This week in The Criterion
August 21, 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 journey touched by God: Roncalli principal follows in the
footsteps of school’s namesake
- Archdiocesan seminarians make pilgrimage to Vincennes
- New seminarians come from a variety of parishes
- Celebrating Catholic School Values awards dinner is Nov. 10 in Indianapolis
- Nine Franciscan sisters celebrate 50-year jubilees
- Photo spread: Back-to-school time (print edition only)
- Catholic News Around Indiana
- Benedictine monk professes solemn vows
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Eternal life with God is a mystery and our profound hope
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La vida eterna con Dios es un misterio y es también nuestra profunda esperanza
- Editorial
- Do you live in a sinful ‘state’?
As a Catholic, you don’t have to
- Continuing to celebrate the Year
for Priests in our archdiocese
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - The other sacraments
- Faithful Lines: Fighting cancer - Continuing hope for the future
- The Joyful Catholic: God wants you to trust in him each day
- Catholic Educational Outreach: Young adult and
college campus
ministry is up
and running
- Letters to the Editor
- Unlike Michael Vick,
many convicted felons
are still looking for a
second chance
- Events Calendar
- Priest to celebrate ordination anniversary
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: College Bound
Catholic News Service:
- Italian researchers
develop
heart-repair
method with
adult stem cells
- Bishops’ Web site offers background on health reform views
- U.S. bishops visit Cuban churches a year after devastating hurricanes
- Sin in America:
Researchers attempt to find who’s good and who’s not
- Justice starts at home: Vatican job norms reflect Church teaching
- New Catholic-Muslim expert at USCCB is man of many hats, many firsts
- LCWR says Vatican has not fully disclosed reasons for U.S. visitation
- Friars rely on God and strangers during 300-mile trek
- Catholic school students help create new bullying-prevention Web site
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a hero to her children, says daughter
- Vatican newspaper says Allied governments did little to stop Holocaust
- Column: The authentic transformation of ‘useless’ human suffering
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Eucharistic liturgy is primary
source of basic faith education
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 journey touched by God: Roncalli principal follows in the footsteps of school’s namesake
Thousands of miles from his Indiana home on a recent summer day, Chuck Weisenbach sat in an outdoor café in a small Italian village, marveling at how his journey had once again been “touched by God.” For three weeks this summer, Weisenbach and his wife traveled through France and Italy, following part of the life journey of Blessed Pope John XXIII. (Page 1)
Read the story
Celebrating Catholic School Values awards dinner is Nov. 10 in Indianapolis
The Colts organization will receive the Community Service Award during the archdiocese’s Celebrating Catholic School Values: Scholarship and Career Achievement Awards dinner on Nov. 10. Five individuals will also receive Career Achievement Awards during the 14th annual event, which has raised more than $4 million to support need-based education scholarships to Catholic schools in the archdiocese. (Page 2)
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Web-only features
Photo gallery: Seminarian pilgrimage to Vincennes
Twenty-five seminarians made a pilgrimage on Aug. 12 to Vincennes, Ind., the place where the Church in Indiana began 175 years ago. The seminarians, accompanied by archdiocesan vocations director Father Eric Johnson, prayed in the crypt where Bishop Simon Bruté is buried, celebrated Mass in the main church and visited the Old Cathedral Library, which was founded in 1794 and is the state’s first library.
Go to the photo gallery
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, Aug. 19
John Eudes, priest
Judges 9:6-15
Psalm 21:2-7
Matthew 20:1-16a
Thursday, Aug. 20
Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church
Judges 11:29-39a
Psalm 40:5, 7-10
Matthew 22:1-14
Friday, Aug. 21
Piux X, pope
Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22
Psalm 146:5-10
Matthew 22:34-40
Saturday, Aug. 22
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17
Psalm 128:1-5
Matthew 23:1-12
Monday, Aug. 24
Bartholomew, Apostle
Revelation 21:9b-14
Psalm 145:10-13b, 17-18
John 1:45-51
Tuesday, Aug. 25
Louis of France
Joseph Calasanz, priest
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Psalm 139:1-3, 4-6
Matthew 23:23-26
Wednesday, Aug. 26
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
Psalm 139:7-12
Matthew 23:27-32
Thursday, Aug. 27
Monica
1 Thessalonians 3:7-13
Psalm 90:3-4, 12-14, 17
Matthew 24:42-51
Friday, Aug. 28
Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 10-12
Matthew 25:1-13
Saturday, Aug. 29
The Martyrdom of John the Baptist
1 Thessalonians 4:9-11
Psalm 98:1, 7-9
Mark 6:17-29
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