This week in The Criterion
March 6, 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:
- Good Samaritans: Story of a lonely child sparks efforts to help people in need
- May 3 Mass at Lucas Oil Stadium will culminate
175th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
- Proposed laws increase penalties for terminating unborn’s life
- Catholic Conference’s priority bills reach
halfway point in Indiana General Assembly
- ‘40 Days for Life’ spring prayer vigil is under way
- Challenge grant will help Cristo Rey strengthen educational programs
- Eight Providence sisters celebrate longtime jubilees
- Irish priests’ concert
to air March 8 on
most PBS stations
- Local priests have close connections to Archbishop Dolan
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule annual Lenten penance services
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: The sin of envy undercuts our life of charity
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: El pecado de la envidia menoscaba nuestra vida de caridad
- Editorial: Belief in original sin
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Central mystery of our faith
- Faithful Lines: Lenten questions - Putting what is right into perspective
- It's All Good: Keeping the faith during the gray, dreary days of winter
- Faith, Hope and Charity: ‘Lord, when
did we see
you hungry?’
- Be Our Guest: Legalized killing of innocent children will
continue us on path of self-destruction
- Letters to the Editor
- Unless we act, senseless Freedom of
Choice Bill may become reality
- Reader: In war, moral conscience often
loses out to the expediency of the result
- Events Calendar
- Parish to sponsor Lenten “Voices of Easter”
- ‘The Great Adventure’ seminar is March 28
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Benedictine Sister Bernette
Wildeman taught for 50 years
- Father Gary Kayler ministered
at parishes in Oklahoma
- My Journey to God: I Am the Clay, You Are the Potter
Catholic News Service:
- Rabbi says trip to Israel can help pope show his respect for Judaism
- Number of priests is showing steady, moderate increase, Vatican says
- California woman to be baptized by pope at Easter Vigil
- Catholic governor criticized by archbishop nominated as HHS secretary
- Pope highlights importance of angels, offers prayers for jobs
- St. Francis’ 400-year-old Devout Life is relevant today, says priest
- State funding cuts hit Catholic Charities programs
- Physicians take legal, educational steps to defend conscience rights
- ‘Discovering Secrets
of the Vatican’ to air
on many PBS stations
- As drug violence rises, Mexican bishops urge reconciling with God
- The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: More than half of bankruptcies
result from huge medical bills
FaithAlive!
- Lent is a time to renew baptismal commitments
- Discussion Point: Many resources available to learn about the Bible
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
May 3 Mass at Lucas Oil Stadium will culminate 175th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
At 3 p.m. on May 3, approximately 35,000 to 40,000 Catholics from across central and southern Indiana will worship together with
20 to 30 bishops and more than 100 priests and deacons during a Mass at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to culminate a yearlong celebration of the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Vincennes, which later became the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. (Page 1)
Read the story | 175th Anniversary wesbite
Local priests have close connections to Archbishop Dolan
“The archbishop of the capital of the world.” That is how Pope John Paul II once described the shepherd of the Archdiocese of New York. That is the ministry to which Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee on Feb. 23. In leading the Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Dolan, 59, will potentially be the most public Church leader in the United States for the next 15 years or more. (Page 20)
Read the story
Good Samaritans: Story of a lonely child sparks efforts to help people in need
“Spreading Hope In Neighborhoods Everywhere” (SHINE) is a social ministry renewal that will be launched on Oct. 1, 2009, by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. This story -- about the Good Samaritan Program at St. Joseph University Parish in Terre Haute -- is part of a series that highlights how the ministry of charity is taking place in parishes, schools, agencies and other institutions throughout the archdiocese. (Page 1)
Read the story
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
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
Monday, March 9
Frances of Rome, religious
Daniel 9:4b-10
Psalm 79:8-9, 11, 13
Luke 6:36-38
Tuesday, March 10
Isaiah 1:10, 16-20
Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23
Matthew 23:1-12
Wednesday, March 11
Jeremiah 18:18-20
Psalm 31:5-6, 14-16
Matthew 20:17-28
Thursday, March 12
Jeremiah 17:5-10
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 16:19-31
Friday, March 13
Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a
Psalm 105:16-21
Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
Saturday, March 14
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Readings homepage | Podcast (audio files)
