This week in The Criterion
May 23, 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:
- Renaissance man: Deacon Aaron
Jenkins brings
many gifts to the
priesthood
- Apostolic nuncio reflects on papal journey to America
- College seminary to host Bishop Bruté Days in June
- Myths and facts about immigration: Aren’t immigrants taking advantage of
social services and costing taxpayers?
- Meet our future deacons
- A day for prayers:
Shelby County parish remembers founding pastor each Memorial Day
- ‘Share Your Harvest’ program
benefits needy people in area
Vacation/Travel Supplement
- Parish Festival Listings
- History and harmony:
O’Bannon, Lincoln and Harmonie state parks offer lots of fun activities for everyone
- Desert beauty:
Sedona Gardens of St. John Vianney are breathtaking
- Kentucky’s ‘Holy Land’:
Bardstown played key role in growth of U.S. Church
- Italian artistry:
Beauty fills Tuscany’s cities, towns and countryside
- Raw power and beauty:
Trip to Niagara Falls is one-of-a-kind vacation
- Get back to nature:
Outdoor activities abound in Bloomington area
- Water, water everywhere:
Your hotel room travels with you on cruises
- Zoo celebrates 20 years:
Koalas get summer vacation at Indianapolis Zoo
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ is a celebration of family
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La festividad de Corpus Christi es una celebración familiar
- Editorial: Got some ‘sole’ to spare?
Be a Good Samaritan
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical women - Prisca, Paul’s collaborator
- Cornucopia: What should motherhood really mean?
- Faithful Lines: Winging our way toward meditation with birds
- Letters to the Editor
- ‘Myths and facts about immigration’ not
telling the entire story, reader says
- New bioethics column, other features
help readers live out Church’s teachings
- Events Calendar
- Four parishes change Mass
times due to holiday and race
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: Beheaded Saints
Catholic News Service:
- Debate still
rages over
religion’s role
in public life
- Vatican says 2005 document on gays applies to all seminaries
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis sues
Facebook over phony Web page
- San Francisco bishop decries
court ruling striking down
ban on gay marriage
- Column: A politician who
lives her truth
- The Sunday Readings: Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
- Question Corner: Holy Week liturgies date back
to Christians in the early Church
FaithAlive!
- Scripture enables Christians to walk in footsteps of St. Paul
- Discussion Point: St. Paul tirelessly spread the Gospel
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!
Get our parish festival listings and more in the Vacation/Travel Supplement
Want to know when your favorite parish festivals in central and southern Indiana are happening? Or want other travel tips, from the local to the international? Then check out our annual 16-page special supplement that focuses and vacation and travel. It's so popular -- and award-winning -- that we're offering the whole thing online, along with the supplements from previous years. (Pages 1B-16B)
Go to the supplement | Parish Festival listings
Renaissance man: Deacon Aaron
Jenkins brings
many gifts to the
priesthood
In preparation for ordination, get to know the man who will soon been one of the newest priests of the archdiocese: Deacon Aaron Jenkins. Learn about his favorites saint and scripture passage, and go deeper to learn about how his search for beauty led him closer to God, into the Church and ultimately the seminary. (Page 1A)
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 7A)
Read the introduction | Mike Stratman | Bob Decker | Deacon website
Web-only features
Papal nuncio's reflections and memories of his ministry as a papal diplomat
When The Criterion interviewed Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States, during his visit to Indiana, we got more from him than we had room to print. Following up on last week, we're running the extra material online. In this second part, read what the nuncio has to say about his ministry as a papal diplomat, including Pope John Paul II’s 2000 pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Read the interview transcript | More of the interview from our print edition
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, May 22
Rita of Cascia, religious
James 5:1-6
Psalm 49:14-20
Mark 9:41-50
Friday, May 23
James 5:9-12
Psalm 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12
Mark 10:1-12
Saturday, May 24
James 5:13-20
Psalm 141:1-3, 8
Mark 10:13-16
Monday, May 26
Philip Neri, priest
1 Peter 1:3-9
Psalm 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10
Mark 10:17-27
Tuesday, May 27
Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
1 Peter 1:10-16
Psalm 98:1-4
Mark 10:28-31
Wednesday, May 28
1 Peter 1:18-25
Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20
Mark 10:32-45
Thursday, May 29
1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12
Psalm 100:2-5
Mark 10:46-52
Friday, May 30
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Deuteronomy 7:6-11
Psalm 103:1-4, 6-8, 10
1 John 4:7-16
Matthew 11:25-30
Saturday, May 31
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Zephaniah 3:14-18a
or Romans 12:9-16
(Response) Isaiah 12:2-3, 4b-6
Luke 1:39-56
Sunday, June 1
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deuteronomy 11:18, 26-28, 32
Psalm 31:2-4, 17, 25
Romans 3:21-25, 28
Matthew 7:21-27
Readings homepage | Podcast (audio files)
