This week in The Criterion
July 24, 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:
- A legacy of love: Sons follow in late fathers’ footsteps at Holy Spirit festival
- Archbishop Buechlein to have shoulder replacement surgery
- Travel with Msgr. Schaedel to view ‘Catholic Sisters in America’ exhibit
- Ancient Rome comes to life at vacation Bible school
- New Harry Potter movie is short on effects, yet charms with comedy
- Harry Potter and Catholicism: Shedding light on Catholic themes in Hogwarts
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Pastoral letter to focus on Christ as our hope
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Carta pastoral se concentra en Cristo como nuestra esperanza
- Editorial: ‘Caritas in Veritate’
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Devotion to the saints
- Cornucopia: Happy birthday to the cutest, smartest, sweetest …
- Emmaus Walk: How courage can win over fear no matter what the challenge
- Be Our Guest: Another way to play God
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Fatima Retreat House plans bazaar,
picnic and hog roast on Aug. 1
- St. John Academy reunion
Mass and brunch are Sept. 20
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Deborah Corban was sister of Father Harold Rightor
- Oldenburg Franciscan Sister Laetitia Meyer
ministered as an art teacher and principal
- My Journey to God: Death Not Said
Catholic News Service:
- Human dignity,
rights always must
be respected,
Vatican official says
- Pope urges workers’ voices be heard, challenges
labor union leaders to adapt to global economy
- Pope thanks doctors, well-wishers for treatment, prayers
- With mail-in ballots counted, U.S. bishops approve liturgical translations
- Appeals panel says Illinois parental
notification law is constitutional
- Moon landing: Vatican Radio marks anniversary with Pope Paul VI texts
- Column: An oasis called
The Listening Post
- The Sunday Readings: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Unmarried candidates for permanent
diaconate promise to practice celibacy
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
A legacy of love: Sons follow in late fathers’ footsteps at Holy Spirit festival
“Honor your father.” Two grieving young adult sons from Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis took Christ’s teaching in the Gospel of Matthew to heart during the months after their fathers died by helping coordinate the annual summer festival on July 9-11 in their memory. (Page 1)
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Archbishop Buechlein to have shoulder replacement surgery
The archbishop writes: "On Aug. 4, I am scheduled to have surgery to replace my left shoulder. I have been putting off this surgery for some time, and my doctors tell me it can wait no longer.Barring any complications, I expect to be back to full strength soon, but the recovery will interrupt my normal schedule and obligations for at least the next month."(Page 1)
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Harry Potter and Catholicism: Shedding light on Catholic themes in Hogwarts
Harry Potter, the immensely popular book series by J.K. Rowling, continues to create opportunities for discussion about the Catholic faith. In the past, the Vatican has been reluctant to endorse a series with witches and wizards as the main characters. But with the recent release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano states that the latest movie installment clearly shows that good should overcome evil, “and that sometimes this requires costs and sacrifice.” (Page 12)
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Web-only features
Criterion "Page from the Past" -- Moon Landing
As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing this week, check out the news from 40 years ago in The Criterion. Click on the link below to go to a web page which displays a photo taken of the front of our newspaper from July 25, 1969, including the classic headline: "Pope to moonmen: 'Glory to God! And honor to you'.
See the archived front page
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 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
Monday, July 27
Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34
Psalm 106:19-23
Matthew 13:31-35
Tuesday, July 28
Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28
Psalm 103:6-13
Matthew 13:36-43
Wednesday, July 29
Martha
Exodus 34:29-35
Psalm 99:5-7, 9
John 11:19-27
or Luke 10:38-42
Thursday, July 30
Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor
Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38
Psalm 84:3-6, 8, 11
Matthew 13:47-53
Friday, July 31
Ignatius of Loyola, priest
Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37
Psalm 81:3-6, 10-11
Matthew 13:54-58
Saturday, Aug. 1
Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church
Leviticus 25:1, 8-17
Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 7-8
Matthew 14:1-12
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