This week in The Criterion
February 12, 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:
- ‘God is right there with you’: Caring spirit guides extraordinary ministers of
holy Communion as they serve hospital patients
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance services
- Lenten disciplines include
fasting, almsgiving, prayer
- Catechism Corner: What the Catechism
says about Lent
- Cathedral High School donations help refugees
- Indianapolis parish hosting annual Lenten speaker series
- Catholic News Around Indiana
- Reader appreciates how priest ministers to the sick and elderly
- Church: Immigration, scholarship tax credit delay proposals ‘troublesome’
- ‘40 Days for Life’ prayer campaign
to begin in Indianapolis, Louisville
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Make more personal prayer a part of your Lenten practices
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Haga que su oraciones más personales formen parte de su ejercicio cuaresmal
- Editorial: Solidarity with Haiti requires
a long-term commitment
- From the Editor Emeritus: New series of reflections on the psalms
- Cornucopia: Love means so much more than a Valentine
- Twenty Something: Heeding Heidi -
The empty gains
of plastic surgery
- Letters to the Editor
- When it comes to
immigration, Indiana
Catholic Conference and
The Criterion try to have
it both ways
- Events Calendar
- Seminary to host one-woman play about St. Catherine of Siena
- St. Michael the Archangel Parish
sponsors fish fry, Lenten programs
- The Master’s Chorale
welcomes new members,
plans spring concert
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: The Search
Catholic News Service:
- Conversion
breaks bonds
of selfishness,
pope says in
Lenten message
- Shelter kits are short-term solution for homeless Haitians
- Cardinal offers lessons from ancient times for today’s Church
- Cardinal: Group’s support of gay marriage not authentic Church teaching
- Pope Benedict XVI puts charity at center of Church life, USCCB official says
- Abstinence programs get nod from study, but still set to lose funding
- Metuchen Diocese opens sainthood cause for Venezuelan mystic who died in U.S.
- Sisters doing ‘OK’ in aiding quake survivors
- Archbishop says
humanity must
build a future ‘free
of nuclear threat’
- Catholic leaders outline steps they say are key for Haitian adoptions
- U.S. woman brings adopted daughter home from Haiti day before earthquake
- Study: Catholics at Catholic colleges less likely to stray from Church
- Past disasters offer lessons for aid agencies in Haiti
- At Olympic venues, chaplains prepare to serve faiths—and see events
- Column: How men are harmed by abortion
- Column: Religion makes us happier and more resilient
- The Sunday Readings: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Scripture describes guardian angels as God’s messengers and helpers
FaithAlive!
- The Gospel of St. John is filled with unique riches
- Discussion Point: St. John’s Gospel highlights the Eucharist
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
‘God is right there with you’: Caring spirit guides extraordinary ministers of holy Communion as they serve hospital patients
The temptation is always there for Robert McNamara. It stays with him as he travels from floor to floor through the hospital, giving Communion to as many as 50 people in a day. In his volunteer role as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion for hospital patients, McNamara is often tempted to be in a hurry—and yet one moment reminds McNamara of how crucial it can be to resist that temptation. (Page 1)
Read the story
Indianapolis parish hosting annual Lenten speaker series
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St., in Indianapolis, will host its 10th annual Lenten speaker series titled “Spaghetti and Spirituality,” on Feb. 24, and March 3, 10 and 24. Bruce Konicek, who has coordinated the series for the last nine years, said that participation has grown dramatically over that time. Nine years ago, approximately 150 people attended each session. Now, each session is filled with approximately 275 people; total attendance garners people from nearly 50 parishes. (Page 9)
Read the story
Web-only features
Lenten resources
Each year, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis provides special Lenten resources – the daily readings, archbishop’s columns, Stations of the Cross and links of interest – on a site located on our server (www.archindy.org/lent). We encourage you to share this link with others, most particularly because it also includes the full listing of penance schedules from around the archdiocese.
Go to the site | See our listing of parish penance services
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, Feb. 10
Scholastica, virgin
1 Kings 10:1-10
Psalm 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
Mark 7:14-23
Thursday, Feb. 11
Our Lady of Lourdes
1 Kings 11:4-13
Psalm 106:3-4, 35-37, 40
Mark 7:24-30
Friday, Feb. 12
1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19
Psalm 81:10-11b, 12-15
Mark 7:31-37
Saturday, Feb. 13
1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34
Psalm 106:6-7b, 19-22
Mark 8:1-10
Monday, Feb. 15
James 1:1-11
Psalm 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76
Mark 8:11-13
Tuesday, Feb. 16
James 1:12-18
Psalm 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19
Mark 8:14-21
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Ash Wednesday
Joel 2:12-18
Psalm 51:3-6b, 12-14, 17
2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday, Feb. 18
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 9:22-25
Friday, Feb. 19
Isaiah 58:1-9a
Psalm 51:3-6b, 18-19
Matthew 9:14-15
Saturday, Feb. 20
Isaiah 58:9b-14
Psalm 86:1-6
Luke 5:27-32
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