This week in The Criterion
December 12, 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:
- Hope from Nigeria: Archdiocesan Catholics grow in faith through
ministry of Nigerian priests and religious
- Chain crew members Ed Tinder and Steve Taylor
have been a team on Colts’ sideline for 25 years
- St. Anne parishioners to break ground on new church in March
- Pro-life supporters outraged by Planned Parenthood’s holiday gift certificates
- Wanted: Your participation in campaign to oppose federal abortion rights legislation
- Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- Editor emeritus publishes book on St. Thomas More
- Advent
resources
are available on
archdiocesan
Web site
- Official Appointment
2008 Accountability Report
- Letter from the Archbishop: To the People of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
- Summary of Financial Status
- Chief Financial Officer’s Report
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Bishops committed to working with those who cherish the common good
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: El compromiso de los obispos es trabajar con aquellos que valoran el bien común
- Editorial: Juan Diego’s miraculous tilma
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Dorothy Day
- Cornucopia: Celebrating Advent or trappings, Christmas is a promise
- Faithful Lines: Advent musings - Looking back and looking forward
- Twenty Something: Solving problems
with Maria - The
power of friendship
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Carolyn Bissmeyer taught music
- My Journey to God: Bernadette of Lourdes
Catholic News Service:
- Parish’s career
ministry aids
those left jobless
by economic
downturn
- Detroit religious leaders urge action to save auto industry
- Pope names Spaniard to succeed
Cardinal Arinze at worship congregation
- Point of pride: Glendon glad to have served as Vatican ambassador
- U.S. nun
murdered in
Brazil in 2005
honored with
U.N. human
rights prize
- Cincinnati Archdiocese welcomes its new coadjutor archbishop
- ‘We dare not become complacent’ on abuse, says South Dakota bishop
- Column: Germany and Italy have
done it—shouldn’t we?
- The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Advent
- Question Corner: Church events with gambling
may offend some parishioners
FaithAlive!
- Saints’ lives of holiness are miraculous witnesses of faith
- Discussion Point: ‘Works of wonder’ happen every day
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
St. Anne parishioners to break ground on new church in March
St. Anne parishioners in New Castle are journeying through their second Advent season without a church, and are looking forward to celebrating the birth of Christ as a faith community. And they are excited about the groundbreaking ceremony for their new church on March 29, 2009, and the start of construction on April 14, 2009. (Page 7)
Read the story
2008 Accountability Report
Get lots of information about the archdiocesan finances in this yearly pull-out section, which includes a letter from the archbishop and a report from the chief financial officer. (Pages 11-14)
Archbishop's letter | CFO's report | Summary
Pro-life supporters outraged by Planned Parenthood’s holiday gift certificates
Pro-life supporters reacted with shock and outrage at the recent news that Planned Parenthood of Indiana is selling holiday gift certificates for “reproductive health services” that include abortion. Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider. The gift certificates are being advertised as “the gift of health,” and can be redeemed for “services or the recipient’s choice of birth control method,” according to their press release, which has generated local, state and national media coverage. (Page 9)
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, Dec. 10
Isaiah 40:25-31
Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10
Matthew 11:28-30
Thursday, Dec. 11
Damasus I, pope
Isaiah 41:13-20
Psalm 145:1, 9-13b
Matthew 11:11-15
Friday, Dec. 12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Zechariah 2:14-17
or Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab
(Response) Judith 13:18bc, 19
Luke 1:26-38
or Luke 1:39-47
Saturday, Dec. 13
Lucy, virgin and martyr
Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11
Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
Matthew 17:9a, 10-13
Monday, Dec. 15
Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a
Psalm 25:4-9
Matthew 21:23-27
Tuesday, Dec. 16
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13
Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18,
19, 23
Matthew 21:28-32
Wednesday, Dec. 17
Genesis 49:2, 8-10
Psalm 72:3-4, 7-8, 17
Matthew 1:1-17
Thursday, Dec. 18
Jeremiah 23:5-8
Psalm 72:1, 12-13, 18-19
Matthew 1:18-25
Friday, Dec. 19
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a
Psalm 71:3-6, 16-17
Luke 1:5-25
Saturday, Dec. 20
Isaiah 7:10-14
Psalm 24:1-6
Luke 1:26-38
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