This week in The Criterion
March 14, 2008 issue
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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:
- An 'Easter person': A life of faith guides Mickey Lentz as she
leads Catholic education in the archdiocese
- Holy Week liturgies set at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Meinrad
- Meet our future deacons
- Thomas Ward
- John Thompson
- Legislature to vote on umbilical cord blood bank proposal
- Cord blood plays an important role in transplants
- A memorable spring break:
Creighton students spend week in Indiana serving others
- St. Lawrence begins parish life center expansion, renovation
- Papal nuncio to speak at fundraising dinner in Indianapolis
- Traditional African liturgy takes natives back home
- Global Children, African Dancers honor God, preserve culture and traditions
- Archbishop
Thomas Kelly
to preside at
chrism Mass
- St. Lawrence Parish to present
dramatic Holy Week service
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: God’s divine gift is celebrated in noble simplicity during Holy Week
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: El don divino de Dios se celebra con noble sencillez durante la Semana Santa
- Editorial: Women in leadership roles
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Mary after Jesus has grown
- Cornucopia: Pride may really be ‘only’ vanity in some cases
- Faithful Lines: Show others we are Christians through our love
- Twenty Something: Memo to Marthas - ‘There is need
of only one thing’
- Be Our Guest: St. Vincent de Paul Society’s food
supply has reached critical low levels
- Letters to the Editor
- A prayer for vocations for all families
- Abortion is a holocaust that we as
a country need to address now
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Judith Mangin
taught adult education classes
- My Journey to God: Prodigal’s Plea
Catholic News Service:
- Vatican official
says social
effects of sin are
greater than ever
- Forum looks at Catholic role in economic empowerment of women
- Annual abuse audit and survey find soaring costs, fewer allegations
- Few tickets available for papal Mass
in Washington, D.C., on April 17
- Pope to gather with 200 religious leaders at interfaith meeting
- The Sunday Readings: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
- Question Corner: Holy Saturday Vigil is first
Eucharist of Easter season
FaithAlive!
- Christ is the very heart of God’s revelatory work
- Revelation is God encountering us
- Discussion Point: Scripture ‘comes alive’ in daily life
Items of Interest
Here are a couple of items that may be of particular interest to Catholics in your parish:
An ‘Easter person’: A life of faith guides Mickey Lentz as she leads Catholic education in the archdiocese
Annette "Mickey" Lentz, who is now in her 47th year as a Catholic educator, including the last 10 years as the archdiocese’s executive director of Catholic Education and Faith Formation, will be honored soon by the National Catholic Educational Association for her outstanding, lifelong dedication to Catholic education and the Church. Lentz will receive the 2008 F. Sadlier Dinger Award during the NCEA’s annual convention in Indianapolis on March 25-28. (Page 1 – front page)
Read the story | More about the NCEA Convention
Meet our future deacons
On June 28, history will be made at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis when 25 men from central and southern Indiana become the first permanent deacons ordained for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. This week’s issue of The Criterion introduces a series of profiles of these men that will be published in the weeks leading up to that important day. (Page 7)
Read the introduction | Thomas Ward | John Thompson | Deacon website
A memorable spring break:
Creighton students spend week in Indiana serving others
Making a human connection was the goal of the alternative spring break experience that 19 college students from the Jesuit-run Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., participated in on March 3-8 in Indianapolis. For six days, they worked at a food bank, served food to the homeless, cleaned up the banks of a river and worked with “at-risk” children. They began each morning with prayer, and they ended each day reflecting on their faith and their experiences. (Page 9)
Read the story
Web-only features
Photo gallery from the Traditional African Mass
Drumbeats called the people to worship at the start of the traditional African Mass on March 2 at St. Rita Church in Indianapolis. Songs and readings represented a variety of native languages during the March 2 liturgy, which was sponsored by the African Catholic Ministry in the archdiocese. Many participants dressed in African attire and the Global Children, African Dancers performed traditional dances.
See the photo gallery | Read the story
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, March 13
Genesis 17:3-9
Psalm 105:4-9
John 8:51-59
Friday, March 14
Jeremiah 20:10-13
Psalm 18:2-7
John 10:31-42
Saturday, March 15
Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29
Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
or Luke 2:41-51a
Monday, March 17
Monday of Holy Week
Isaiah 42:1-7
Psalm 27:1-3, 13-14
John 12:1-11
Tuesday, March 18
Tuesday of Holy Week
Isaiah 49:1-6
Psalm 71:1-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15, 17
John 13:21-33, 36-38
Wednesday, March 19
Wednesday of Holy Week
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34
Matthew 26:14-25
Thursday, March 20
Isaiah 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9
Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27
Revelation 1:5-8
Luke 4:16-21
Holy Thursday evening
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-15
Friday, March 21
Good Friday
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16,
17, 25
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
John 18:1-19:42
Saturday, March 22
Holy Saturday night
The Easter Vigil
Genesis 1:1-2:2
or Genesis 1:1, 26-31a
Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35
or Psalm 33:4-7, 12-13, 20, 22
Genesis 22:1-18
or Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13,
15-18
Psalm 16:5, 8-11
Exodus 14:15-15:1
(Response) Exodus 15:1-6, 17-18
Isaiah 54:5-14
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13
Isaiah 55:1-11
(Response) Isaiah 12:2-3, 4-6
Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4
Psalm 19:8-11
Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28
Psalms 42:3, 5; 43:3-4
or, when baptism is celebrated,
(Response) Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
or Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
Romans 6:3-11
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Matthew 28:1-10
Sunday, March 23
Easter Sunday
The Resurrection of the Lord
Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Colossians 3:1-4
or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8
John 20:1-9
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