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This week in The Criterion

October 9, 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

Note: There will not be an e-newsletter published next week.

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Full Contents

Local stories:

• Letting our faith ‘SHINE’
  • Loving, serving the least among us is at heart of our faith
  • Workshop offers insight for responding to requests for assistance at parishes
  • Letting our faith ‘SHINE’: Give people ‘the look of love which they crave,’ keynote speaker says
  • Head of Catholic Charities USA gives parishes advice for fighting poverty
  • Youth and young adult leaders encourage connection of Eucharist and works of social ministry
  • Faith calls us to the ministry of charity, Archbishop Buechlein says at closing Mass for kickoff event
  • Rural parishes challenged to reach out to larger community through actions
  • Speakers say shared faith can transcend cultural differences
  • Founder of JustFaith Ministries says parishes must be committed to the poor and vulnerable
  • Educators must nurture ‘humanitarian spark’ in their students
• Hundreds take part in Respect Life Mass, Life Chain
• Colts’ Bill Polian is keynote speaker at Catholic School Values awards dinner
• Answering students’ questions about faith and being an archbishop

Regular local features:

• Seeking the Face of the Lord: Answering students’ questions about faith and being an archbishop
• Buscando la Cara del Señor: Respuestas a las preguntas de los estudiantes sobre la fe y la labor de un arzobispo
• Editorial: Let our faith as Catholics continue to SHINE in all we do
• From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Praying the rosary
• Cornucopia: Look! Listen! It’s me! Just don’t get too close!
• Twenty Something: Remind each other what God can do
• Letters to the Editor
  • As Christians and seekers of truth, Internet can be a double-edged sword
• Events Calendar
• Obituaries
  • General listing
• My Journey to God: A Priest

Catholic News Service:

• Synod opens with call on Africans to be forces for justice, peace
• Pope welcomes new U.S. ambassador, prods on right to life issues
• Charity in action: Impact of new saints continues in United States
• Blessed Jeanne Jugan is called ‘a Mother Teresa of her time’ throughout the world
• Father Damien de Veuster to be canonized on Oct. 11
• Diocese finalizes investigation of alleged miracle attributed to Carmelite nun
• Planned center aims to give pregnant college students a true choice
• Catholic and Lutheran leaders mark 10th anniversary of historic document
• College students turn compassion to action as CRS ambassadors
• Cardinal urges Red Mass participants to show God’s justice in world
• Column: Growing old - The memory of a simple prayer despite dementia
• Column: Take a retreat from technology and waste time with God
• The Sunday Readings: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
• Question Corner: Church’s official funeral rites provide for burial ceremonies after cremation

FaithAlive!

• Gratitude for blessings is shown in service to others
• Discussion Point: The Gospels call us to serve others

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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!

Letting our faith ‘SHINE’
On Oct. 1, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis kicked off a yearlong ministry of social renewal, which is known by the acronym SHINE—which stands for “Spreading Hope in Neighborhoods Everywhere.” In this effort, every Catholic in the archdiocese is being called to a life of service, to make a difference in the lives of others. The kickoff event at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis attracted more than 600 participants from parishes, schools, agencies and institutions throughout central and southern Indiana. (Pages 1, 9-12)
See all our coverage of this event | See a photo gallery
 

Colts’ Bill Polian is keynote speaker at Catholic School Values awards dinner
Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian will be the featured speaker during the archdiocese’s Celebrating Catholic School Values: Scholarship and Career Achievement Awards dinner on Nov. 10. The Colts organization will also receive the Community Service Award 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 3)
Read the story

 

Web-only features

"Catholic New Around Indiana" online archive
The Catholic newspapers of the five dioceses of Indiana -- Evansville, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Gary, Indianapolis and Lafayette -- have agreed to share news stories with each other on a regular basis. Sometimes these new stories appear in the print edition of The Criterion, while many more appear on our website. Get all the stories in our "Catholic New Around Indiana" online archive.
Go to our Indiana Catholic news 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:

• Symposium marks Pope John Paul lI's historic visit to Iowa in 1979
• Marking fall of Berlin Wall, European bishops warn of crisis in values
• Pope says African church must oppose 'toxic waste' of materialism
• Catholic, Lutheran leaders mark 10th anniversary of historic document
• Religious leaders urge Obama administration to work for peace in Sudan
• Pope welcomes new US ambassador, prods on right to life issues
• Justice Sotomayor, veteran justices face cases on a cross, juveniles
• Report assesses positive impact of centers that help women avoid abortion
• Catholics mobilize to help victims of disasters in Asia, South Pacific
• USCCB reiterates concerns about abortion, immigrants in health reform
• Vatican says no to protecting free expression when it incites hatred
• Blessed Jeanne Jugan called 'a Mother Teresa of her time'
• Aid tied to family planning is 'an abuse of power,' says papal nuncio

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Daily Readings

Wednesday, Oct. 7
Our Lady of the Rosary
Jonah 4:1-11
Psalm 86:3-6, 9-10
Luke 11:1-4

Thursday, Oct. 8
Malachi 3:13-20b
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 11:5-13

Friday, Oct. 9
Denis, bishop and martyr
and his companions, martyrs
John Leonardi, priest
Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2
Psalm 9:2-3, 6, 8-9, 16
Luke 11:15-26

Saturday, Oct. 10
Joel 4:12-21
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12
Luke 11:27-28

• Sunday, October 11, 2009 | Reflection from Msgr. Owen Campion
• Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
• Wisdom 7:7-11
• Hebrews 4:12-13
• Mark 10:17-30

Monday, Oct. 12
Romans 1:1-7
Psalm 98:1-4
Luke 11:29-32

Tuesday, Oct. 13
Romans 1:16-25
Psalm 19:2-5
Luke 11:37-41

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Callistus I, pope and martyr
Romans 2:1-11
Psalm 62:2-3, 6-7, 9
Luke 11:42-46

Thursday, Oct. 15
Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church
Romans 3:21-30
Psalm 130:1-6
Luke 11:47-54

Friday, Oct. 16
Hedwig, religious
Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
Romans 4:1-8
Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11
Luke 12:1-7

Saturday, Oct. 17
Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Romans 4:13, 16-18
Psalm 105:6-9, 42-43
Luke 12:8-12

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