This week in The Criterion
November 28, 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:
- 'Labor of Love': Teenage and young adult outreach at
St. Charles Borromeo Parish builds community
- Altar boy’s good deed leads to encounter with possible saint
- St. Mary Parish has served Catholic immigrants for 150 years
- St. Thomas Aquinas Parish is part of Bread for the World video
- Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- ‘The God-reminder on campus’:
Catholic priest makes a difference in college students’ lives
- Advent
resources
available on
archdiocesan
Web site
- Readers are invited to share favorite Christmas memories
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Advent offers us the grace to become better friends with Jesus
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: El Adviento nos ofrece la gracia de hacernos más amigos de Jesús
- Editorial: Starting afresh from Christ
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Maria Kaupas
- Cornucopia: It’s hard not to be thankful in our lives
- Emmaus Walk: Giving up something important to make room for Christ
- Faith and Family: Learn to
wait patiently
this Advent
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Benedict Inn open house is Dec. 6
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Holy Cross Brother Pedro Haering was a principal
- Ellen Ginther was the mother of Father Rick Ginther
- Franciscan Sister Mary Xavier Grieshop was a teacher
- My Journey to God: Advent’s Grace
Catholic News Service:
- 188 Japanese
martyrs beatified
at Mass in
Nagasaki
- ‘Love in Truth’: Honing the idea that charity is litmus
test of faith is at heart of pope’s first social encyclical
- New phase of Father Peyton’s
sainthood cause opens in Baltimore
- Vatican newspaper: Beatles’ music better than today’s pop songs
- Vatican calls
for greater
vigilance
over world’s
financial
operations
- Column: Making truthful choices of conscience
- The Sunday Readings: First Sunday of Advent
- Question Corner: Celebration of Liturgy of Eucharist
by priest is essential for true Mass
FaithAlive!
- Bilingual faith-sharing group inspires hope during Advent
- Discussion Point: Christ’s light leads us through Advent to Christmas
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
'Labor of Love': Teenage and young adult outreach at
St. Charles Borromeo Parish builds community
Learn more about the concept known as “Labor of Love,” an outreach at St. Charles Borromeo Parish where teenagers and college-age students volunteer their services to help their fellow parishioners in need. “Spreading Hope In Neighborhoods Everywhere” (SHINE) is a social ministry renewal that will be launched on Oct. 1, 2009, by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. This story is the second in a series that will highlight how the ministry of charity is taking place in parishes, schools, agencies and other institutions throughout the archdiocese. Catholic Charities is leading the planning. (Page 1)
Read the story | More about SHINE
‘The God-reminder on campus’:
Catholic priest makes a difference in college students’ lives
After years of listening to college students talk about their lives and their faith, Father Jeff Godecker knows the concerns that challenge and affect them. “The issues for young adults haven’t changed,” says Father Godecker, the chaplain of the Catholic community at Butler University in Indianapolis. He also knows the difference that a Catholic priest can make to students struggling with these realities and questions. (Page 16)
Read the story
Web-only features
Advent Resources
During the season of Advent, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will have a special Web page at www.archindy.org/advent. The page contains various Advent resources, including links to the daily readings, reflections from Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, penance service schedules, images of past Criterion Christmas Supplement covers and links of interest to other Advent Web sites.
Go to website | Advent penance service listings
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, Nov. 26
Revelation 15:1-4
Psalm 98:1-3b, 7-9
Luke 21:12-19
Thursday, Nov. 27
Revelation 18:1-2, 21-23;
19:1-3, 9a
Psalm 100:1b-5
Luke 21:20-28
Thanksgiving Day
Sirach 50:22-24
Psalm 138:1-5
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Luke 17:11-19
Friday, Nov. 28
Revelation 20:1-4, 11-21:2
Psalm 84:3-6a, 8a
Luke 21:29-33
Saturday, Nov. 29
Revelation 22:1-7
Psalm 95:1-7b
Luke 21:34-36
Monday, Dec. 1
Isaiah 2:1-5
Psalm 122:1-9
Matthew 8:5-11
Tuesday, Dec. 2
Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm 72:7-8, 12-13, 17
Luke 10:21-24
Wednesday, Dec. 3
Francis Xavier, priest
Isaiah 25:6-10a
Psalm 23:1-6
Matthew 15:29-37
Thursday, Dec. 4
John of Damascus, priest and doctor of the Church
Isaiah 26:1-6
Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Friday, Dec. 5
Isaiah 29:17-24
Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Matthew 9:27-31
Saturday, Dec. 6
Nicholas, bishop
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
Psalm 147:1-6
Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8
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