This week in The Criterion
December 4, 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 question
of
life
and
death: Catholics confront death penalty issue
as another death-row execution nears
- A question of life and death: Evansville mother shows mercy to honor her daughter and God
- As governor, Kernan faced choice of whether two men should live or die
- Catechism Corner: What the Church
teaches about the
death penalty
- Cathedral hosts 10th annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
- Parishes announce Masses, for feast days of St. Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Catholics are invited to
celebrate Simbang Gabi
- Saying ‘I do’ again:
Hispanic couples convalidate civil marriages in Church ceremony
- Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- Pastoral associate graduates
from FBI Citizens Academy
- Dec. 8 is holy day of obligation
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Priests called to ‘put out into the deep’ and trust in Christ
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Los sacerdotes están llamados a ‘remar mar adentro’ y a confiar en Cristo
- Editorial: Anti-Catholic prejudice
- From the Editor Emeritus: Charity in Truth - Earlier social encyclicals
- Faithful Lines: Many are called, but few are chosen (Mt 22:14)
- It's All Good: Christmas is, at its very heart, the celebration of one family
- Faith, Hope and Charity: Jesus was
the ultimate
community
organizer
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: Our Shepherd
Catholic News Service:
- Immigration
reform is next
on bishops’ wish list
for Congress
- Pro-lifers to fight new requirements for pregnancy centers
- Pope calls for prayer and concrete assistance in battle against AIDS
- Keep track of your blessings during Advent season, pope suggests
- Thousands of youths converge on Kansas City to celebrate their faith
- Cooperation between science, faith benefits humanity, pope says
- Column: Food insecurity can’t wait
until after the holidays
- The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Advent
- Question Corner: ‘Transubstantiation’ is one among
many ways to describe the Eucharist
FaithAlive!
- John the Baptist is a good model for our Advent journey
- Discussion Point: Focus on Christ, not on yourself, when helping others
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 question of life and death: Catholics confront death penalty issue as another death-row execution nears
As the State of Indiana prepares to carry out the Dec. 11 execution of a death-row inmate, three Catholics from Indiana share their stories of how death penalty cases have touched their lives. Mary Winnecke is a mother whose daughter was killed by Matthew Eric Wrinkles, who is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 11. Will McAuliffe is a young Catholic who has started an organization that hopes to end the death penalty in the state. And former Indiana Gov. Joseph Kernan has faced the decision of determining whether a person should live or die. (Pages 1, 8 and 9)
Read the stories
Parishes announce Masses, for feast days of St. Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Masses and celebrations for the feast days of St. Juan Diego on Dec. 9 and Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 are scheduled at various parishes in the archdiocese during December. Liturgies and other events reported to The Criterion include the following activities listed by deanery and date. (Page 7)
See the listing
Web-only features
Photo gallery: Cathedral hosts 10th annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
For the 10th consecutive year, representatives of faith traditions from around the world gathered at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis to offer prayers of thanks a few days before the civic holiday of Thanksgiving. The several hundred people who attended this year’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Nov. 24 heard Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Christian prayers chanted and spoken in Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Tibetan and English.
Go to photo gallery | Read the story
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, Dec. 2
Isaiah 25:6-10a
Psalm 23:1-6
Matthew 15:29-37
Thursday, Dec. 3
Francis Xavier, priest
Isaiah 26:1-6
Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Friday, Dec. 4
John of Damascus, priest and doctor
Isaiah 29:17-24
Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
Matthew 9:27-31
Saturday, Dec. 5
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
Psalm 147:1-6
Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8
Monday, Dec. 7
Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church
Isaiah 35:1-10
Psalm 85:9ab, 10-14
Luke 5:17-26
Tuesday, Dec. 8
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Genesis 3:9-15, 20
Psalm 98:1-4
Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12
Luke 1:26-38
Wednesday, Dec. 9
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Isaiah 40:25-31
Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10
Matthew 11:28-30
Thursday, Dec. 10
Isaiah 41:13-20
Psalm 145:1, 9-13ab
Matthew 11:11-15
Friday, Dec. 11
Damasus I, pope
Isaiah 48:17-19
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Matthew 11:16-19
Saturday, Dec. 12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Zechariah 2:14-17
or Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab
(Response) Judith 13:18bcde, 19
Luke 1:26-38
or Luke 1:39-47
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