This week in The Criterion
August 22, 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:
- ‘An immigrant Church since the beginning’: Seminarians learn about the ethnic roots
of the archdiocese on pilgrimage
- Where do your loyalties lie?:
Christ the King alumni are
at center of Indiana, Western Kentucky game
- Lucious Newsom, ‘the Lord’s beggar for the poor,’ dies at 93
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious use ‘different nets’ in ministry
- Web site focuses on sports teams from five Catholic high schools
- Back to School Snapshots (photo gallery)
- Three Benedictine sisters celebrate golden jubilees
- Official
Appointments
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Christ nailed to the Cross invites us to open our hearts, trust in the Father
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Cristo clavado en la cruz nos invita a abrir nuestros corazones y a confiar en el Padre
- Editorial
- Pope’s search for unity
- Lapsed Catholics, fervent converts
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Mother Mary Lange
- Cornucopia: Trouble may begin with ‘my opinion’
- Emmaus Walk: Following God’s lead and getting all that we need
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters published this week
- Events Calendar
- Jubilee Mass is Sept. 7
- Theology on Tap’s
Fall Gala is Sept. 12
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: Just Be
Catholic News Service:
- Pope urges
Church to help
overcome racism
in modern society
- Pope approves beatification of St. Thérèse of
Lisieux’s parents in France on Oct. 19
- ‘Democracies need people of moral conviction,’ archbishop says
- Catholics urged to take message on disabilities to new generation
- Seattle man nearing death opposes state’s assisted suicide initiative
- World War II veteran helped
liberate concentration camp
- Latin patriarch says he’d tell next U.S. president to follow conscience
- Column: Sex and little pills -
Viagra and birth control
- Column: Words to
remember as
we thank God
for summer
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Honoring the bodies of saints
dates back to the second century
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!
Lucious Newsom, ‘the Lord’s beggar for the poor,’ dies at 93
For Lucious Newsom, helping the poor involved respecting their dignity. When companies donated food to help the poor, Newsom set it up so people could choose what they wanted to take. Newsom died on Aug. 18 after a battle with cancer. Our coverage starts with the story of one of the thousands of people the retired Baptist-minister-turned Catholic served as he drove through the city in his white van while wearing his trademark blue bib overalls and a gold crucifix that was a gift from the families he helped. (Page 3)
Read the story | See archived news stories featuring Newsom
Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious use ‘different nets’ in ministry
This is the sixth and last in a series featuring the winners of the 2008 Indianapolis Serra Club Vocations Essay Contest. The author, Kirk Meyers, and his parents, Mark and Annette Meyers, are members of Annunciation Parish in Brazil. Last spring, he completed the 12th grade as a home-schooled student and is the 12th-grade division winner in the 2008 Indianapolis Serra Club Vocations Essay Contest. (Page 7)
Read the essay
Web-only features
Photos from the archdiocesan seminarian pilgrimage
See and read about the what 25 archdiocesan seminarians recently saw when they went on a pilgrimage to six of the oldest churches in Indianapolis. They prayed in the churches of St. John the Evangelist, St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Anthony, Holy Trinity and Sacred Heart of Jesus. They are all places of worship that had been home to Irish, German and Slovenian immigrants in the late 19th century.
See the photos | Read the 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, Aug. 20
Bernard, abbot and doctor of
the Church
Ezekiel 34:1-11
Psalm 23:1-6
Matthew 20:1-16
Thursday, Aug. 21
Pius X, pope
Ezekiel 36:23-28
Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
Matthew 22:1-14
Friday, Aug. 22
The Queenship of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 107:2-9
Matthew 22:34-40
Saturday, Aug. 23
Rose of Lima, virgin
Exodus 43:1-7ab
Psalm 85:9ab, 10-14
Matthew 23:1-12
Monday, Aug. 25
Louis of France
Joseph Calasanz, priest
2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12
Psalm 96:1-5
Matthew 23:13-22
Tuesday, Aug. 26
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17
Psalm 96:10-13
Matthew 22:23-26
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Monica
2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18
Psalm 128:1-2, 4-5
Matthew 23:27-32
Thursday, Aug. 28
Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Psalm 145:2-7
Matthew 24:42-51
Friday, Aug. 29
The Martyrdom of John the Baptist
1 Corinthians 1:17-25
Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11
Mark 6:17-29
Saturday, Aug. 30
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Psalm 33:12-13, 18-21
Matthew 25:14-30
Sunday, Aug. 31
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 20:7-9
Psalm 63:2-6, 8-9
Romans 12:1-2
Matthew 16:21-27
Readings homepage | Podcast (audio files)
