This week in The Criterion
March 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:
- An Indiana treasure: Painting by
Hoosier artist
is restored for
Indianapolis
parish
- April 11 benefit concert to celebrate life of Terri Schiavo
- Despite bickering, Church’s legislative efforts at Statehouse a success
- Christian and Muslim leaders make ‘commitment to action’ after dialogue
- Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance services
- Lenten activities available online
- Catholic News Around Indiana
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Jesus calls us to journey with him in faith
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Jesús nos llama a recorrer el camino de la fe junto a él
- Editorial:
- Stand up for life at
April 11 concert to
benefit Terri’s Foundation
- Take time to build community at your parish fish fry during Lent
- From the Editor Emeritus: Many of the psalms are classified as laments
- Faithful Lines: Air travel - The modern Lenten penance?
- The Green View: Food and faith connect us as community
- Twenty Something: Eventual
motherhood -
Waiting on
God’s perfect timing
- Be Our Guest: Actions are the way to share our faith
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters published this week
- Events Calendar
- Sanctity of Life Dinner is April 22 in Indianapolis
- Marcus Grodi to speak at Catholic Radio Dinner
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Kathryn McNulty ministered as a teacher for 46 years
- My Journey to God: In Gratitude
Catholic News Service:
- Anglicans who
are entering
Catholic Church
should blend well,
cardinal says
- 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes seek to join Catholic Church
- Call to conversion isn’t about making
people feel bad, Holy Father says
- Caution urged after recent study on patients with brain damage
- Christian and Muslim leaders make ‘commitment to action’ after dialogue
- Chaput: Kennedy’s 1960 speech damaged believers’ role in public life
- Church responding decisively to new sex abuse reports, official says
- Haitian students at private school lend a hand in quake recovery efforts
- Pope Benedict to visit Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona in November
- Column: Pornography and fidelity
- The Sunday Readings: Fourth Sunday of Lent
- Question Corner: Priests can help Catholics who want to return to the practice of their faith
FaithAlive!
- Mirror images are reflected in Gospel story of Prodigal Son
- Discussion Point: Love can lead people to reconciliation
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
April 11 benefit concert to celebrate life of Terri Schiavo
After Terri Schiavo’s death, her parents founded Terri’s Foundation in St. Petersburg, Fla., to help families with the legal and medical assistance they need to keep loved ones with brain damage alive in health care settings. Bobby Schindler, Terri's brother, visited Indianapolis in February to promote the first Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Concert at 7 p.m. on April 11 at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis. (Page 3)
Read our news story
Despite bickering, Church’s legislative efforts at Statehouse a success
As the Indiana General Assembly winds down and nears its March 14 adjournment deadline, Church officials see this year’s legislative efforts as a success in spite of declining state revenue and partisan bickering. “With the ‘short session’ being a political wind-up to an April campaign season for state lawmakers, we entered the session with a hopeful attitude that lawmakers would do no harm to school choice or immigration policy,” said Glenn Tebbe, Indiana Catholic Conference executive director. (Page 7)
Read our news story
Web-only features
Purchase photo reprints from the St. Anne Church dedication
During the Mass of Dedication and Consecration of the New Altar in their new church on Feb. 28, St. Anne parishioners were visibly emotional as Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein celebrated the Eucharist with them then installed the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle of their New Castle church.
Go to the photo gallery
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, March 10
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
Matthew 5:17-19
Thursday, March 11
Jeremiah 7:23-28
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9
Luke 11:14-23
Friday, March 12
Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm 81:6c-11b, 14, 17
Mark 12:28-34
Saturday, March 13
Hosea 6:1-6
Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21b
Luke 18:9-14
Monday, March 15
Isaiah 65:17-21
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b
John 4:43-54
Tuesday, March 16
Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12
Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
John 5:1-16
Wednesday, March 17
Patrick, bishop
Isaiah 49:8-15
Psalm 145:8-9, 13c-14, 17-18
John 5:17-30
Thursday, March 18
Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor of the Church
Exodus 32:7-14
Psalm 106:19-23
John 5:31-47
Friday, March 19
Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29
Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
or Luke 2:41-51a
Saturday, March 20
Jeremiah 11:18-20
Psalm 7:2-3, 9b-12
John 7:40-53
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