This week in The Criterion
September 11, 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:
- An 'all-in' approach to leadership: Daniel Elsener takes the reins to make
Marian a great Catholic university
- Prayer is at heart of $6 million gift to Marian University
- ‘Weekend to End Breast Cancer’ is Sept. 26-27
- Indiana Catholic Men’s Conference to feature Scott Hahn
- Program offers opportunity to learn to ‘lead like Jesus’
- One keystroke at a time:
Catholic Charities Tell City and library collaborate to help unemployed
- ‘Angels of Grace’ to honor women for community service
- Catholic News Around Indiana
Religious Education Supplement
- Column: Want the easiest
job in the world?
Be a catechist
- Parishes test draft of archdiocesan RCIA guidelines
- New chastity education reaches out to parents, educators
- ‘We are one body’:
Special Religious Development participants enjoy annual retreat
- Menu for an adult faith-filled feast
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Prayer, action and suffering are ‘schools of hope’
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La oración, la acción y el sufrimiento son ‘escuelas de esperanza’
- Editorial: Bishop D’Arcy offers reflection
on Notre Dame controversy
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - The natural law
- Cornucopia: Maybe we should just take the blame for our own faults
- Twenty Something: Double blessings,
showered down -
How a family
grows in God’s love
- Be Our Guest: Did Jesus volunteer at a soup kitchen?
Why we should all give back in life
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Sisters of Providence to sponsor
golf fundraiser on Sept. 18
- ‘40 Days for Life’ prayer rally
is Sept. 20 in Indianapolis
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: Just Breathe in My Love
Catholic News Service:
- Bishops urge
united Catholic
voice on key
elements of
health care reform
- ‘He’s still with us’ in spirit, says woman who lost husband on 9/11
- Laypeople have duty to nurture vocations, says Archbishop Dolan
- Pope praises film on St. Augustine as an authentic slice of the human life experience
- German pope recalls Holocaust, other ‘barbarities’ of World War II
- Amid violence on their own turf, Chicago parishes work to save youths
- Ministering to deaf community presents challenges to Church
- Upcoming Vatican conference focuses on role of the deaf in the Church
- Column: ‘Final move’ offers insight into one’s life
- Column: Four simple rules for getting a head start in life
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Jesus’ parable about the wedding feast
refers to God’s saving work on Earth
FaithAlive!
- Parents should establish priorities for Godly living at home
- Discussion Point: Home should be a place to relax
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
‘We are one body’:
Special Religious Development participants enjoy annual retreat
As they carefully mixed and kneaded the bread dough, the Special Religious Development participants and catechists shared stories and laughter on Aug. 29 during the seventh annual archdiocesan SPRED retreat at the Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center. The parish-based religious education program for developmentally disabled adults and childre is under the direction of the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education. (Page 12)
Read the story
‘Weekend to End Breast Cancer’ is Sept. 26-27
As soon as she learned about the event, Loree Kaiser knew that her family had to be involved in the first-ever “The Weekend to End Breast Cancer.” With four generations of her family touched by the disease, Kaiser and 16 relatives have formed a team to join the thousands of women and men who are expected to participate in the two-day, fundraising event on Sept. 26-27 that is being organized by the St. Vincent Foundation. (Page 1)
Read the story
Web-only features
Listen to Archbishop Buechlein read his weekly column
Every week, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein records his column and that recording is featured on Saturdays and Sundays on Catholic Radio 89.1 FM in Indianapolis. These radio versions of "Seeking the Face of the Lord" are posted on our archdiocesan website for download or listening. They are also feature on our podcast.
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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, Sept. 9
Peter Claver, priest
Colossians 3:1-11
Psalm 145:2-3, 10-13
Luke 6:20-26
Thursday, Sept. 10
Colossians 3:12-17
Psalm 150:1-6
Luke 6:27-38
Friday, Sept. 11
1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11
Luke 6:39-42
Saturday, Sept. 12
The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1 Timothy 1:15-17
Psalm 113:1-7
Luke 6:43-49
Monday, Sept. 14
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Numbers 21:4b-9
Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38
Philippians 2:6-11
John 3:13-17
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Our Lady of Sorrows
1 Timothy 3:1-13
Psalm 101:1-3, 5-6
John 19:25-27
or Luke 2:33-35
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Cornelius, pope and martyr
Cyprian, bishop and martyr
1 Timothy 3:14-16
Psalm 111:1-6
Luke 7:31-35
Thursday, Sept. 17
Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor
1 Timothy 4:12-16
Psalm 111:7-10
Luke 7:36-50
Friday, Sept. 18
1 Timothy 6:2c-12
Psalm 49:6-10, 17-20
Luke 8:1-3
Saturday, Sept. 19
Januarius, bishop and martyr
1 Timothy 6:13-16
Psalm 100:1b-5
Luke 8:4-15
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