This week in The Criterion

April 9, 2010 issue

The latest edition of The Criterion has been printed and is on its way to subscribers! But with this e-newsletter, you'll get a preview of that issue -- and access to certain stories right now.

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

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Full Contents

Local stories:

• 'The need to be loved or accepted': Youth minister’s unique approach leads teenagers to a deeper understanding of faith
• Simple philosophy marks lives of Spirit of Service winners
  • Tables are available for Spirit of Service Awards dinner on April 28
• Bishop Paul Etienne returns to archdiocese for chrism Mass
  • Bishop Etienne experiences joy in episcopal ministry in Wyoming
• Catholic Police Association begins high school scholarship program
• Focus on the present moment in caregiving, speaker says

Regular local features:

• Seeking the Face of the Lord: The call to be a priest comes from Jesus Christ
• Buscando la Cara del Señor: El llamado a ser sacerdotes proviene de Jesucristo
• Editorial: We will all be held accountable for the protection and care of our children
• From the Editor Emeritus: Eight of the psalms are wisdom poems
• Cornucopia: The continuing promise and reality of Easter
• Twenty Something: Toss or save? A Catholic take on spring cleaning
• Be Our Guest: Despite current trials and tribulations, Christ’s vicar and his Church will rise again
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters printed this week
• Events Calendar
  • Sanctity of Life Dinner is April 22 in Indianapolis
• Obituaries
  • General listing
  • St. Joseph Sister Dorothy Scheidler served at schools, parishes and a hospital
• My Journey to God: God Comforts Me

Catholic News Service:

• Tight security casts pall over Holy Land Easter celebrations
• San Antonio archbishop named coadjutor of Los Angeles Archdiocese
• Without Christ, life would have no hope, pope says in Easter messag
• Nun who survived building collapse in Haiti quake finds respite in U.S.
• Vatican campaign to defend pope not orchestrated at the top
• Sudanese archbishop urges eligible voters to go to polls in upcoming election
• Column: What does Communion mean in our home and Church?
• The Sunday Readings: Second Sunday of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday
• Question Corner: God offers the grace of salvation to anyone who desires to accept it

FaithAlive!

• Pentecost speech was a blueprint for the Church’s mission
• Discussion Point: Parishes worship, help the poor , build community

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Items of Interest

Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!

Bishop Paul Etienne returns to archdiocese for chrism Mass
The annual archdiocesan chrism Mass was celebrated on March 30 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis and attended by approximately 1,000 people who packed the cathedral to worship with Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein and representatives from the 151 parishes across central and southern Indiana. But there was also a special guest: Bishop Paul D. Etienne of Cheyenne, Wyo. (Page 1)
Read our news story
 

Simple philosophy marks lives of Spirit of Service winners
George and Maryfrances Jennings, Maria Pimentel-Gannon, Tom Hirschauer Jr., Julie Molloy and the volunteers of the Cathedral Soup Kitchen will be honored by the archdiocese with the Spirit of Service Award. Here are the stories of this year’s winners, a group that will be recognized during the April 28 dinner which will benefit Catholic Charities Indianapolis. (Page 1)
Read our news story | Tables are available for event

 

Web-only features

Front Page Image Compilations
We've taken the past five years of Criterion issues from our print edition and made separate compilations of front page images. You can look at 2005-09 and see every front page from that year put into one picture -- kind of a birds-eye view of the year in Catholic news in Indiana.
Go to the feature

 

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:

• San Antonio archbishop named coadjutor of Los Angeles Archdiocese
• Bishop urges prayers for miners, families after deadly mine explosion
• Without Christ, life would have no hope, pope says in Easter message
• New tensions, new initiatives mark dialogue under Pope Benedict
• Student suicides highlight need for bullying programs
• Men must rectify violence against women, says papal preacher
• Half-century after JFK ran, religion-politics mix faces new challenges
• 'We are at war,' Ottawa archbishop tells euthanasia conference
• Pope's Way of the Cross: 2010 service focuses on essentials of faith
• While not a globetrotter, Pope Benedict is still keeping pace

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Daily Readings

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

• Sunday, April 11, 2010 | Reflection from Msgr. Owen Campion
• Divine Mercy Sunday
• Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16
• Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19
• John 20:19-31

Monday, April 12
Acts 4:23-31
Psalm 2:1-9
John 3:1-8

Tuesday, April 13
Martin I, pope and martyr
Acts 4:32-37
Psalm 93:1-2, 5
John 3:7b-15

Wednesday, April 14
Acts 5:17-26
Psalm 34:2-9
John 3:16-21

Thursday, April 15
Acts 5:27-33
Psalm 34:2, 9, 17-20
John 3:31-36

Friday, April 16
Acts 5:34-42
Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
John 6:1-15

Saturday, April 17
Acts 6:1-7
Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
John 6:16-21

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