This week in The Criterion
August 1, 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:
- A call to love: Wisdom and faith mark Providence Sister Susan
Dinnin’s journey in leading A Caring Place
- Going for the gold:
Archdiocesan teens Bridget Sloan and Samantha Peszek to
compete for U.S. women’s gymnastics team in Beijing, China
- Elizabella Ball to recognize families who have embraced adoption
- 50 years of devotion:
- Father Lutz’s mother knew priestly vocation was right for him
- Father McNally says priesthood is an ‘extremely rewarding ministry’
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priest, religious “cast nets” every day at Cathedral High School
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Women are a special gift in our communities
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Las mujeres son un regalo especial en nuestras comunidades
- Editorial: Our ‘lost generation’
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Frederic Baraga
- It's All Good: Back-to-school advice for a high school freshman
- Faithful Lines: Remembering special days for our Blessed Mother
- Faith, Hope and Charity: What a truly
wonderful world
we live in
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters published this week
- Events Calendar
- ‘Missions Helping
Missions Bazaar’ is
Aug. 2 at Fatima
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Miriam Clare
Heskamp was a superior general
- My Journey to God: The Handmade Gift
Catholic News Service:
- Picture worth a
thousand words?
Mandating an
ultrasound image
before abortions
- Vatican tells traditionalist Anglicans it is studying their request to be welcomed into the Church
- Vatican approves new translations for constant parts of Mass
- Papal predictions seen in current state of women’s, children’s rights
- Pope: ‘It’s not easy being green,’ but it’s part of God’s plan
- Vatican official praises
launch of JP II sports
foundation
- Column: Mission trips on the rise -
Are they a good thing?
- The Sunday Readings: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Helping the poor enables people to
share God’s love, experience grace
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!
Going for the gold: Archdiocesan teens Bridget Sloan and Samantha Peszek to compete for U.S. women’s gymnastics team in Beijing, China
When she was 5, Bridget Sloan practiced backflips in the hallway of the St. Malachy Parish Center in Brownsburg. Now, she and another young gymnast from the archdiocese—Samantha Peszek of St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis—will have the opportunity to make history during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Both 16, they are among the six competitors on the women’s gymnastics team that will represent the U.S. in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which start on Aug. 8. (Page 3)
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Serra Club vocations essay: Priest, religious “cast nets” every day at Cathedral High School
This the third in a series featuring the winners of the 2008 Indianapolis Serra Club Vocations Essay Contest. Kelley Ford and his parents, Tom and Lisa Ford, are members of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis. Last spring, he completed the ninth grade at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis and is the ninth-grade division winner in the 2008 Indianapolis Serra Club Vocations Essay Contest. (Page 16)
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Elizabella Ball to recognize families who have embraced adoption
Adoptions made possible by St. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services in Indianapolis ensure that children have the right to a loving, healthy family and enable married couples to experience the joys of parenting. The 22nd annual Elizabella Ball on Aug. 16 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis will celebrate and benefit the pro-life ministry as well as honor two families and a construction company with Courageous Heart Awards for their part in furthering its mission. (Page 7)
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Web-only features
Browse our Online Archives by Topic
Beginning with our issues dated January 2008 and later, we have begun to organize listings of our news stories by eight popular or common topics. By going to our online archives, you can now look at collections of stories that are related to: Catholic Education, Family Life, Catholic Charities, Liturgy/Spiritual Life, Youth Ministry, Vocations, Pro-Life and Legislation/Indiana Catholic Conference.
Go to topical archives
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 30
Peter Chrysologus, bishop and
doctor
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21
Psalm 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18
Matthew 13:44-46
Thursday, July 31
Ignatius of Loyola, priest
Jeremiah 18:1-6
Psalm 146:1b-6b
Matthew 13:47-53
Friday, Aug. 1
Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and
doctor of the Church
Jeremiah 26:1-9
Psalm 69:5, 8-10, 14
Matthew 13:54-58
Saturday, Aug. 2
Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
Peter Julian Eymard, priest
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24
Psalm 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34
Matthew 14:1-12
Monday, Aug. 4
John Mary Vianney, priest
Jeremiah 28:1-17
Psalm 119:29, 43, 79-80, 95, 102
Matthew 24:22-36
Tuesday, Aug. 5
Dedication of the Basilica of
St. Mary in Rome
Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22
Psalm 102:16-23, 29
Matthew 14:22-36
or Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14
Wednesday, Aug. 6
The Transfiguration of
the Lord
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9
2 Peter 1:16-19
Matthew 17:1-9
Thursday, Aug. 7
Sixtus II, pope and martyr
and his companions, martyrs
Cajetan, priest
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
Matthew 16:13-23
Friday, Aug. 8
Dominic, priest
Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7
(Response) Deuteronomy
32:35c-36b, 39, 41
Matthew 16:24-28
Saturday, Aug. 9
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
virgin and martyr
Hebrews 1:12-2:4
Psalm 9:8-13
Matthew 17:14-20
Sunday, Aug. 10
Nineteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a
Psalm 85:9-14
Romans 9:1-5
Matthew 14:22-33
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