This week in The Criterion
November 20, 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:
- Support of Catholic schools must continue, Colts president says
- Courage: People with
same-sex
attractions
support each
other to live
chaste lives
- Truth and love both needed when discussing same-sex attractions
- What the Church
teaches about
homosexuality
- Priest and teacher display singing talents in benefit concert for school
- Catholic News Around Indiana
- ‘Every child deserves a childhood’: St. Mary’s
Child Center
uses innovative
approach to help
at-risk children
- Book of poetry captures mysteries of faith and challenges of life
- Author urges families to have a plan in culture war
- Priest brings hope, God’s love to people in need
- Catholics celebrate feast day of St. Martin de Porres
- Hispanic ministry coordinator is building bridges in local Church
- Conventual Franciscans elect provincial
- Wanted: Your favorite family or ethnic
recipe for the upcoming holiday season
- Readers are invited to share
favorite Christmas memories
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: First duty of bishops and priests is to be men of prayer
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: El primer deber de obispos y sacerdotes es ser hombres de oración
- Editorial: What are you doing to celebrate
the Church’s Year for Priests?
- From the Editor Emeritus: Basic Catholicism - Devotions and sacramentals
- Faithful Lines: The appreciation and joy of music, music, music
- The Joyful Catholic: Despite our imperfections, God writes straight with crooked lines
- The Green View: Observing the
Christmas ‘holy day’
- Letters to the Editor
- Thank you, Archbishop Buechlein, priests and all who
helped make the annual men’s conference a success
- Events Calendar
- Knights of Columbus to sponsor
evening of recollection for men
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Mary Julia
Cummings taught for 48 years
- My Journey to God: Triumphant in the Dust
Catholic News Service:
- Pope names
new bishop for
Fort Wayne-
South Bend
- At bishops’ meeting, Cardinal George talks about role of priests
- Bishops: No Catholic Campaign for Human Development
funds go to groups that oppose Church teaching
- Reports say
Pope John Paul II
is closer to being
declared venerable
- Murdered Jesuits honored 20 years after deaths in El Salvador
- USCCB efforts on health care reform legislation seen as valuable lesson for future
- Masses worldwide to recall Archbishop Sheen’s life, promote sainthood
- Column: Euthanasia - Broken memories
and broken bonds
- The Sunday Readings: Feast of Christ the King
- Question Corner: Secret marriage is not allowed
by either civil law or canon law
FaithAlive!
- Pope says ethics should be guiding force in economics
- People must place their faith in God
- Discussion Point: Church offers comfort and support
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Courage: People with same-sex attractions support each other to live chaste lives
Courage. This virtue, also known as fortitude, is described in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as “the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. This is also an apt description for Catholics who experience same-sex attractions, but want to live according to the Church’s teachings on chastity and homosexuality. Courage is also the name of an apostolate in the Church that seeks to give support to such people. (Page 1)
Read the story
Support of Catholic schools must continue, Colts president says
It was to fondly remember people who gave from the heart, and to praise five individuals who have used the values of their Catholic education to touch the lives of others. The 14th annual celebration of Catholic education in the archdiocese came with moments of humor, including a story that Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian shared from his days as a student-athlete at a Catholic grade school. (Page 1)
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:
- Bishops approve marriage pastoral, budget; debate liturgy items
- CRS work spreads far, but its name is too little known, report says
- Vatican officials say church must improve service to deaf community
- CCHD subcommittee reassures bishops: Grantees follow church teaching
- Sex trafficking survivor turns her 'hell' into help for other victims
- Luxury, waste are unacceptable when hunger is on the rise, says pope
- Lawyers ask court: Is life in prison for teen like a death sentence?
- Haitians cross Dominican border to escape the misery of dire poverty
- Masses worldwide to recall Archbishop Sheen's life, promote sainthood
- Migrants in detention have right to spiritual care, speakers say
- Human values, Europe's future are rooted in Christianity, says pope
- Rabbi calls charge Pope Pius was Nazi collaborator 'false, malicious'
Daily Readings
Wednesday, Nov. 18
The Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles
Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin
2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31
Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
Luke 19:11-28
Thursday, Nov. 19
1 Maccabees 2:15-29
Psalm 50:1-2, 5-6, 14-15
Luke 19:41-44
Friday, Nov. 20
1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59
(Response) 1 Chronicles 29:
10-12
Luke 19:45-48
Saturday, Nov. 21
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1 Maccabees 6:1-13
Psalm 9:2-4, 6, 16, 19
Luke 20:27-40
Monday, Nov. 23
Clement I, pope and martyr
Columban, abbot
Blessed Miquel Agustín Pro, priest and martyr
Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20
(Response) Daniel 3:52-56
Luke 21:1-4
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr
and his companions, martyrs
Daniel 2:31-45
(Response) Daniel 3:57-61
Luke 21:5-11
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17,
23-28
(Response) Daniel 3:62-67
Luke 21:12-19
Thursday, Nov. 26
Daniel 6:12-28
(Response) Daniel 3:68-74
Luke 21:20-28
Thanksgiving Day
Sirach 50:22-24
Psalm 138:1-5
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Luke 17:11-19
Friday, Nov. 27
Daniel 7:2-14
(Response) Daniel 3:75-81
Luke 21:29-33
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