This week in The Criterion
January 9, 2009 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 family business: Etienne family nurtured vocations with love
- Brownsburg Catholics celebrate new church
- Celebrations offer lasting memories and help build faith
- Catholics called to action as government resumes business
- An invitation from Indiana’s Catholic bishops
- Serra Club announces vocations essay contest
- IRL driver supports St. Vincent de Paul
Religious Vocations Supplement
- Column: ‘Hearing God’s Call’
- Priest ministers with joy after 43 years of service
- Sister of Providence senses God’s presence in her ministries
- Seminarian from El Salvador inspired by Archbishop Romero
- Doctor deacon brings together physical and spiritual healing
- Guardian angel helps sister continue vocation tradition
- A day in the life of a seminarian
- Adopt-a-Sis program helps students get to know Franciscan sisters
- ‘A happy witness’:
Conventual Franciscan brother looks forward to ordination
- Total consecration:
Franciscans of the Immaculate serve Jesus and Mary
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Only prayer can help us discover what God wants for us
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Sólo la oración puede ayudarnos a descubrir qué quiere Dios para nosotros
- Editorial: Priesthood - Not for wimps
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Father Walter Ciszek
- It's All Good: Addressing the care of our souls in the New Year
- Faithful Lines: Contemplating what might be ahead in 2009
- Faith and Family: The birth of a
child is at the
heart of our faith
- Reflection: ‘I want to be a missionary like Beth’
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Parish reaches out to non-practicing Catholics
- Catholic educator to be featured on Catholic radio
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Serena Ziolkowski
was a teacher and principal
- My Journey to God: Life’s Rhythm
Catholic News Service:
- Pope calls for
Gaza peace talks,
deplores violence
in Congo
- Financial crisis calls for new economic model, pope says
- Survey finds most people support some restrictions on abortion
- Galileo’s jubilee: Vatican takes part in star-studded celebrations
- Rallies marking abortion anniversary set for days after inauguration
- Gaza priest’s message at Mass for peace: ‘We cry and nobody hears us’
- Column: Achieving ‘critical mass’ with
our parish confirmation class
- Column: A welcoming
church
- The Sunday Readings: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
- Question Corner: Biblical genealogies are symbolic
way to place Jesus in human history
FaithAlive!
- Have faith in Providence during hard economic times
- Discussion Point: God gives us strength to endure
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Religious Vocations Supplement
Our annual supplement focusing on priests, deacons, religious and seminarians is packed with 10 stories. Learn more about a day in the life of a seminarian, about a Benedictine sister who followed her guardian angel’s lead
to vocation and about how a priest ministers with joy after 43 years of service. As a bonus at the start of the year, we're offering the whole thing online immediately. (Pages 9-16)
Go to the supplement
Catholics called to action as government resumes business
Catholics have citizenship responsibilities beyond the voting booth that they must exercise, say U.S. Catholic bishops. And there will be plenty of opportunities to do just that in the coming months as a new administration takes the helm in Washington, D.C., and as newly elected federal and state lawmakers head to their respective Capitol buildings to resume business. (Page 7)
Read the story
Web-only features
Photo Gallery: Dedication of the new St. Malachy Church
See photos from the Mass of Dedication on Dec. 16 of the new St. Malachy Church in Brownsburg, and read more about the event in our story. During the Mass, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein thanked St. Malachy Parish’s 2,500 households for their part in making the largest church in the archdiocese a reality. He also thanked Father Daniel Staublin, St. Malachy’s pastor for 12 years, for his pastoral leadership.
Go to the photo gallery | 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, Jan. 7
Raymond of Peñafort, priest
1 John 4:11-18
Psalm 72:2, 10-13
Mark 6:45-52
Thursday, Jan. 8
1 John 4:19-5:4
Psalm 72:2, 14, 15bc, 17
Luke 4:14-22a
Friday, Jan. 9
1 John 5:5-13
Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20
Luke 5:12-16
Saturday, Jan. 10
1 John 5:14-21
Psalm 149:1-6a, 9b
John 3:22-30
Monday, Jan. 12
Hebrews 1:1-6
Psalm 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9
Mark 1:14-20
Tuesday, Jan. 13
Hilary, bishop and doctor of
the Church
Hebrews 2:5-12
Psalm 8:2a, 5-9
Mark 1:21-28
Wednesday, Jan. 14
Hebrews 2:14-18
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9
Mark 1:29-39
Thursday, Jan. 15
Hebrews 3:7-14
Psalm 95:6-11
Mark 1:40-45
Friday, Jan. 16
Hebrews 4:1-5, 11
Psalm 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8
Mark 2:1-12
Saturday, Jan. 17
Anthony, abbot
Hebrews 4:12-16
Psalm 19:8-10, 15
Mark 2:13-17
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