This week in The Criterion
April 4, 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:
- NCEA Convention
- Experiencing the risen Lord: Bishop urges Catholic educators to help youths embrace their faith
- An Easter people:
Catholic education must focus on the risen Lord, archbishop says
- Catholic educators take time to donate blood at NCEA convention
- Young adults at NCEA convention
live out their faith by teaching
- Seeing with the eyes of faith:
Archbishop says Catholic education is part of great Christian witness
- Author Daniel Pink urges Catholic educators to teach students empathy
- Lessons of sharing mark lives of Spirit of Service winners
- Tables available for
Spirit of Service
Awards dinner
- Wanted: Your feedback on archdiocesan strategic draft plan
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Strategic Leadership Plan 2008–2011
- Msgr. Schmitz served as pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish for 37 years
- Meet our future deacons
- Patrick Bower
- Michael Gardner
- Life-changing event:
Marian College students and teacher participate in United Nations forum
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Courage is a grace from God
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La valentía es una gracia de Dios
- Editorial: Why are so many Catholics
leaving the Church?
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Stories of two public sinners
- Cornucopia: Quilting our way to immortality
- Faithful Lines: Good advice - Pretty is as pretty does
- Faith, Hope and Charity: SHINE is a new
social ministry
renewal initiative
- Be Our Guest: Remembering Chiara Lubich,
a leader-servant who loved all
- Letters to the Editor
- Story wrong to blame U.S. and Israel
for failure in Middle East peace process
- Events Calendar
- Marian College receives
grant for nature center
- Gabriel Project retreat is April 19 in Carmel
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Daughter of Charity Gertrude
Bastnagel was an administrator
- My Journey to God: His Mother’s Eyes
Catholic News Service:
- Symposium
explores common
morality in a
global age
- Holy Father will find a spiritual nation during his U.S. visit, says survey
- Pope: God’s love motivates Church in its sacraments and activities
- Cardinal: Liberalized use of Tridentine Mass already is bearing fruit
- Vatican spokesman says
no decision yet on moving
Pope John Paul II’s tomb
- The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Easter
- Question Corner: The Bible is a ‘yardstick’
of belief for Catholics
FaithAlive!
- Papal media coverage offers challenges and opportunities
- The pope shows the Church’s
ongoing concerns for the world
- Discussion Point: The pope is a focal point of unity, morality
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!
Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Strategic Leadership Plan 2008–2011
The Archdiocesan Strategic Leadership Planning Team has been gathering information for the past six months from a wide range of groups representing all areas of the Church in central and southern Indiana. A working draft of the plan, which will be used to guide the archdiocese through 2011, is included in this issue of The Criterion. The archdiocese is also seeking reader input as it works to refine the plan. (Page 2)
Read the plan | What kind of input is wanted? | Offer your feedback
Full coverage of last week's NCEA Convention
Now that the gathering of Catholic educators in Indianapolis for the National Catholic Educational Association Convention is over, be sure to check out the coverage of the event provided by our staff: six stories in all. (Pages 1, 9, 10 and 11)
Get all the stories
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 continues a series of profiles of these men that will be published in the weeks leading up to that important day. (Page 8)
Read the introduction | Patrick Bower | Michael Gardner | Deacon website
Web-only features
NCEA Convention Resources
Whatever you want to know about the recent NCEA Convention, we've got it on our website. Our resources include the official web home for the convention, our pre-coverage, a photo gallery of the opening Mass and all our wrap-up coverage.
Convention Website | Pre-coverage | Opening Mass photo gallery | Wrap-up coverage
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, April 3
Acts 5:27-33
Psalm 34:2, 9, 17-20
John 3:31-36
Friday, April 4
Isidore, bishop and doctor
Acts 5:34-42
Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
John 6:1-15
Saturday, April 5
Vincent Ferrer, priest
Acts 6:1-7
Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
John 6:16-21
Monday, April 7
John Baptist de la Salle, priest
Acts 6:8-15
Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30
John 6:22-29
Tuesday, April 8
Acts 7:51-8:1a
Psalm 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab
John 6:30-35
Wednesday, April 9
Acts 8:1b-8
Psalm 66:1-3a, 4-7a
John 6:35-40
Thursday, April 10
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 66:8-9, 16-17, 20
John 6:44-51
Friday, April 11
Stanislaus, bishop and martyr
Acts 9:1-20
Psalm 117:1bc, 2
John 6:52-59
Saturday, April 12
Acts 9:31-42
Psalm 116:12-17
John 6:60-69
Sunday, April 13
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Psalm 23:1-6
1 Peter 2:20b-25
John 10:1-10
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