This week in The Criterion
February 22, 2008 issue
The latest edition of The Criterion has been printed and is on its way to subscribers! But with this e-newsletter, you'll get a preview of that issue -- and access to certain stories right now.
The contents of this newsletter are:
- A listing of the full contents of the print edition
- Items of Interest
- Web-only Features
- National and World News you may have missed
- Links to the daily readings
Full Contents:
Local stories:
- Coming together in community:
Fish frys are a combination of
faith, food, fun and fundraising
- Archdiocesan strategic planning process now under way
- Criterion Online Edition adds new features and weekly newsletter
- Legislature passes bill to aid homeless youths in Indiana
- Go online to learn what is
happening in the legislature
- Lenten day of reflection focuses on forgiveness
- Inspirational talks, Mass to highlight ‘Coaching for Christ’ event
- Fifth annual Indiana Women’s Catholic Conference set for March 15
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule annual Lenten penance services
- Lenten activities available online
- Growing in faith:
Hundreds of archdiocesan Scouts receive religious awards
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Underestimating the value of discipline in teaching our youth about the faith
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La subestimación del valor de la disciplina en la enseñanza de la fe a nuestros jóvenes
- Editorial
- What is this world coming to?
Turn to God for the answer
- Memo to Planned Parenthood:
Leave our young people alone
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Elizabeth, wife of Zechariah
- Cornucopia: Centuries apart in fact, but not in spirit
- Faithful Lines: Angels of God: guardians near and dear
- Be Our Guest: We need to resolve the tangled
mess of immigration laws,
policies and human situations
- Letters to the Editor
- Archbishop’s immigration column
leaves reader with lots of questions
- Events Calendar
- Ray Guarendi to speak at
Catholic Radio Indy dinner
- Our Lady of Lourdes School
is searching for alumni
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Margaret Sullivan
taught school for 54 years
- My Journey to God: The Alabaster Jar
Catholic News Service:
- In U.S., pope will
find multicultural
Church marked
by stronger laity
- Column: New wave of
popularity for
Catholic saints
- The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: Fatima visionary insisted that
all secrets had been revealed
FaithAlive!
- Literary styles affect how messages are conveyed in the Bible
- Discussion Point: Wisdom helps us to live out the truth
Items of Interest
Here are a couple of items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Fish frys are a combination of
faith, food, fun and fundraising
The parish fish fry in your area is a trend that is hooking Catholics from Indianapolis to Tell City and from Batesville to Terre Haute. Many parishes have hosted such Lenten events for years. With this story, take a tour of some parishes throughout the archdiocese to see how different people conduct this Friday tradition. (Page 1 – front page)
Read the story | Go to our Lenten homepage
Fifth annual Indiana Women’s Catholic Conference set for March 15
Two nationally known pro-life advocates are among the speakers for “Treasuring Womanhood,” the fifth annual Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference, on March 15 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. “A Woman Clothed in Truth, Star of Hope” is the Marian theme for this year’s conference, which begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 4:45 p.m. Patricia Pitkus Bainbridge, director of the Respect Life Office in the Diocese of Rockford, Ill., and Erika Bachiochi of Boston, a Catholic theologian and lawyer, are among the keynote presenters. (Page 9)
Read the story | Go to www.indianacatholicwomen.com
Hundreds of archdiocesan Scouts receive religious awards
Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, presided at the annual religious emblems ceremony for more than 300 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. They were honored during a special ceremony on Feb. 17 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. Although Archbishop Buechlein was not able to attend, Msgr. Schaedel said the archbishop—an Eagle Scout himself—was thinking about and praying for the Scouts. (Page 16 – back page)
Read the story
Web-only features
Criterion Online Edition adds new features and weekly newsletter
The Internet home of The Criterion has added some new features. While you can still get expanded national, world and Vatican news coverage at www.CriterionOnline.com, you can now also get the even more features each week, including the Sunday Readings column, a new e-newsletter, a better search engine and more "Catholic News Around Indiana."
Read the story | Go to our homepage
Lenten resources
Each year, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis provides special Lenten resources – the daily readings, archbishop’s columns, Stations of the Cross and links of interest – on a site located on our server (www.archindy.org/lent). We encourage you to share this link with your parish, most particularly because it also includes the full listing of penance schedules from around the archdiocese.
Go to the site | See The Criterion's listing of parish penance services
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. Click the headline to see the story:
Daily Readings
Thursday, Feb. 21
Peter Damian, bishop and doctor
Jeremiah 17:5-10
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 16:19-31 
Friday, Feb. 22
The Chair of Peter, Apostle
1 Peter 5:1-4
Psalm 23:1-3a, 4-6
Matthew 16:13-19
Saturday, Feb. 23
Polycarp, bishop and martyr
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Monday, Feb. 25
2 Kings 5:1-15b
Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4
Luke 4:24-30
Tuesday, Feb. 26
Daniel 3:25, 34-43
Psalm 25:4-5b, 6, 7bc, 8-9
Matthew 18:21-35
Wednesday, Feb. 27
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
Matthew 5:17-19
Thursday, Feb. 28
Jeremiah 7:23-28
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9
Luke 11:14-23
Friday, Feb. 29
Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm 81:6c-11b, 14, 17
Mark 12:28-34
Saturday, March 1
Hosea 6:1-6
Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21b
Luke 18:9-14
