This week in The Criterion
January 29, 2010 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:
- Standing up for the unborn: Archdiocesan youths come out in large numbers
for annual March for Life in nation’s capital
- Voices for the voiceless:
Like David, youths march for life in God’s name, priest says
- Msgr. Richard Kavanagh was longest serving priest in archdiocese
- Governor presents Freedom Award to Father Kenneth Taylor for community advocacy
- Indiana Catholic Conference opposes state immigration proposal
- The Church’s
position
on immigration
reform
- Father John Hall finds fulfillment in being present to people
- Aging with grace:
St. Paul Hermitage has been a home for the elderly for 50 years
- Two men begin novitiate
at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
- Monks profess temporary vows
at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
2010 Catholic Schools Week Supplement
- Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis: A faith-filled investment in
the future of our children
- A special connection:
Faith guides students’ efforts to make a difference
- A house united:
New approach to student leadership creates deeper faith, tighter bonds
- Tough question, good answers:
Teacher asks, ‘If Jesus came to Earth, what would he find?’
- Guardian Angel Guild raises funds to help students with learning disabilities
- After 50 years in classroom, teacher still inspires students
- Zany experiment with snails adds fun and creativity to class
- A meaningful victory:
CYO group uses basketball to help youths with disabilities
- Prayers for God and Mary:
Holy Name School students promote the rosary
- Back home again:
Former student returns to lead two Catholic schools
- ISTEP scores for
archdiocesan students
well above state averages
- Committee charged to find new Catholic education leader
- The bond of belief:
High school sports strive to teach values and deepen faith
- 2009-10 facts about Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
- Catholic schools map
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: People of the world must become
responsible for their own actions
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Las escuelas católicas transmiten la rica herencia de nuestros antepasados
- Editorial: Let’s make 2010 a year of peace through growth in love and faith
- From the Editor Emeritus: ‘Charity in Truth’ - Migration and religious freedom
- Cornucopia: Are we really free at last?
- Emmaus Walk: Letting God work through you in the stillness of life
- Faith and Family: Families can help and be helped by Haitians
- Letters to the Editor
- People of the world must become responsible for their own actions
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Brendan Harvey ministered in Taiwan and co-authored several children’s books
- Providence Sister Mary Magdalen Schwartz served as a grade school teacher and college registrar
- My Journey to God: A Poem for Haiti
Catholic News Service:
- Amid rubble,
Haitians celebrate
Church leaders’ lives and legacies
- Cardinal urges thousands at shrine vigil to embrace life
- Health reform effort must continue, bishops’ pro-life chairman says
- Participants at annual March for Life urged to keep up their efforts
- Divided Christians must unite in bringing Gospel values to world, pope says
- Caritas official: Agencies must gear up to help Haitians in long term
- Column: Responding to the crisis in Haiti
- The Sunday Readings: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Confession puts our sins in God’s hands for reconciliation and healing
FaithAlive!
- Mark reports Jesus’ message that reign of God is at hand
- Discussion Point: Mark’s Gospel records many miracles
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
2010 Catholic Schools Week Supplement
Each year, the issue of The Criterion containing our Catholic Schools Week Suppplement is our biggest. Packed with stories, photos and statistics, it is a great testimony to the excellence of Catholic education in central and southern Indiana. View this years stories by clicking on the link below -- among other stories, learn about a new approach to student leadership; see how Holy Name School students promote the
rosary; read about how high school sports strive to teach values; and see how Faith guides students’ efforts to make a
difference. (Pages 1B-12B)
See the supplement
Msgr. Richard Kavanagh was longest serving priest in archdiocese
Hermitage in Beech Grove. He was 98. Msgr. Kavanagh, who died of natural causes, had lived at the Hermitage since 1998. His Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Jan. 27 at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Indianapolis. Burial followed at the Priests’ Circle at Calvary Cemetery in Indianapolis. At 73 years, he was the longest serving priest in the history of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. (Page 3)
Read the story
Web-only features
March for Life photo galleries and coverage
The air was chilly and rain clouds loomed overhead, but the weather didn’t keep pro-life youths and adults from all over the country from gathering in record numbers for the 37th annual March for Life on Jan. 22 in the nation’s capital. This year, an estimated 300,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the pro-life march, including three buses of pilgrims with the official archdiocesan pilgrimage as well as many more groups from schools and parishes in central and southern Indiana.
Photo Gallery (Youth) | Photo Gallery (Young Adults) | News coverage
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, Jan. 27
Angela Merici, virgin
2 Samuel 7:4-17
Psalm 89:4-5, 27-30
Mark 4:1-20
Thursday, Jan. 28
Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church
2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29
Psalm 132:1-5, 11-14
Mark 4:21-25
Friday, Jan. 29
2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
Psalm 51:3-7, 10-11
Mark 4:26-34
Saturday, Jan. 30
2 Samuel 12:1-7a, 10-17
Psalm 51:12-17
Mark 4:35-41
Monday, Feb. 1
2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13
Psalm 3:2-7
Mark 5:1-20
Tuesday, Feb. 2
The Presentation of the Lord
Malachi 3:1-4
Psalm 24:7-10
Hebrews 2:14-18
Luke 2:22-40
or Luke 2:22-32
Wednesday, Feb. 3
Blaise, bishop and martyr
Ansgar, bishop
2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17
Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7
Mark 6:1-6
Thursday, Feb. 4
1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12
(Response) 1 Chronicles 29:10-12
Mark 6:7-13
Friday, Feb. 5
Agatha, virgin and martyr
Sirach 47:2-11
Psalm 18:31, 47, 50-51
Mark 6:14-29
Saturday, Feb. 6
Paul Miki, martyr
and his companions, martyrs
1 Kings 3:4-13
Psalm 119:9-14
Mark 6:30-34
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