This week in The Criterion
April 2, 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:
- Health care bill on minds of many people at pro-life banquet
- ‘12 Hours of Grace’: New Albany parish offers unique reconciliation program
- Christ is truly risen!:
He really died, he was not a hallucination and the
Apostles didn’t make up the story
- Conventual Franciscan Friars gather at Mount St. Francis
- Retreat for caregivers is set for April 22 in Beech Grove
- Divine Mercy services are scheduled in archdiocese
- Seminary to host
Hispanic ministry
workshop
- Catholic News Around Indiana
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Easter peace is ours to receive from Christ
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: La paz pascual la recibimos de Cristo
- Editorial: Jesus finishes his mission
- From the Editor Emeritus: Did two psalms foretell Christ’s Passion?
- Faithful Lines: While taking care of loved ones, take care of yourself
- It's All Good: Remember, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish
- Faith, Hope and Charity: Like Jesus,
let’s be people
of love and
compassion
- Letters to the Editor
- Letter writer is wrong to speak about
how others are observing Lenten season
- God is very much a part of parish’s
Lenten observance, reader says
- When it comes to health care reform, can
we rejoice for the lives that will be saved?
- Better medical system does not have to
come at the expense of our principles
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Ann Kathleen
Brawley served in administration
- My Journey to God: The Prodigal Father
Catholic News Service:
- Christ’s passion is model for Christian pilgrimage, pope says
- Pope John Paul was model of untiring love, pope says
- Recalling a time of grace around Pope John Paul II’s death in 2005
- Archbishop Dolan urges Catholics to put Mass at center of their Sunday
- Pope brings African-American foundress one step closer to sainthood
- Church announces September
beatification for Italian teen
- Commission calls
for greater unity
effort in China
- Vatican, Church officials intensify defense of pope on sex abuse decisions
- The Sunday Readings: Easter, Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord
- Question Corner: Gospels record God’s plan for our
salvation and his loving care for us
FaithAlive!
- ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ embodies the joy of Easter
- Symbols in the Easter sacraments show forth the power of God
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
‘12 Hours of Grace’:
New Albany parish offers unique reconciliation program
A Lenten reconciliation program that lasted all day on March 18 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in New Albany gave Catholics in southern Indiana and as far away as Louisville plenty of time to open their hearts to God and cleanse their souls by confessing their sins before Easter. (Page 9)
Read our news story
Health care bill on minds of many people at pro-life banquet
The Great Lakes Gabriel Project’s “Partners for Life” fundraising banquet on March 23 at the Northside Knights of Columbus Hall in Indianapolis was a joyous event in which saved lives were celebrated and dedicated volunteers were honored. That joy overflowed from the more than 300 attendees who came from across the archdiocese and the state. (Page 7)
Read our news story
Web-only features
Photo Gallery: Bishop Paul Etienne returns to the archdiocese for the annual chrism Mass
Bishop Paul Etienne of Cheyenne, until late last year a priest of the archdiocese, returned during Holy Week to celebrate the annual chrism Mass with Archbishop Daniel Buechlein. Look for coverage of the event in the April 9 edition of The Criterion, but until then, enjoy a sampling of photographs taken by our staff reporter at the Mass..
See the photo gallery
Holy Week liturgies set at Cathedral, Saint Meinrad and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Holy Week liturgies for SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis, Saint Meinrad Archabbey in
St. Meinrad and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are open to the public. For information about liturgies at parishes or other religious communities, contact them individually..
See the schedules
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
Thursday, April 1
Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday evening
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc,
17-18
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-15
Friday, April 2
Good Friday
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
John 18:1-19:42
Saturday, April 3
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday night
The Easter Vigil
Genesis 1:1-2:2
or Genesis 1:1, 26-31a
Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35
or Psalm 33:4-7, 12-13, 20, 22
Genesis 22:1-18
or Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Psalm 16:5, 8-11
Exodus 14:15-15:1
(Response) Exodus 15:1-6,
17-18
Isaiah 54:5-14
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-12, 13
Isaiah 55:1-11
(Response) Isaiah 12:2-3, 4-6
Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4
Psalm 19:8-11
Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28
Psalms 42:3, 5; 43:3-4
or, when baptism is celebrated,
Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
or Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
Romans 6:3-11
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Luke 24:1-12
Monday, April 5
Acts 2:14, 22-33
Psalm 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11
Matthew 28:8-15
Tuesday, April 6
Acts 2:36-41
Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22
John 20:11-18
Wednesday, April 7
Acts 3:1-10
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9
Luke 24:13-35
Thursday, April 8
Acts 3:11-26
Psalm 8:2ab, 5-9
Luke 24:35-48
Friday, April 9
Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a
John 21:1-14
Saturday, April 10
Acts 4:13-21
Psalm 118:1, 14-15b, 16-21
Mark 16:9-15
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