This week in The Criterion
July 18, 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:
- ‘Lord, I come to do your will’:
Teacher’s efforts connect Indianapolis parish
and mountain community in El Salvador
- World Youth Day pilgrims experience Aussie hospitality
- History book recounts 175 years of Catholicism in the archdiocese
- Meditation CDs to benefit Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious show God’s love through service
- 50 years of devotion
- Father Eckstein’s 50 years of ministry is marked by humility
- Prayer is the source for Msgr. Knueven’s active ministry
- Prayers answered:
Cathedral High School wins boys’ golf state championship
Fall Marriage Supplement
- Wedding Announcements
- Beatitudes are at heart of meaningful family life (Catholic News Service)
- God’s gifts of baptism and sacramental marriage bless families
- State offers free financial
guide for newlywed couples
- Pre Cana conference addresses
ways to have happy marriage
- Tobit Weekend helps engaged
couple prepare for married life
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Pray for courage and compassion during your ‘Veronica moments’
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Reza por fortaleza y compasión durante tus ‘raptos de Verónica’
- Editorial: The Pauline year gives us a chance to
meet St. Paul—as if for the first time
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Pierre Toussaint
- The Joyful Catholic: Life is like a roller coaster so enjoy the ride
- Faithful Lines: When, where and why may we use the name of God?
- Be Our Guest: Celebrating the gift of ‘Humanae Vitae’ 40 years later
- Letters to the Editor
- Religious brother presents troubling
portrayal of hospice, reader says
- Events Calendar
- Charity
to hold big
estate sale
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Father Elvan
Maschmann served in parishes
- My Journey to God: Poet, What Do You Say?
Catholic News Service:
- Pope names new prefect
of saints’ congregation
- World Youth Day kicks off in Sydney with Mass, dancing, testimonies
- Journalist and former White House press secretary Tony Snow dies at 53
- Column: An anecdote
for a powerful
narcotic
- The Sunday Readings: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Catholic church may be formally ‘unblessed’ by bishop’s decree
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!
Fall 2008 Marriage Supplement
Our semi-annual marriage supplement features a photo collage from a Traditional Latin Mass wedding, a story about the gifts of baptism and sacramental marriage, information about upcoming Pre Cana Conferences and Tobit Weekends, news about a free financial
guide for newlywed couples from the state, and, as always, our listing of wedding announcements. (Pages 9-13)
Go to the supplement | Wedding announcements
Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious show God’s love through service
This the first in a series featuring the winners of the 2008 Indianapolis Serra Club Vocations Essay Contest. Abby Brenner and her parents, George and Candace Brenner, are members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Indianapolis. She completed the seventh grade at her parish’s school last spring and is the seventh-grade division winner in the 2008 Indianapolis Serra Club Vocations Essay Contest. (Page 8)
Read the essay
World Youth Day pilgrims experience Aussie hospitality
From petting kangaroos to tobogganing down a hillside, youth and young adult pilgrims from the archdiocese who traveled to Australia for World Youth Day spent the week prior to formal festivities exploring sights around the country. Now, the 91 pilgrims from central and southern Indiana are looking forward to a July 20 Mass that will be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. (Page 1)
Read the story | Go to our blog
Web-only features
World Youth Day blog
Ninety youths and chaperones are traveling around the world to Sydney, Australia, from July 9-24 to participate in World Youth Day 2008. Readers can follow their trip on our Web site. We have set up a special address and blog for the pilgrimage at www.archindy.org/wyd. Veteran freelance writer Katie Berger, a former youth minister and campus minister, is sending daily updates, photos and thoughts from youths throughout their pilgrimage.
Go to the blog
Listen to a meditation by Fr. James Farrell
Ninety youths and chaperones are traveling around the world to Sydney, Australia, from July 9-24 to participate in World Youth Day 2008. Readers can follow their trip on our Web site. We have set up a special address and blog for the pilgrimage at www.archindy.org/wyd. Veteran freelance writer Katie Berger, a former youth minister and campus minister, is sending daily updates, photos and thoughts from youths throughout their pilgrimage.
Listen to the meditation | Read the related story
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
Wednesday, July 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Isaiah 10:5-7, 13b-16
Psalm 94:5-10, 14-15
Matthew 11:25-27
Thursday, July 17
Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19
Psalm 102:13-14b, 15-21
Matthew 11:28-30
Friday, July 18
Camillus de Lellis, priest
Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8
(Response) Isaiah 38:10-12, 16
Matthew 12:1-8
Saturday, July 19
Micah 2:1-5
Psalm 10:1-4, 7-8, 14
Matthew 12:14-21
Monday, July 21
Lawrence of Brindisi, priest
and doctor
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8
Psalm 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17,
21, 23
Matthew 12:38-42
Tuesday, July 22
Mary Magdalene
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
Psalm 85:2-8
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Wednesday, July 23
Bridget of Sweden, religious
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10
Psalm 71:1-4a, 5-6b, 15, 17
Matthew 13:1-9
Thursday, July 24
Sharbel Makhluf, priest
Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13
Psalm 36:6-7b, 8-11
Matthew 13:10-17
Friday, July 25
James, Apostle
2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm 126:1b, 2-6
Matthew 20:20-28
Saturday, July 26
Joachim and Anne, parents of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
Jeremiah 7:1-11
Psalm 84:3-6a, 8a, 11
Matthew 13:24-30
Sunday, July 27
Seventeenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
1 Kings 3:5, 7-12
Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77,
127-130
Romans 8:28-30
Matthew 13:44-52
or Matthew 13:44-46
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