This week in The Criterion

May 2, 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

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Full Contents

Local stories:

• A way to say thanks: Celtic cross honors Christ and commemorates former pastor’s service
• New agency director is embracing Church’s mission of helping others
• Nearly 600 students to graduate at Catholic colleges in archdiocese
• Teenager creates commemorative DVD for parish’s 150th anniversary
• New parish hall is dream come true in Harrison County
• Caring for the Earth: Serve God, Save the Planet author calls for action
  • Reduce carbon usage at home and work by reusing and recycling
• Mooresville specialty hospital expands to full-service facility
• Meet our future deacons
  • Bill Jones
  • Dan Collier
• Catholic News Around Indiana
  • Architectural plans are unveiled for St. John Vianney Parish in Fishers

Regular local features:

• Seeking the Face of the Lord: Fifth-graders’ study of holy orders leads to lots of questions
• Buscando la Cara del Señor: El estudio del Orden de los alumnos de quinto grado genera muchas preguntas
• Editorial: The natural law
• From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Witnesses to the Crucifixion
• Faithful Lines: Holy sex!—God’s blessed gift to married couples
• Faith, Hope and Charity: Holy Father’s visit gives renewed sense of hope for all
• Letters to the Editor
  • Restoring priorities will help the Church move forward in its mission
• Events Calendar
  • Christian unity prayer services to be held in Indianapolis
  • Former St. Barnabas pastor to celebrate 50th anniversary
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • Dorothy Joy Schaedel was the mother of the vicar general
  • Providence Sister Rose Marie Thole was a nurse and supervisor
  • Providence Sister Catherine Ellen Joy was a teacher for 48 years
  • Franciscan Sister Helen Lawrence served as a teacher, administrator
• My Journey to God: Thoughts on Prayer

Catholic News Service:

• Impact of pope’s visit goes beyond his six-day stay, say observers
• 75 percent of Americans surveyed read Bible passage in last year
• White House summit examines plight of urban, faith-based schools
• Pope praises Vatican prayer project to encourage priests and vocations
• Volunteers honor women in nursing homes one flower at a time
• Column: Pope Benedict’s visit - It was very Catholic!
• Column: Spring in Alaska can be a time of gratitude
• The Sunday Readings: Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
• Question Corner: God’s will for people is written into his divine plan of creation

FaithAlive!

• The Holy Trinity is a perfect model for family life
• Families need to discern God’s will
• Discussion Point: Seeking salvation is lifetime goal

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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!

Caring for the Earth: Serve God, Save the Planet author calls for action
If Jesus asked you to help take better care of the precious gifts of God’s creation, what would you say to the Lord? How would you change your lifestyle to honor his request? Through Scripture, Christ continually calls people to protect and preserve the Earth’s fragile natural resources, Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth explained during an Earth Day program on April 20 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Indianapolis. Also see tips on how you can help the environment. (Pages 11, 18)
Read the story | Tips on how to reduce carbon usage

New agency director in New Albany is embracing Church’s mission of helping others
Learn more about Mark Casper, the new agency director of St. Elizabeth-Catholic Charities in New Albany. Among its many missions, the agency offers a residence and counseling to women who are experiencing crisis pregnancies. It’s also a licensed adoption agency in Indiana and Kentucky. (Page 3)
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 14)
Read the introduction | Bill Jones | Dan Collier | Deacon website

 

Web-only features

"Catholic New Around Indiana" online archive
The Catholic newspapers of the five dioceses of Indiana -- Evansville, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Gary, Indianapolis and Lafayette -- have agreed to share news stories with each other on a regular basis. Sometimes these new stories appear in the print edition of The Criterion, while many more appear on our website. Get all the stories in our "Catholic New Around Indiana" online archive.
Go to our Indiana Catholic news page

 

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's U.S. visit expected to yield spiritual returns beyond costs
• Minister's assertions about race, religion continue to draw attention
• John Carroll's unique gifts made U.S. church succeed, archbishop says
• 75 percent of Americans surveyed read Bible passage in last year
• Vatican dismisses French newspaper report that pope is in poor health
• White House summit examines plight of urban faith-based schools
• Senate passes bill that bars discrimination based on genetic testing
• Cardinal John Henry Newman moves closer to sainthood with U.S. deacon's healing
• Pope praises Vatican prayer project to encourage priests, vocations
• Cardinal: Relics of Padre Pio remind Catholics saints were people
• Health needs suffer when people seen only as workers, bishop says
• Traditionalist society says it's not time to reconcile with Vatican
• Scholar, pastor, enigma: German pope defies easy caricature
• Group tries to stop flow of Christian emigration from Holy Land
• New models of pastoral leadership required for a changing U.S. church

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Daily Readings

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, 2008 | Reflection from Msgr. Owen Campion
• Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
• Acts 1:1-11
• Ephesians 1:17-23
• Matthew 28:16-20

Monday, May 5
Acts 19:1-8
Psalm 68:2-5acd, 6-7b
John 16:29-33

Tuesday, May 6
Acts 20:17-27
Psalm 68:10-11, 20-21
John 17:1-11a

Wednesday, May 7
Acts 20:28-38
Psalm 68:29-30, 33-36a,
35bc-36b
John 17:11b-19

Thursday, May 8
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Psalm 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11
John 17:20-26

Friday, May 9
Acts 25:13b-21
Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20b
John 21:15-19

Saturday, May 10
Blessed Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka’i, priest
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31
Psalm 11:4-5, 7
John 21:20-25
Vigil Mass of Pentecost
Genesis 11:1-9
or Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20b
or Ezekiel 37:1-14
or Joel 3:1-5
Psalm 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-30
Romans 8:22-27
John 7:37-39

Sunday, May 11
Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-11
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34
1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
John 20:19-23

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