This week in The Criterion
July 17, 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:
- Continued blessings, unexpected gifts: One year later, Julie
Molloy and volunteers
work to continue the
legacy of Anna Molloy
and Lucious Newsom
- Lula Baxter, program director for Catholic Charities, served the elderly for 20 years
- New prioress seeks to help her sisters be ‘women of prayer’
- Serra Club vocations essay: Msgr. Francis Tuohy helped student grow in faith
- Photo reprints from June ordinations are available online
Fall Marriage Supplement
- Wedding Announcements
- ‘Love one another’:
Tobit Weekend helps couples live God-centered marriage
- Love and respect:
Marriage aptitude test examines communication skills (Catholic News Service)
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Worship and stewardship are closely related
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La adoración y la corresponsabilidad guardan una relación muy estrecha
- Editorial: The pope and the president
search for a path to dialogue
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Yes, we believe in angels
- Faithful Lines: ‘Love: anterior to life … posterior to death’
- The Joyful Catholic: To find joy in your life, give it away
- The Green View: Sabbath
convergence
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Roncalli football coach to speak
on July 19 at St. Jude Parish
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Sister Alma Lents taught at Indian mission school
- My Journey to God: Ode to Joy
Catholic News Service:
- Pope discusses bioethics, G-8 summit with Obama at Vatican
- Obama is 12th U.S. president to visit Vatican
- Spokesman says pope wants honest dialogue with Obama on life issues
- Will Pope Benedict’s encyclical take root? Only time will tell
- Family recalls newly ordained Archbishop Di Noia’s early calling
- Iraqi bishop says bomb explosion came after prayers for peace at Mass
- Nation called ‘fortunate’ to have Alabama doctor as surgeon general nominee
- Speakers: Help those with mental illness by forming relationships
- Obama names geneticist Francis Collins to head National Institutes of Health
- New Jersey parishioner collects sewing machines for poor in Africa
- Column: The twisted logic underlying abortion
- The Sunday Readings: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Extraordinary ministers of holy
Communion may distribute ashes
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Fall Marriage Supplement
Our semi-annual marriage supplement features a photo collage from a recent wedding, a story about how the Tobit Weekend retreat helps couples live God-centered , an ad with information about upcoming Pre Cana Conferences and Tobit Weekends, a story about the "Perfect Marriage Aptitude Test," and, as always, our listing of wedding announcements. Read some of this years stories by clicking on the link below. (Pages 9-13)
See the supplement
One year later, Julie Molloy and volunteers work to continue the legacy of Anna Molloy and Lucious Newsom
Just moments earlier, Julie Molloy was wiping away tears, but now she’s smiling and laughing when she considers the question about the unlikely duo that changed her life and inspired countless people in Indiana. The question asks Molloy to consider how her daughter, Anna, and her friend, Lucious Newsom, would react to the way she has continued to keep their combined legacy alive during the year since they both died. (Page 1)
Read the story
New prioress seeks to help her sisters be ‘women of prayer’
On March 7, the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove elected Sister Juliann Babcock as their newest prioress. The election followed a discernment process of several months where members of the community prayerfully considered and discussed what kind of leader they needed for the future. Sister Juliann was installed and began her six-year term on June 7. (Page 15)
Read the story
Web-only features
Ordination photo reprints available for purchase
Five men were ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein during two Masses -- June 6 and June 27 -- at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. Our reporters were there and took hundreds of photos which are now available for purchase.
Go to our photo reprint site
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, July 15
Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church
Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12
Psalm 103:1-4, 6-7
Matthew 11:25-27
Thursday, July 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Exodus 3:13-20
Psalm 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27
Matthew 11:28-30
Friday, July 17
Exodus 11:10-12:14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18
Matthew 12:1-8
Saturday, July 18
Camillus de Lellis, priest
Exodus 12:37-42
Psalm 136:1, 10-15, 23-24
Matthew 12:14-21
Monday, July 20
Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
Exodus 14:5-18
(Response) Exodus 15:1-6
Matthew 12:38-42
Tuesday, July 21
Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor
Exodus 14:21-15:1
(Response) Exodus 15:8-10,
12, 17
Matthew 12:46-50
Wednesday, July 22
Mary Magdalene
Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15
Psalm 78:18-19, 23-28
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Thursday, July 23
Bridget of Sweden, religious
Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b
(Response) Daniel 3:52-56
Matthew 13:10-17
Friday, July 24
Sharbel Makhluf, priest
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19:8-11
Matthew 13:18-23
Saturday, July 25
James, Apostle
2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm 126:1-6
Matthew 20:20-28
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