This week in The Criterion
February 20, 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
Full Contents
Local stories:
- 'Anything God wants me to do': Teachers’ heroics show how Saint Theodora
winners affect children’s lives and faith
- ‘Ten Great Ways that Parents Can Help their Children Succeed in School’
- Abortion bills pass Indiana Senate, head to House
- Catholic radio provides
weekly legislative updates
- ‘40 Days for Life’ vigil
is scheduled during Lent
- Mosaic of St. Lawrence completes parish renovation project
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance services
- Speakers offer hope for those struggling with mental illness
- Nine strategies help person and family cope with mental illness
- Lenten disciplines include
fasting, almsgiving, prayer
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Lent reminds us of what is important in life
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La Cuaresma nos recuerda aquello que es verdaderamente importante en la vida
- Editorial: Deep with spiritual meaning,
Lent is a season of penance
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - God created the world
- Faithful Lines: Lincoln’s birthday inspires musings and memories
- The Joyful Catholic: Do not worry about money in uncertain times
- Catholic Education Outreach: Why the president-principal
model is
good for Catholic
high schools
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters published this week
- Events Calendar
- Indianapolis parish to host ninth Lenten speaker series
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Gertrude Bauer was a principal
- Conventual Franciscan Father Basil Heiser was
former minister general of the international order
- My Journey to God: In Gethsemane
Catholic News Service:
- Black Catholic
nun discusses her
role in 1960s civil
rights movement
- As part of its 80th birthday celebration in 2009,
Vatican commemorates its growth into nationhood
- Catholic leaders express worries over Chavez victory
- Archbishop gives Irish audience ‘do’s and don’ts’ on promoting life
- Pope Benedict confirms that he plans to visit the Holy Land in May
- Pope says confession restores relationship with God
- Column: Verbal gymnastics can
sway the public conscience
- The Sunday Readings: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Use of ‘Kyrie eleison’ at Mass
reflects liturgical traditions
FaithAlive!
- Baby boomers have time to share faith, hope and charity
- Baby boomer generation must seek God’s help with challenges in life
- Discussion Point: Baby boomers worry about finances
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
'Anything God wants me to do': Teachers’ heroics show how Saint Theodora
winners affect children’s lives and faith
The mission of Catholic schools “is to provide our children with a top-notch academic education and to fill them with the hope that will always keep them open to God’s will for them,” Archbishop Buechlein noted in saluting eight Catholic school teachers who were honored this year as Saint Theodora Excellence in Education Award winners. Read our story to get a snapshot look at each of the honored teachers. (Page 1)
Read the story
‘Ten Great Ways that Parents Can Help their Children Succeed in School’
Consider this list as a valuable resource for parents who have children in Catholic schools—a list that could be called “Ten Great Ways that Parents Can Help their Children Succeed in School.” The list is courtesy of Connie Schmidt, a language arts teacher at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis, who is one of the eight teachers in the archdiocese to receive the Saint Theodora Excellence in Education Award for this school year. (Page 8)
See the list
Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance services
Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled communal penance services for Lent. The following is a list of penance services that have been reported to The Criterion. Due to space constraints, penance services scheduled later during Lent may be omitted from the list in this week’s newspaper. However, the entire schedule is posted on our website. (Page 10)
See the list | Lenten practices for Catholics
Web-only features
Online archive of our most popular supplements
Each year, The Criterion produces about a dozen special supplements: addition sections of the newspaper filled with stories and graphics that center around a common theme. On our website, we are now offering an archive (2005-09) of some of our more popular supplements: Catholic Schools Week, Christmas, Marriage, Religious Vocations, Vacation/Travel, and Youth.
Go to our supplement archive
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, Feb. 18
Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22
Psalm 116:12-15, 18-19
Mark 8:22-26
Thursday, Feb. 19
Genesis 9:1-13
Psalm 102:16-18, 19-23, 29
Mark 8:27-33
Friday, Feb. 20
Genesis 11:1-9
Psalm 33:10-15
Mark 8:34-9:1
Saturday, Feb. 21
Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church
Hebrews 11:1-7
Psalm 145:2-5, 10-11
Mark 9:2-13
Monday, Feb. 23
Polycarp, bishop and martyr
Sirach 1:1-10
Psalm 93:1-2, 5
Mark 9:14-29
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Sirach 2:1-11
Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28,
39-40
Mark 9:30-37
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Ash Wednesday
Joel 2:12-18
Psalm 51:3-6a, 12-14, 17
2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday, Feb. 26
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 9:22-25
Friday, Feb. 27
Isaiah 58:1-9a
Psalm 51:3-6a, 18-19
Matthew 9:14-15
Saturday, Feb. 28
Isaiah 58:9b-14
Psalm 86:1-6
Luke 5:27-32
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