This week in The Criterion
March 21, 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:
- Seven Hoosiers to be honored at education convention
- Welcome, Catholic educators!
- Archbishop Buechlein says cancer treatment prognosis is positive
- Archdiocese to purchase Carmelite monastery property for college seminary
- Major property tax relief plan offers mixed blessing
- Different fates for tax relief,
immigration reform bills
- Vicar general says charity can overcome culture of death
- Lt. Gov. Skillman encourages teens to make wise, healthy choices
- Peer mentors discuss value of
A Promise to Keep program
- Author and grief counselor
to present programs in April
- Divine Mercy services are
scheduled in archdiocese
Easter Supplement
- Making the newness of Easter real in our world today (Catholic News Service)
- The Resurrection is cornerstone of the Christian faith
- Our Easter Vigil: A very different and dramatic night (Catholic News Service)
- What can you do when you don’t feel the new life of Easter? (Catholic News Service)
- Meet Jesus Christ in the Stations of the Cross
- Easter stories around the fire remind us who we are (Catholic News Service)
- Ethnic customs for Easter are celebrated around the world (Catholic News Service)
NCEA Convention
- ‘At the Crossroads:
Where Challenge Meets Opportunity’
- Welcome educators to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis schools set Blue Ribbon record
- Archdiocese’s national
Blue Ribbon schools
- Archbishop of Indianapolis guides nation at crossroads
- Youth ministry in action: ‘Ding Dong, Ditch and Run’ builds community
- On the journey: Good schools to great schools!
- Project EXCEED, Goal One
- Project EXCEED, Goal Two
- Project EXCEED, Goal Three
- Performance Pay
- Value-Added
Assessment
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis
recommended for district accreditation
- Mother Theodore Catholic Academies vital to center-city education
- Symposium on
Catholic Urban
Elementary
Education set for
March 28
- St. Theodora Guérin: A saint for Indiana and a role model for educators
- Hispanic outreach program serves needs of families
- St. Mary’s Child Care Center helps children reach their potential
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: At Easter, we experience the mystery of life conquering death
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: En la Pascua experimentamos el misterio de la conquista de la vida sobre la muerte
- Editorial: Why didn’t Jesus escape?
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - The woman at the well
- Cornucopia: Easter is our only hope—Alleluia! Alleluia!
- Faithful Lines: An ‘Easterly’ understanding of ‘WWJD?’
- Go and Make Disciples: Are we
happy yet?
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters published this week
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: A Lenten Reflection
Catholic News Service:
- Jesus’ power was the power of love, pope says on Palm Sunday
- Pope steps up appeals for end to bloodbath, hatred tearing apart Iraq
- Column: Do embryos have souls?
- The Sunday Readings: Easter Sunday/Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord
- Question Corner: Stations of the Cross devotion
dates back to late Middle Ages
FaithAlive!
- New life for Christians takes a eucharistic form
- Disciples’ faith in Jesus enabled
them to believe in Resurrection
- Discussion Point: Families enjoy Easter customs
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!
NCEA Convention: ‘At the Crossroads:
Where Challenge Meets Opportunity’
After a year’s worth of hard work and preparation, the excitement builds as the Archdiocese of Indianapolis welcomes more than 8,000 delegates to the 2008 National Catholic Educational Association Convention, Exposition and National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors Convocation on March 25-27. It’s the first time in the 105-year history of the association that the convention will be held in Indianapolis.
To honor and promote this major event and welcome the thousands who will be coming her for it, The Criterion has produced a special section packed with stories and information. (Special Section B; pages 1B - 8B)
Read all the stories here | More about the NCEA Convention
From our Easter Supplement: Meet Jesus Christ in the Stations of the Cross
A local young Catholic teacher tells his story: "As a young man ... I could not relate to biblical times or the spiritual significance, but on Dec. 26, 2004, all that changed. That is the day when I took on my own cross, and it was JESUS CHRIST who came and met me in my sufferings, giving me a different perspective on what Christ did for me during the Passion." Also, be sure to check out all the stories in our annual Easter supplement. (Page 14)
Read the story
Archbishop Buechlein says cancer treatment prognosis is positive
The archbishop shares a letter with Catholics in central and southern Indiana to "provide you with an update on the status of my treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma now that my medical treatment is well under way." (Page 3)
Read the letter | See the homepage of the archbishop
Divine Mercy services are
scheduled in archdiocese
We share Divine Mercy Sunday services are scheduled on March 30 at various parishes in the archdiocese that reported to us. All the prayer services are open to the public. (Page 6)
Get the listing
Web-only features
Listen to keynote address from the annual Catholic Pro-Life Dinner
Faith, hope and charity are the foundations of the pro-life movement, Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, explained in his keynote address during the fourth annual Catholic Pro-Life Dinner on March 8 in downtown Indianapolis. (Sound file in mp3 format; 12 MB)
Listen to the address | 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 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
Monday, March 24
Acts 2:14, 22-33
Psalm 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11
Matthew 28:8-15
Tuesday, March 25
Acts 2:36-41
Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
John 20:11-18
Wednesday, March 26
Acts 3:1-10
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9
Luke 24:13-35
Thursday, March 27
Acts 3:11-26
Psalm 8:2ab, 5-9
Luke 24:35-48
Friday, March 28
Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a
John 21:1-14
Saturday, March 29
Acts 4:13-21
Psalm 118:1, 14-15b, 16-21
Mark 16:9-15
Sunday, March 30
Divine Mercy Sunday
Acts 2:42-47
Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
1 Peter 1:3-9
John 20:19-31
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