This week in The Criterion
February 19, 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:
- ‘Love the children first, then teach them’: Saint Theodora winners bring out the best of students in classroom of life and faith
- Saint Theodora winners offer advice for new teachers
- Priest, principal honored at luncheon
- A valuable resource list for parents of children in Catholic schools
- St. Anne Parish to dedicate new church on Feb. 28
- Five years later, Criterion Web site continues to grow
- ‘Christ Our Hope’ helps secure future of parish, archdiocesan ministries
- Benedictine monks to be honored for distinguished service in multicultural ministry
- Parish with history of vocations learns about the priesthood
- Senate OKs bill recognizing fetus as person in drunken driving cases
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance services
- Lenten activities available online
- Volunteer medical team treats injured people in Haiti
- Earthquake survivor vows to continue raising funds for Haitian people
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Seminarians, youths and young adults are a blessing for our archdiocese
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Seminaristas, jóvenes y jóvenes adultos son una bendición para nuestra arquidiócesis
- Editorial: We seek the face of God when we help poor children
- From the Editor Emeritus: Psalms are ‘the masterwork of prayer’
- Faithful Lines: What we can learn through God’s creatures
- The Joyful Catholic: Lent is a time to live our faith joyfully
- Catholic Educational Outreach: Challenges can help evangelize
- Letters to the Editor
- People in Haiti
desperately need
our prayers
- Newspaper must
step up its efforts
in pro-life matters
- Story about
Guardian Angel
Guild anniversary
is appreciated
- Events Calendar
- Lenten young adult series to be
hosted by Indianapolis parish
- Center to host film series on ecology during Lent
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Ann Marie Donohoo was the mother
of a priest and an active volunteer
- My Journey to God: You Filled My Emptiness
Catholic News Service:
- Pope says
human dignity
must be
guiding light
for science
- Cell phone seen as a way to help young men hear call to the priesthood
- Pope, at homeless shelter, says Church will not abandon poor
- Desire for sacraments
is not sufficient
reason for annulment,
Holy Father says
- Irish-Vatican summit on sex abuse ends with call for courage, honesty
- Column: Pro-life movement is changing
- The Sunday Readings: First Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: Lenten regulations specify fasting and abstaining from meat on Friday
FaithAlive!
- Jesus’ temptation shows he is faithful, God’s son
- Discussion Point: Turn to God when faced with temptation
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
St. Anne Parish to dedicate new church on Feb. 28
From the heartbreak of ashes comes the joy of new life. St. Anne parishioners in Henry County will experience an emotional Lenten journey this year because of the Feb. 28 dedication of their new church at 1904 Broad St. in New Castle. For three years, they have had to worship in the basement of the Parish Life Center as a result of the tragic arson fire that destroyed their 84-year-old brick church during the early morning hours on Holy Saturday, April 7, in 2007. (Page 1)
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Volunteer medical team treats injured people in Haiti
A month after the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, 10 members of a volunteer medical team organized by the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Haiti Committee in Indianapolis were busy caring for injured Haitians at St. Damien’s Children’s Hospital outside the ruins of the capital city. (Page 11)
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Five years later, Criterion Web site continues to grow
It was five years ago—on Jan. 13, 2005—that The Criterion Online Edition was launched, replacing a much simpler newspaper Web site that had been in place for years. Since then, the Web site has exploded. It now contains more than 5,100 local news stories, boasts an archive going back to 1998, and has featured thousands of Catholic News Service stories. As 2010 begins, we are planning new features. (Page 2)
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Web-only features
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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. 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
Monday, Feb. 22
The Chair of Peter, Apostle
1 Peter 5:1-4
Psalm 23:1-3a, 4-6
Matthew 16:13-19
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Polycarp, bishop and martyr
Isaiah 55:10-11
Psalm 34:4-7, 16-19
Matthew 6:7-15
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Jonas 3:1-10
Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19
Luke 11:29-32
Thursday, Feb. 25
Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25
Psalm 138:1-3, 7c-8
Matthew 7:7-12
Friday, Feb. 26
Ezekiel 18:21-28
Psalm 130:1-8
Matthew 5:20-26
Saturday, Feb. 27
Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8
Matthew 5:43-48
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