This week in The Criterion
April 25, 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:
- Book her:
Principal to sleep on roof, dye her hair thanks to students’ reading
- Meet our future deacons
- Priests to celebrate ordination anniversaries
Christ our Hope:
Apostolic Journey to the United States 2008
- Local coverage
- Teenagers embrace pope’s message of hope at youth rally
- Youths considering priestly vocation look to Holy Father for guidance
- Ecumenical, interfaith leaders with archdiocesan ties meet pope
- Educators, charities official reflect on papal experiences in Washington
- Pilgrims of all ages make trip to nation’s capital for papal Mass
- ‘Awesome’ and ‘electric’ among words pilgrims use for N.Y. Mass
- Youths take in sights during visit to Big Apple
- Pope inspires Bishop Bruté seminarians at New York Mass
- National coverage
- Pope achieves
objectives
critical to
future of
U.S. Church
- In U.S., pope preaches message of hope built on faith
- Column: Yankee Stadium papal Mass helps worshippers make connections
- Column: Papal shame at sexual abuse crisis ‘spoke for us all’ as Catholics
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Vocations to the priesthood central to our well-being as a Church
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Las vocaciones sacerdotales son fundamentales para el bienestar de nuestra Iglesia
- Editorial: The pope’s visit
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Four whom Jesus healed
- Cornucopia: This should not be an ‘us’ and ‘them’ world
- Faithful Lines: Meditative poems at end of National Poetry Month
- Faith and Family: Be happy like
a child playing
in the waves
- Reflection: More than 600 from Louisville
Archdiocese celebrate the ‘Sacrament
of Charity’ with pope in New York
- Letters to the Editor
- Carmelites have been a welcoming presence
in Indianapolis and surrounding area for years
- Events Calendar
- ‘Run for Vocations’
team members to
be blessed at Mass
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: Benediction
Catholic News Service:
- Catholic
students at
Virginia Tech
record CD to
offer hope and healing
- Archbishop discusses maintaining peace in Burundi
- The Sunday Readings: Sixth Sunday of Easter
- Question Corner: Anointing of the sick is for
people who are seriously ill
FaithAlive!
- Parents can do many things at home to nurture a child’s faith
- Discussion Point: Children’s questions show curiosity about God
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!
Local coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S.
There were so many angles to Pope Benedict's trip to our country and so much national coverage the most people who tried to follow it could barely keep up. Here's your chance to look at the visit through eyes of local writers and sources. Enjoy access to all our local stories right now or check them out when your print edition arrives. (Pages 3, 9, 10, 11, 12)
See all our local coverage
Priests to celebrate ordination anniversaries
Six priests of the archdiocese are
celebrating the 50th anniversary of their
priestly ordinations this year. Three of the diocesan priests will have
celebrations that are open to the public: Msgr. Harold Knueven, Father William Munshower and Father Harold Ripperger. (Page 6)
Read the story
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 20)
Read the introduction | Larry French | David Henn | Deacon website
Web-only features
Youth blog from New York about papal rally
Katie Ciresi, an archdiocesan teenager who traveled with 43 other youth to New York to see the pope, spent her trip sending back updates, reflections from other youth, and tons of photographs from the four-day mini-pilgrimage. See what the youth saw: from the inside of a bus to downtown New York to a rally with Pope Benedict XVI.
Go to the youth blog
Papal visit: Read the addresses or link to more resources
Be sure to stop by our papal visit resource page to look back on Pope Benedict XVI's apostolic journey to the United States from April 15-20. Read all the papal addresses and homilies, see a video message from the pope, and link to loads of resources.
Go to the resource page | Text of papal addresses
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:
- Pope says it was 'joy' to witness faith of U.S. Catholics | Text of departure address | Text of Vice President's remarks
- English diocese to stop adoption work because of gay rights laws
- Pope achieved objectives critical to future of U.S. church
- 'Move forward' in faith, pope urges Catholics at Yankee Stadium Mass | Text of homily
- At ground zero, pope offers silent prayer, comforts survivors | Text of prayer
- Pope urges young people to banish evils of drugs, poverty, racism | Text of address to youth | Text of address to disabled youth
- Pope urges U.S. church to 'put aside all anger' and unite | Text of homily | Text of Cardinal Egan's welcome to the pope
- Pope, at U.N., says no government or religion can limit human rights | Text of address
- Pope says divisions, abandoning tradition weaken Christian witness | Text of address
- At New York synagogue, pope encourages 'bridges of friendship' | Text of remarks
- Pope urges U.S. Catholics to renew their missionary energy | Text of homily
- Pope affirms U.S. Catholic educators, urges continued commitment | Text of address
- Pope meets interreligious leaders, says dialogue discovers truth | Text of address
- More pope news stories
Daily Readings
Thursday, April 24
Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr
Acts 15:7-21
Psalm 96:1-3, 10
John 15:9-11
Friday, April 25
Mark, Evangelist
1 Peter 5:5b-14
Psalm 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17
Mark 16:15-20
Saturday, April 26
Acts 16:1-10
Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 5
John 15:18-21
Monday, April 28
Peter Chanel, priest and martyr
Louis Mary de Montfort, priest
Acts 16:11-15
Psalm 149:1b-6a, 9b
John 15:26-16:4a
Tuesday, April 29
Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church
Acts 16:22-34
Psalm 138:1-3, 7c-8
John 16:5-11
Wednesday, April 30
Pius V, pope
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1
Psalm 148:1-2, 11-14
John 16:12-15
Thursday, May 1
Joseph the Worker
Acts 18:1-8
Psalm 98:1-4
John 16:16-20
Friday, May 2
Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church
Acts 18:9-18
Psalm 47:2-7
John 16:20-23
Saturday, May 3
Philip and James, Apostles
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Psalm 19:2-5
John 14:6-14
Sunday, May 4
The Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11
Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9
Ephesians 1:17-23
Matthew 28:16-20
Readings homepage | Podcast (audio files)
