This week in The Criterion

January 23, 2009 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

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Full Contents

Local stories:

• Pro-life, immigration bills return to Indiana General Assembly
  • Catholic radio provides weekly legislative updates
• Stephen Noone is appointed interim administrator of Lumen Christi School

Catholic Schools Week Supplement

• Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis: Celebrating 175 years of giving hope and faith to the world
• Snapshots of service: Students’ community efforts touch lives, including their own
• In the name of the father: Five Louies share an amazing story of faith and family
• ‘A powerful difference’: Lay educators share what makes Catholic education special
• A journey of faith: Teacher travels to France to seek essence of St. Theodora
• A tradition of excellence: Bishops embrace education and faith formation
• Unsung heroes: Religious sisters continue to leave their mark on students
• Catholic schools prepare students for the future then...and now (photo gallery)
• Catholic education staff provides many support services
• Everything old is new again: Parishes, families band together to support new high school
• Historic school receives support from many generations
• Parish’s promotion of stewardship lifestyle aids school
• Stewardship helps form students’ character and faith
• A trip to the past: High school friends visit the brothers who shaped their lives
• 2008-09 facts about Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
• Students maintain improvement on ISTEP scores
• Catholic schools map

Regular local features:

• Seeking the Face of the Lord: Students’ letters demonstrate how Catholic schools are a blessing
• Buscando la Cara del Señor: Las cartas de los estudiantes demuestran la bendición que son las escuelas católicas
• Editorial: Our commitment to Catholic schools
• From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - Catherine de Hueck Doherty
• The Joyful Catholic: How to enjoy God’s loving kisses in our lives
• Faithful Lines: 2009 challenge - Is a peaceable kingdom possible?
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters printed this week
• Events Calendar
  • Indianapolis parish to sponsor mission
• Obituaries
  • General listing
• My Journey to God: Apostle to the Gentiles

Catholic News Service:

• 25 years and counting: Once controversial, U.S.-Vatican relations mark silver anniversary this month
• Don’t reverse policies that protect the unborn, cardinal urges Obama
• Pope congratulates Obama on Inauguration Day
• Column: ‘A future pregnancy would be too risky …’
• Column: Too many unsung heroes
• The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
• Question Corner: People have a moral and legal responsibility to pay for debts

FaithAlive!

• All are called to help the poor, but in different ways
• Knowledge of Scripture leads to service
• Discussion Point: Strive to see Christ in the poor

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Items of Interest

Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!

Catholic Schools Week Supplement
Each year, the issue of The Criterion containing our Catholic Schools Week Suppplement is our biggest. Packed with stories, photos and statistics, it is a great testimony to the excellence of Catholic education in central and southern Indiana. Sample some of this years stories by clicking on the link below -- and catch all of the stories in our print edition! (Pages 1B-20B)
Preview the supplement

Pro-life, immigration bills return to Indiana General Assembly
Bills from previous years commonly return to the Indiana General Assembly for another chance at becoming a permanent fixture in the Indiana Code of Laws. It takes patience and diligence on the part of supporters. This year is no different as many familiar bills are returning for yet another round at becoming law, including pro-life and immigration legislation. Of the 1,000 bills which have been filed to date, the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC) is following 100 of them. Roughly 1,500 bills are expected to be introduced this year. (Page 3A)
Read the story | Also: Catholic radio provides weekly legislative updates

 

Web-only features

The Criterion is now selling photograph reprints online
Our reporting staff takes dozens of high-quality photos at many major archdiocesan events—events that either have historical significance (like the canonization of St. Theodora Guérin in 2006) or that your family might have attended (like an ordination at the cathedral). Now these photos are available for purchase on our website in a variety of sizes. We also have pictures of the archbishop and the cathedral, as well as full-size prints of front pages from The Criterion from major events and our Christmas and Easter issues.
Get more information | Go to the online store

 

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:

• Millions brave cold, crowds to see first black US president sworn in
• Historic inaugural seen as chance to recall place of religion in U.S.
• Catholic leaders hopeful that Obama will change US immigration policy
• Christian leaders urge focus on poor in Obama stimulus package
• Israeli offensive in Gaza: It is a proportionate response?
• Once controversial, U.S.-Vatican relations mark silver anniversary
• Report: Zimbabwe health care collapse due to human rights violations
• British Catholics concerned over possible prenatal test for autism
• Cardinal George pledges to work with Obama on various policy concerns
• Vatican report: Most U.S. seminaries are generally healthy
• ACLU files suit against HHS over trafficking grants to USCCB

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Daily Readings

Wednesday, Jan. 21
Agnes, virgin and martyr
Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17
Psalm 110:1-4
Mark 3:1-6

Thursday, Jan. 22
Vincent, deacon and martyr
Hebrews 7:25-8:6
Psalm 40:7-10, 17
Mark 3:7-12

Friday, Jan. 23
Hebrews 8:6-13
Psalm 85:8, 10-14
Mark 3:13-19

Saturday, Jan. 24
Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church
Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14
Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9
Mark 3:20-21

• Sunday, January 25, 2008 | Reflection from Msgr. Owen Campion
• Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
• Jonah 3:1-5, 10
• 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
• Mark 1:14-20

Monday, Jan. 26
Timothy, bishop
Titus, bishop
2 Timothy 1:1-8
or Titus 1:1-5
Psalm 96:1-3, 7-8a, 10
Mark 3:22-30

Tuesday, Jan. 27
Angela Merici, virgin
Hebrews 10:1-10
Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 10-11
Mark 3:31-35

Wednesday, Jan. 28
Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church
Hebrews 10:11-18
Psalm 110:1-4
Mark 4:1-20

Thursday, Jan. 29
Hebrews 10:19-25
Psalm 24:1-4ab, 5-6
Mark 4:21-25

Friday, Jan. 30
Hebrews 10:32-39
Psalm 37:3-6, 23-24, 39-40
Mark 4:26-34

Saturday, Jan. 31
John Bosco, priest
Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
(Response) Luke 1:69-75
Mark 4:35-41

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