This week in The Criterion
February 27, 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:
- His greatest role: Father Michael Magiera blends experience
on opera stage with priestly ministry
- Church leaders speak out against state immigration proposal
- Travel with Archbishop Buechlein to historic Vincennes on March 18
- Abbott pleads guilty to setting St. Anne Church fire
- Food for the soul:
Lenten meals give parents a chance to teach the faith
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule annual Lenten penance services
- Stamper’s journey leads to gold medal in figure skating
- Speakers: Education is key for families dealing with suicide
- Recognizing possible warning signs can help to prevent suicides
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Let’s renew our resolve to speak thoughtfully this Lent
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Renovemos en la Cuaresma nuestra determinación a hablar con consideración
- Editorial: The octuplets
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Central mystery of our faith
- Cornucopia: When it comes to faith, maybe we are part of the problem
- Emmaus Walk: Will you let God bless you in uncertain times? Try it
- Faith and Family: Make Lenten
sacrifices for
the right reason
- Be Our Guest: Doctor - Story on brain death
raises important points to consider
- Letters to the Editor
- March for Life coverage
very inspirational and
appreciated, readers say
- Exercising our spiritual
muscles by attending
Sunday Mass keeps our
faith strong
- Events Calendar
- ‘40 Days for Life’ vigil
is scheduled during Lent
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: A Challenge
Catholic News Service:
- New leader meets
archdiocese he
calls ‘snapshot’ of
universal Church
- Little Sisters of the Poor are ‘thrilled’ that their
foundress, blessed Jeanne Jugan, will be canonized
- Pope sets dates to canonize 10, including
missionary Blessed Damien de Veuster
- Catholic legislators must protect life, pope tells Speaker Pelosi
- Korean cardinal’s funeral Mass
highlights his life of service, love
- The Sunday Readings: First Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: Covering church statues and art
with purple for Lent is old custom
FaithAlive!
- Who will you allow to be your parents’ caregivers?
- Discussion Point: Frail elderly people need loving care
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
His greatest role: Father Michael Magiera blends experience on opera stage with priestly ministry
He knows his lines by heart. He knows precisely what to do and when to do it. He has entered into the very personality, the “persona,” of the role assigned to him. And he has dedicated himself to this task so that those who will witness his performance might be mysteriously drawn into it with him. Is this man an actor who brings an audience into a play or opera, or a priest who stands in persona Christi? (Page 1)
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Abbott pleads guilty to setting St. Anne Church fire
St. Anne parishioners in New Castle are thankful that William S. Abbott finally told the truth on Feb. 19 about starting the late-night fire which gutted their historic Henry County church on April 7, 2007, a day before Easter. Abbott, a 34-year-old New Castle resident who has a history of criminal offenses, admitted to Henry County prosecutor Kit Crane and staff prosecutors that he broke into the church and set the building on fire. (Page 7)
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Speakers: Education is key for families dealing with suicide
Suicide. It’s painful to even read that word—let alone to cope with the reality of suddenly and unexpectedly losing a loved one because of a deliberate, self-inflicted injury. Shock, disbelief, confusion, sorrow, guilt and remorse are common reactions for the relatives and friends of people who die by suicide. St. Nicholas parishioners Tom and Fran Smith of O’Fallon, Ill., who founded the Karla Smith Foundation with their son, Kevin, understand those devastating feelings because they have experienced a wide range of conflicting emotions as heartbroken parents. (Page 16)
Read the story | Possible warning signs of suicide
Web-only features
Lenten resources
Each year, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis provides special Lenten resources – the daily readings, archbishop’s columns, Stations of the Cross and links of interest – on a site located on our server (www.archindy.org/lent). We encourage you to share this link with your parish, most particularly because it also includes the full listing of penance schedules from around the archdiocese.
Go to the site | See our listing of parish penance services
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. 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
Monday, March 2
Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18
Psalm 19:8-10, 15
Matthew 25:31-46
Tuesday, March 3
Katharine Drexel, virgin
Isaiah 55:10-11
Psalm 34:4-7, 16-19
Matthew 6:7-15
Wednesday, March 4
Casimir
Jonah 3:1-10
Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19
Luke 11:29-32
Thursday, March 5
Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25
Psalm 138:1-3, 7c-8
Matthew 7:7-12
Friday, March 6
Ezekiel 18:21-28
Psalm 130:1-8
Matthew 5:20-26
Saturday, March 7
Perpetua, martyr
Felicity, martyr
Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8
Matthew 5:43-48
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