This week in The Criterion
December 11, 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
Full Contents
Local stories:
- ‘Hope for a new life’: New Holy Family Shelter’s mission still helps
homeless families seeking to rebuild their lives
- Twenty-five years later, Holy Family Shelter finds a new home
- ‘Pathways to Prayer’ CD series adds meditation on Holy Family and Christmas
- Food for the holidays: Readers share favorite recipes that warm the heart and satisfy the palate
- Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- Advent resources
are available on
archdiocesan
Web site
- Example of boyhood pastor leads priest to the seminary
- National Catholic Youth Conference 2009
- Church’s power to make Christ present is evident at National Catholic Youth Conference
- NCYC is a place where amazing things
happen, archdiocesan teenager says
- Youth minister: Future of our faith rests in
experiences that young people have now
- Wanted: Archdiocesan pilgrims for World Youth Day 2011 in Spain
- Catholic News Around Indiana
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: To serve and model Christ, priests must pray faithfully
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Los sacerdotes deben rezar con devoción para servir a Cristo y ser su ejemplo
- Editorial: Still no Holy Land peace
- From the Editor Emeritus: Charity in Truth - Economic globalization
- Cornucopia: Christmas, the delightful guidebook to human salvation
- It's All Good: Christmas is, at its very heart, the celebration of one family
- Twenty Something: Celebrating
life - The ultimate
Christmas gift
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- “Empty Manger” carols and pro-life prayers are Dec. 19 in Indianapolis
- Pro-Life Youth Pilgrimage to Washington is Jan. 20-23
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Mary Inez Schuman ministered
as a teacher and principal for 47 years
- Greta May Davis of Columbus was the mother of
Father Clem Davis and a parish volunteer
- My Journey to God: Pathway to Bethlehem
Catholic News Service:
- Paint to
pilgrims: All
part of the job
for Franciscan
at Nativity church
- First U.S. ambassador to Vatican, William A. Wilson, dies at age 95
- Not so secret: New book features documents from Vatican archives
- One-man play about St. John Vianney touring nation during Year for Priests
- Cardinal Foley
decides to step
down as Vatican’s ‘voice of Christmas’
- Column: Stem cell ethics and the things we refuse to do …
- Column: Mary - A role model for today’s young mothers
- The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Advent
- Question Corner: Burying St. Joseph statue in the yard to help sell home is popular devotion
FaithAlive!
- Discipleship means putting on the mind of Christ
- Discussion Point: Giving to others brings us closer to Christ
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
New Holy Family Shelter’s mission still helps homeless families seeking to rebuild their lives
Just in time for Christmas, the staff of the new Holy Family Shelter in Indianapolis will welcome up to 30 homeless families under its roof during Advent in the hope of helping them rebuild their lives with educational and social services assistance. The new shelter was dedicated by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein during a Mass of Thanksgiving on Dec. 6 at Holy Trinity Church in Indianapolis. (Pages 1 and 8)
Read the story | Photo gallery
Food for the holidays:
Readers share favorite recipes that warm the heart and satisfy the palate
Four members of the archdiocese are among the readers of The Criterion who responded to our request to share their favorite recipes of the Christmas season. We thank everyone who submitted a recipe. Read our story to see a selection of those recipes and the stories of why they are so special to the people who shared them. (Page 9)
Read the story
Web-only features
Advent Resources
During the season of Advent, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will have a special Web page at www.archindy.org/advent. The page contains various Advent resources, including links to the daily readings, reflections from Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, penance service schedules, images of past Criterion Christmas Supplement covers and links of interest to other Advent Web sites.
Go to website | Advent penance service listings
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. 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
Monday, Dec. 14
John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church
Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a
Psalm 25:4-9
Matthew 21:23-27
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13
Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23
Matthew 21:28-32
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Isaiah 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25
Psalm 85:9-14
Luke 7:18b-23
Thursday, Dec. 17
Genesis 49:2, 8-10
Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8, 17
Matthew 1:1-17
Friday, Dec. 18
Jeremiah 23:5-8
Psalm 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19
Matthew 1:18-25
Saturday, Dec. 19
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a
Psalm 71:3-6, 16-17
Luke 1:5-25
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