This week in The Criterion

March 13, 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:

• A deeper relationship with God: Ministry’s stories of change and choices strive to bring people closer to Christ
  • Daily reflections from St. Monica available via e-mail
• Lawmakers addressing mortgage foreclosure problems
  • Foreclosures: What rights do tenants have in Indiana?
• Beech Grove Benedictine sisters elect new prioress
• Kay Scoville named director of archdiocesan youth ministry
• ‘Success in life and business begins by focusing on death’: Author says only God can satisfy a restless heart
• Career support group offers encouragement to job seekers
• Archdiocesan parishes schedule annual Lenten penance services
  • Lenten activities available online
• Changing hearts is key in pro-life movement, priest says
• Eighteen Providence sisters celebrate 60th jubilees
• Catholic News Around Indiana
  • Gavin Provost is awarded Spirit of St. Paul Award for courage and commitment

Regular local features:

• Seeking the Face of the Lord: St. Theodora and Bishop Bruté inspire us to be courageous in faith
• Buscando la Cara del Señor: Santa Theodora y el obispo Bruté nos inspiran para ser valientes en la fe
• Editorial: Catholicism in Africa
• From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Why evil exists in the world
• Cornucopia: After all, isn’t this what makes us Catholic?
• Twenty Something: Meeting at Mass - ‘Our need for one another’
• Indiana Knights: It’s convention time again in Indiana
• Letters to the Editor
  • Just ask Aristotle: Believing in one God can be a chic thing
• Events Calendar
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • Providence Sister Mary Rosita Thewes cooked for archbishops
  • Dorothy Magiera was mother of Father Michael Magiera, F.S.S.P.
• My Journey to God: Saints

Catholic News Service:

• Cardinal, pro-life leaders say new Obama stem-cell policy favors politics over ethics
• Pope says Holy Land trip will be pilgrimage of prayer for peace
• Illinois Catholics learn how to make voices heard at state Capitol
• Court urged to uphold voters’ right to amend state Constitution
• Expert: Document confirms Pius XII’s efforts to save Jews
• The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Lent
• Question Corner: More than half of bankruptcies result from huge medical bills

FaithAlive!

• God’s law enlightens our mind, helps us act with love
• Discussion Point: Live in God’s presence to carry out his will

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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!

‘Success in life and business begins by focusing on death’: Author says only God can satisfy a restless heart
Ambitious entrepreneur and business executive Tarek Saab was “fired” by real estate tycoon Donald Trump on the hit NBC network reality show “The Apprentice” on May 1, 2006. Since his determined quest for success failed on national television nearly three years ago, Saab has found his priceless niche in life through his international ministry as a young adult disciple of Christ who promotes faith, family, marriage and morality in his book and speeches. (Page 8)
Read the story

Changing hearts is key in pro-life movement, priest says
In order for America to truly become a pro-life country, hearts will need to be changed, first and foremost. This will happen through prayer and through Catholic married couples fully living out their sacramental relationship and proclaiming its beauty to the world, especially to the younger generation. That was the message that Father Jonathan Meyer shared with more than 450 pro-life supporters who attended the fifth annual Catholic Pro-Life Dinner on March 7 in downtown Indianapolis. (Page 11)
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Career support group offers encouragement to job seekers
The national unemployment rate recently reached 8.1 percent, a 25-year high. In Indiana, nearly one out of every 10 people is out of work. Behind those statistics are the stories of individual women and men struggling to support themselves and their families. In its newly formed St. Jude Career Support Group, St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis is reaching out to these people by giving them encouragement and hope plus the skills and knowledge they can use to find stable employment. (Page 9)
Read the story

 

Web-only features

Ministry’s stories of change and choices strive to bring people closer to Christ
Read stories which reflect the essence of the Reflection Ministry of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, a ministry that uses the Internet to share daily e-mail reflections on Scripture, prayer and faith with people across the archdiocese, the United States and the world. Choose from the story that ran in our print edition or a separate page with more online-only stories.
Read the print story | Read the online-only stories

 

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:

• HHS opens 30-day comment period on conscience protections rule
• Diocesan studies, task forces look at future of Catholic schools
• Australian cardinal calls for confrontation of religious intolerance
• Cardinal says new Obama stem-cell policy favors politics over ethics
• Bishops urge Catholics to reject bill giving laity parish fiscal rule
• Vatican considering document on communications in age of 'new media'
• Abortion, death penalty wins slow in coming on state-by-state basis
• Focusing on Africa: Papal trip to highlight challenges, possibilities
• Document confirms Pope Pius XII's efforts to save Jews, expert says
• Indictment of Sudanese president seen as step toward peace in Sudan
• Study seeks couples who want to avoid pregnancy the natural way
• Federal appeals court upholds ruling Vatican can be sued over abuse
• US, Canadian Catholics react to new stem-cell research technique

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Daily Readings

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

• Sunday, March 15, 2008 | Reflection from Msgr. Owen Campion
• Third Sunday of Lent
• Exodus 20:1-17
• 1 Corinthians 1:22-25
• John 2:13-25

Monday, March 16
2 Kings 5:1-15b
Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4
Luke 4:24-30

Tuesday, March 17
Patrick, bishop
Daniel 3:25, 34-43
Psalm 25:4-5b, 6, 7bc, 8-9
Matthew 18:21-35

Wednesday, March 18
Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor of the Church
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
Matthew 5:17-19

Thursday, March 19
Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29
Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
or Luke 2:41-51a

Friday, March 20
Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm 81:6c-11b, 14, 17
Mark 12:28-34

Saturday, March 21
Hosea 6:1-6
Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21b
Luke 18:9-14

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