This week in The Criterion
February 26, 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:
- Forming character, sportsmanship and faith: Building sports
programs at smaller schools
creates another
foundation for life
- Providence Cristo Rey athletes learn about motivation and leadership
- Speakers encourage teenagers to embrace pro-life service
- Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats are scheduled in March and July
- Parishioner appreciates priestly example and leadership of pastor
- Retreat can help make Lent more meaningful experience, priest says
- Six retreat centers are located in archdiocese
- Influence of John Paul II helped nurture priest’s vocation
- Scholarship tax credit gets tangled in education funding debate
- Love will help culture of life triumph over evil of abortion, priest says
- Grief specialist will discuss healing on March 24
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance services
- Lenten activities, including
Ash Wednesday homily, are online
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: More than just giving consolation, Christ offers eternal life
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Más que simplemente brindar consuelo, Cristo nos ofrece vida eterna
- Editorial: Liberal or conservative?
- From the Editor Emeritus: The penitential psalms are suitable for Lent
- Cornucopia: One of the vocations that lasts forever
- The Joyful Catholic: Lent is a time to live our faith joyfully
- Emmaus Walk: Try it today … will you let God bless you?
- Faith and Family: Broaden your spiritual horizons during Lent
- Reflection: A lesson behind the lessons in the Tiger Woods scandal
- Letters to the Editor
- Prayerfully seek God’s guidance
in all of life’s challenges
- Events Calendar
- Jeffersonville parishes to host ValLimar Jansen
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul starts speakers’ bureau
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Ann Marie Donohoo was the mother
of a priest and an active volunteer
- My Journey to God: Receiving God
Catholic News Service:
- Middle East
religious leaders
say dialogue
is only hope
for peace
- New Jersey couple celebrates birth of premature
twin girls that doctors had advised they abort
- Lent is a time for spiritual training,
pope says before beginning retreat
- Bishop urges Catholics to return to sacrament of penance during Lent
- Christopher-honored entertainment for sale on Web
- New bishop says prayers, vitality of local Church will help him lead
- Catholic churches, schools continue outpouring of relief for Haiti
- The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: Communicants receive the host first before the blood of Christ
FaithAlive!
- Jesus’ transfiguration dramatically reveals God’s beauty
- Discussion Point: Love God and others in prayer and charity
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Building sports
programs at smaller schools
creates another
foundation for life
When it relates to sports, the approach of well-established Catholic high schools in the archdiocese has usually been marked by competition, character, sportsmanship and faith. In the past five years, two new Catholic high schools in the archdiocese—Seton Catholic High School in Richmond and Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis—have experienced the challenges and joys of starting sports programs for their students.. (Pages 1, )
Story: Seton Catholic High School | Story: Providence Cristo Rey High School
Speakers encourage teenagers to embrace pro-life service
Pro-life speaker Christine Harrington carefully placed five chairs in a row across the front of the room. Then she smiled at 25 teenagers participating in “Keep the Fire Burning,” a pro-life youth rally on Jan. 30 at St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus. The chairs represent her family, Harrington told the young people. She walked over to the last chair and sat down before sharing her emotional testimonial. (Page 3)
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 www.archindy.org/lent. In addition to a list of parish penance services, the latest resource available is an Ash Wednesday homily delivered by Father Patrick Beidelman, director of liturgy for the archdiocese.
Go to our Lenten website
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. 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
Monday, March 1
Daniel 9:4b-10
Psalm 79:8-9, 11, 13
Luke 6:36-38
Tuesday, March 2
Isaiah 1:10, 16-20
Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23
Matthew 23:1-12
Wednesday, March 3
Katherine Drexel, virgin
Jeremiah 18:18-20
Psalm 31:5-6, 14-16
Matthew 20:17-28
Thursday, March 4
Casimir
Jeremiah 17:5-10
Psalm 1:1-4, 6
Luke 16:19-31
Friday, March 5
Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a
Psalm 105:16-21
Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
Saturday, March 6
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
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