
• Poverty pastoral reflection guide aims to help people grow in faith
• School choice proposal advances in Senate during School Choice Week
• Conventual Franciscans reach out to the margins from Mount St. Francis
• What was in the news on Feb. 4, 1966? A hope for peace in Vietnam, confusion over decrees on the use of Latin, and Father Hans Kueng expresses changes he’d like to see
• Wedding Announcements
  • Couples may announce engagement or marriage in The Criterion
• Couple to Couple League classes teach natural family planning, ‘open couples to grace’
• Parishes and groups offer marriage ministry throughout archdiocese
• Pre Cana Conference, Tobit Weekend and One in Christ programs prepare engaged couples for marriage
• Applications for Brooke Nichole Lahr Scholarship due on Feb. 12
• Rejoice in the Lord: Preparing for a holy Lent in the Year of Mercy
  • Alégrense en el Señor: Preparativos para una Cuaresma santa en el Año de la Misericordia
• Editorial: Mexico’s vicious drug cartels
• From the Editor Emeritus: Renaissance Church - The popes became Renaissance men
• It's All Good: Use Lent as a time to strengthen your spiritual muscles
• Reflection: Pilgrimage, unexpected delay offer lessons in patience, trust and sacrifice
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters were printed this week
• Events Calendar
  • Participants needed for 40 Days for Life campaign from Feb. 10-March 20
  • Reverse raffle and dinner on Feb. 20 to benefit Catholic Charities Indianapolis
  • Celebrate Marriage ministry offers reception for all married couples on Feb. 13
  • Retreat for busy mothers scheduled at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Feb. 26-28
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • Sister Mary Ann Schumann helped start archdiocese’s first perpetual adoration chapel across central and southern Indiana
• My Journey to God: The Presentation
• The Sunday Readings: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 12, 2016

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• Archbishop Tobin announces changes for three deaneries; two parishes to be merged
  • Archbishop: Connected in the Spirit will help Church adapt to changing world
  • Parishioners, pastoral leaders reflect on challenges to merging parishes
  • Connected in the Spirit Official Decrees: Bloomington, Connersville and Seymour deaneries
• Indianapolis parish to host 16th annual Lenten speaker series
• Women’s conference offers speakers on ‘Mercy for All’
• Religious liberty, LGBT rights legislation fails to advance
• Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
• Biannual grants awarded to parishes, schools and archdiocesan agencies
• Rejoice in the Lord: Use Lent to celebrate, experience God’s mercy
  • Alégrense en el Señor: Aprovechemos la Cuaresma para celebrar y vivir la misericordia de Dios
• Editorial: Observing Lent in the Holy Year of Mercy
• From the Editor Emeritus: Renaissance Church - Three less than saintly popes
• Cornucopia: What is love? Can anyone really define it?
• Twenty Something: Oh, what a tangled web: rising above Instagram envy
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters were printed this week
• Events Calendar
  • Christopher West to speak at E6 Catholic Men’s Conference in St. Leon on March 5
  • Statewide family conference set for March 12-13 in Kokomo
  • Grief seminar focusing on family members to take place on March 14
  • Struggling couples invited to Retrouvaille weekend on Feb. 26-28 in Indianapolis
• Obituaries
  • General listing
• My Journey to God: Lent is the Time
• The Sunday Readings: First Sunday of Lent

February 19, 2016

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• ‘You see how precious life is’: A child’s need for a transplant leads a faith community to give from the heart
• Audit again finds archdiocese in compliance with charter
  • Reporting Information
• Father Kenneth Ciano worked overseas before serving as a priest for 20 years
• Saint Meinrad Archabbey receives new novice
• Christopher West to speak at men’s conference on March 5
• Lawmakers consider lifting lifetime ban on food stamps for reformed drug felons
• New Hispanic Ministry coordinator brings experience and ‘fresh eyes’
  • Nuevo coordinador del Ministerio Hispano trae consigo experiencia y una perspectiva nueva
• ‘10 Things’ catechetical resource is updated in Spanish
  • El recurso catequético ‘10 cosas’ está actualizado en español
• Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
  • Lenten activities available online
• Portion of Lenten Rice Bowl proceeds benefit area charities
  • Fourteen area charitable organizations benefit from 2015 Rice Bowl campaign
• What was in the news on Feb. 18, 1966? Pope Paul VI changes Lenten fasting regulations, the birth control commission to be amended and a shortage of priests worldwide is noted
• Rejoice in the Lord: Opening our hearts to the Lord through prayer, sacraments, charity
  • Alégrense en el Señor: Abramos el corazón al Señor a través de la oración, los sacramentos y la caridad
• Editorial: Pornography is a grave evil
• From the Editor Emeritus: Renaissance Church - Julius II, the warrior pope
• That All May Be One: Despite what some say, all religions are not the same
• Worship and Evangelization Outreach: Taking on the ‘smell of the sheep,’ we might just find the shepherd
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters were printed this week
• Events Calendar
  • Dynamic Catholic Institute’s ‘The Four Signs’ at St. Michael Church on Mar. 12
  • More participants needed in 40 Days for Life in Bloomington and Indianapolis
  • Retrouvaille weekend for healthier marriages set for Feb. 26-28 in Indy
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • Daughter of Charity Sister Rosaria Raidl ministered in health care for 45 years, serving as a community nurse
  • Providence Sister Regina Shaughnessy ministered as an educator for 33 years, including in the archdiocese
  • St. Joseph Sister Mary Cora Thoman served the archdiocese at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis
• My Journey to God: Morning Prayer
• The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Lent

February 26, 2016

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• ‘I knew he was there’: Visit to confessional, priestly advice lead woman to trust God’s future plan
• ‘24 Hours for the Lord’ will highlight sacrament of penance
• Archbishop Tobin is named ‘Indy’s 2016 Irish Citizen of the Year’
• Friends of Honduran Children gala fundraiser is March 5 in Indianapolis
• Archbishop Tobin, Orthodox leader see significance in Havana meeting
  • Historic meeting reflects ‘imperfect communion’
• Four novices profess temporary vows at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
• Exposure of fetal remains disposal practices prompts legislative action
• Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
• What was in the news on Feb. 25, 1966? More on Lenten fasting and abstinence, and deacons conduct a high school ‘experiment’
• Rejoice in the Lord: Practicing mercy in the season of Lent
  • Alégrense en el Señor: Practicar la misericordia durante la Cuaresma
• Editorial: Knowing Jesus and his mercy and sharing it with others
• From the Editor Emeritus: Renaissance Church - The reconquest of Spain
• Cornucopia: Is there a modern way to celebrate the Lenten season?
• Emmaus Walk: Don’t be afraid to surrender your problems to God
• Faith and Family: Lenten spiritual practices gives new life to our souls
• Letters to the Editor
  • Bishop Barron’s column on chips’ ad offers food for thought, reader says
• Events Calendar
  • Notre Dame Handbell and Celebration choirs to perform at Our Lady of Lourdes Church
  • Dr. Cecilia Moore to speak at lecture at Cardinal Ritter Birthplace on March 14
  • Archbishop Tobin to speak at interfaith environmental care discussion on March 12
• Obituaries
  • General listing
• My Journey to God: Oh Such Joy
• The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Lent