This week in The Criterion
November 6, 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:
- Celebrating history, making history: St. Paul Parish in Tell City celebrates
150th anniversary during historic time
- Tell City Catholics react to pastor’s episcopal appointment
- Parishes are at the heart of shared ministries
supported by ‘Christ Our Hope’ appeal
- Christ Our Hope has goal of $6.75 million
- ‘Christ Our Hope: Compassion
in Community’ prayer
- Teacher gives ‘wings’ to effort to bring computers to African schools
- Theologian tells men prayer is key to improving their faith lives
- Giving yourself to others is what it means to love, Franciscan priest says
- Church offers holiday support for separated and divorced Catholics
- Catholic News Around Indiana
- Wanted: Your favorite
family or ethnic recipe
for the upcoming
holiday season
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Like the Little Sisters of the Poor, we have much hope to offer
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Al igual que las hermanas de Little Sisters of the Poor, tenemos mucha esperanza para dar
- Editorial: We dare not take God’s
gifts to us for granted
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Social justice and charity
- Faithful Lines: Be grateful for all that is and all that will be in life
- It's All Good: Whether we are 2 or 92, we all have something to share
- Faith, Hope and Charity: Thank you ‘nice Catholics’
- Be Our Guest: Make the time now to talk to Congress
about genuine health care reform
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Last session in ‘Catholic Identity
and Doctrine’ series set for Nov. 17
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Mary Richard
Griffith was a teacher, principal
- My Journey to God: Autumn Stirrings
Catholic News Service:
- USCCB distributes
bulletin inserts on
health care reform
nationwide
- Bishops to weigh test-tube to deathbed issues, finish work on missal
- Catholic blogosphere: Council looks at promoting charity and truth online
- Awe for creation and pursuit of truth benefits science, Holy Father says
- Rep. Kennedy says he will meet with Providence bishop on health care reform
- Churches working to ensure everyone is counted in 2010 U.S. census
- The Sunday Readings: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: It is good to remember that ‘we are all
beggars at the door of God’s mercy’
FaithAlive!
- Priests minister in joint service with others
- Discussion Point: Prayer anchors priests in ministry
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Parishes are at the heart of shared ministries supported by ‘Christ Our Hope’ appeal
Holy Rosary Parish in Seelyville and St. Martin of Tours Parish in Siberia may be small but that has not stopped their parishioners from serving those in need far beyond their parishes’ households through a food and clothing pantry called Martin’s Cloak. Such ministries are able to reach a wide range of people in need because of the support they receive from the annual archdiocesan stewardship appeal, which is now known as “Christ Our Hope: Compassion in Community.” (Pages 1-2)
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Tell City Catholics react to pastor’s episcopal appointment
Bittersweet. That is how many members of St. Paul Parish in Tell City described the Oct. 19 appointment of their pastor and a son of the parish, Father Paul D. Etienne, as the new bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo. They are sad to lose their pastor, but proud of him and the fact that their parish had a role in forming him in the faith. (Page 16)
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Web-only features
Browse our Online Archives by Topic
Beginning with our issues dated January 2008 and later, we have begun to organize listings of our news stories by eight popular or common topics. By going to our online archives, you can now look at collections of stories that are related to: Catholic Education, Family Life, Catholic Charities, Liturgy/Spiritual Life, Youth Ministry, Vocations, Pro-Life and Legislation/Indiana Catholic Conference.
Go to topical archives
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, Nov. 4
Charles Borromeo, bishop
Romans 13:8-10
Psalm 112:1-2, 4-5, 9
Luke 14:25-33
Thursday, Nov. 5
Romans 14:7-12
Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Luke 15:1-10
Friday, Nov. 6
Romans 15:14-21
Psalm 98:1-4
Luke 16:1-8
Saturday, Nov. 7
Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27
Psalm 145:2-5, 10-11
Luke 16:9-15
Monday, Nov. 9
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17
John 2:13-22
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church
Wisdom 2:23-3:9
Psalm 34:2-3, 16-19
Luke 17:7-10
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Martin of Tours, bishop
Wisdom 6:1-11
Psalm 82:3-4, 6-7
Luke 17:11-19
Thursday, Nov. 12
Josaphat, bishop and martyr
Wisdom 7:22b-8:1
Psalm 119:89-91, 130, 135, 175
Luke 17:20-25
Friday, Nov. 13
Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin
Wisdom 13:1-9
Psalm 19:2-5
Luke 17:26-37
Saturday, Nov. 14
Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9
Psalm 105:2-3, 36-37, 42-43
Luke 18:1-8
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