This week in The Criterion

May 9, 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:

• 'Go with Jesus': Triathlete and mother of four runs to share her faith with others
• Spirit of Service winners committed to helping others
• Meet our future deacons
  • Wayne Davis
  • Marc Kellams
• ‘Go vocations!’: ‘Run for Vocations’ team inspires thousands of prayers
• Myths and facts about immigration: Aren’t immigrants taking jobs from U.S. workers? Why do businesses hire them?
• CCF president exhorts Bishop Chatard seniors to give back

Evangelization Supplement

• Column: Friendship with Christ - The goal of evangelization
• ‘A direct line to God’: SPRED program catechizes people with developmental disabilities
• Adult faith formation programs helps Catholics evangelize
• 25 Ways to Evangelize
• ‘Love in action’: All Catholics are called to evangelize in their everyday lives

Regular local features:

• Seeking the Face of the Lord: Celebrating motherhood as a beautiful vocation
• Buscando la Cara del Señor: La celebración de la maternidad como una hermosa vocación
• Editorial
  • ‘Run for vocations’ was a powerful witness of faith
  • A spirit worth emulating
• From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Sapphira, Tabitha and Lydia
• Cornucopia: Mirror, mirror on the wall, am I my mother after all?
• Faithful Lines: A tribute to all mothers—anytime and anywhere
• Twenty Something: All that glitters - Chasing glamour, inviting beauty
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters published this week
• Events Calendar
  • Stewardship summit to be held at Marian College
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • Providence Sister Rosemary Eggermann was a teacher, secretary
• My Journey to God: Signs of God’s Hands in Spring

Catholic News Service:

• Pope expresses deep sadness over cyclone’s destruction in Myanmar
• Column: Hug Mom—in person or in your heart on May 11
• The Sunday Readings: Feast of Pentecost
• Question Corner: Excommunication and interdict are Church sanctions for violations

FaithAlive!

• God blesses us when we lovingly care for our aging parents
• Discussion Point: Pray with elderly, help do chores

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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!

'Go with Jesus': Triathlete and mother of four runs to share her faith with others
Just in time for Mother's Day: read about how a Scripture passage has inspired a 36-year-old woman as she completed a grueling endurance event last year—the Louisville Ironman Triathlon. The words of inspiration also guided her in her latest dream—the “Go with Jesus” program she started at St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis, a Saturday morning program that combines running with Scripture reading and faith reflection. (Page 1)
Read the story

Evangelization Supplement
Check out our annual Evangelization Supplement and in the process learn more about the goal of evangelization, see how parish programs are helping adults in these goals, learn about the Special Religious Education Program and read a list of 25 tips on how you can spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Pages 13-16)
See the whole supplement

‘Go vocations!’: ‘Run for Vocations’ team inspires thousands of prayers
Ninety people in a crowd of 35,000 is like a drop of water in the ocean. That ’s what the “Run for Vocations” team was during the One America 500 Festival Mini-Marathon race on May 3 on the streets of Indianapolis. Despite being overwhelmed by so many other runners, the spirits of the team members were high before, during and after the race because they knew that thousands of prayers—prayers for vocations—were being offered for them. (Page 3)
Read the story | Go to our vocations website

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 2)
Read the introduction | Wayne Davis | Marc Kellams | Deacon website

 

Web-only features

Online archive of our most popular supplements
Each year, The Criterion produces about a dozen special supplements: addition sections of the newspaper filled with stories and graphics that center around a common theme. On our website, we are now offering an archive (2005-08) of some of our more popular supplements: Catholic Schools Week, Christmas, Marriage, Religious Vocations, Vacation/Travel, and Youth.
Go to our supplement archive

 

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 expresses deep sadness over cyclone's destruction in Myanmar
• Church recognizes 17th-century Marian apparitions in France
• L.A. Archdiocese puts schools up as collateral to settle abuse cases
• Glendon: U.N. rights document shows recognition of common principles
• Vatican official challenges colleges to be 'unambiguously Catholic'
• Vatican letter directs bishops to keep parish records from Mormons
• Gas, food prices hurting agencies' ability to deliver social services
• Experts say high food prices permanent; bishops urge help for poor
• Australian bishops warn of risks in accessing online pornography
• Bishop: Balance needed when deciding liability claims in civil cases
• Catholic Worker Movement marks 75th anniversary without fanfare
• Haiti's food crisis prolongs national angst, promotes flight in boats
• Violent video games prove their own source of worry on the tube

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Daily Readings

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, 2008 | Reflection from Msgr. Owen Campion
• Feast of Pentecost
• Acts 2:1-11
• 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
• John 20:19-23

Monday, May 12
Nereus, martyr
Achilleus, martyr
Pancras, martyr
James 1:1-11
Psalm 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76
Mark 8:11-13

Tuesday, May 13
Our Lady of Fatima
James 1:12-18
Psalm 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19
Mark 8:14-21

Wednesday, May 14
Matthias, Apostle
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26
Psalm 113:1-8
John 15:9-17

Thursday, May 15
Isidore
James 2:1-9
Psalm 34:2-7
Mark 8:27-33
Friday, May 16
James 2:14-24, 26
Psalm 112:1-6
Mark 8:34-9:1

Saturday, May 17
James 3:1-10
Psalm 12:2-5, 7-8
Mark 9:2-13

Sunday, May 18
The Most Holy Trinity
Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9
(Response) Daniel 3:52-55
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
John 3:16-18

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