This week in The Criterion
April 16, 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:
- ‘Called to serve others’: Attorney general’s
Catholic faith
guides life as a
public servant
- Archdiocese gets OK to create two charter schools
- Archdiocese sues on behalf of families and children over school bus fee
- Archbishop Buechlein’s surgery is scheduled for April 22
- Pilgrimage to nation’s capital to include visits to holy sites
- ‘Pasta with the Pastor’:
New Albany Deanery young adults enjoy sharing faith and food
- Catholic News Around Indiana
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Revival of the sacrament of penance is needed in our day
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: El reavivamiento del sacramento de la penitencia es necesario en nuestros días
- Editorial: The killing of baby girls
- From the Editor Emeritus: Acrostic psalms and praise for God’s laws
- Faithful Lines: Be aware of danger of children bullying children
- The Joyful Catholic: Shocked parishioners witness Palm Sunday miracle
- Catholic Education Outreach: Scholarship
tax credits are now
available in Indiana
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Marian University to host math and science institute for high school students
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Robert Alerding was dedicated Church, community volunteer
- My Journey to God: In the Garden
Catholic News Service:
- Vatican rebuts
allegations of
stalling on
California
sex abuse case
- Friendly shores: Rousing welcome expected to greet Holy Father in Malta
- Bishop: State pays ‘too high a price’ to keep nation’s electricity on
- Vatican offers online summary of clerical sex abuse procedures
- Weigel says battle over nature and dignity of life part of U.S. culture war
- Polish primate seeks answers, pope sends condolences after fatal crash
- Column: Are we moving toward ‘passive euthanasia’ for the voiceless in society?
- The Sunday Readings: Third Sunday of Easter
- Question Corner: Divorced Catholics may receive the Eucharist and other sacaments
FaithAlive!
- Church teaching on evangelization is broad and rich
- Discussion Point: People evangelize by living out their faith
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Archdiocese gets OK to create two charter schools
The archdiocese recently received approval to create two charter schools in Indianapolis—a move that will make it the first Catholic diocese in the United States that has committed to overseeing a school involved in this educational approach. The approval on April 5 by the City-County Council of Indianapolis and Marion County also ensures that the archdiocese will continue its wide-ranging commitment to educating children in economically challenged, urban areas of Indianapolis. (Page 1)
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Archbishop Buechlein’s surgery is scheduled for April 22
The archbishop writes: "I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and cards since I announced last month that I would need to have surgery to remove a tumor from my stomach...My surgery is scheduled for April 22. My doctors tell me to expect to be in the hospital for a minimum of three days. As I mentioned last month, the tumor is not related to the Hodgkin’s lymphoma that I had in 2008". (Page 3)
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Archdiocese sues on behalf of families and children over school bus fee
A second lawsuit was recently filed by the archdiocese on behalf of Catholic school parents and children who have been effectively denied public school transportation, according to archdiocesan officials. The lawsuit, filed in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis on April 1, involves decisions by the Lawrence Township School Board to change the way it provides school transportation for students of two archdiocesan schools—St. Lawrence School and St. Simon the Apostle School.. (Page 2)
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Web-only features
"Catholic News Around Indiana" online archive
The Catholic newspapers of the five dioceses of Indiana -- Evansville, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Gary, Indianapolis and Lafayette -- have agreed to share news stories with each other on a regular basis. Sometimes these new stories appear in the print edition of The Criterion, while many more appear on our website. Get all the stories in our "Catholic New Around Indiana" online archive.
Go to our Indiana Catholic news page
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, 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
Monday, April 19
Acts 6:8-15
Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30
John 6:22-29
Tuesday, April 20
Acts 7:51-8:1a
Psalm 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab
John 6:30-35
Wednesday, April 21
Anselm, bishop and doctor
Acts 8:1b-8
Psalm 66:1-3a, 4-7a
John 6:35-40
Thursday, April 22
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 66:8-9, 16-17, 20
John 6:44-51
Friday, April 23
George, martyr
Adalbert, bishop and martyr
Acts 9:1-20
Psalm 117:1bc, 2
John 6:52-59
Saturday, April 24
Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr
Acts 9:31-42
Psalm 116:12-17
John 6:60-69
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