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This week in The Criterion

June 18, 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

Full Contents

Local stories:

A legacy of vocations: Vocations essay contest is re-named after longtime Serra Club member
Dreams come true as high school marks first graduation
Father Lawrence Voelker enjoyed serving God and helping the poor
Criterion staff honored for excellence in journalism
Bill Paradise writes book about how to nurture a relationship with God
Serra Club vocations essay: John Kelley inspired faith and nurtured many vocations
Seymour Deanery Catholics honor priests and deacons
Catholic News Around Indiana

Regular local features:

Seeking the Face of the Lord: Young adults are eager to learn more about the faith
Buscando la Cara del Señor: Los jóvenes adultos están ávidos por aprender más sobre la fe
Editorial: New license plate will help us give life
From the Editor Emeritus: Jesus’ parables - More parables about seeds
Faithful Lines: Children are blessings and hope for the future
The Joyful Catholic: In forgiving others, we discover pure joy
Catholic Education Outreach: Fostering vocations in youth ministry
Letters to the Editor
- Story shows how softball teams work together for greater good of society
Events Calendar
- Guérin Woods Senior Center welcomes visitors for family activities on June 19
- Pilgrimage to Wisconsin is July 20-22
Obituaries
- General listing
- Franciscan Sister Rosita Purler was a teacher and principal
My Journey to God: God of the Dawning Day

Catholic News Service:

Pope apologizes for abuse, says priests called to bring God to world
Pope is focus of 2010 clergy sex abuse scandal stories, Pew study finds
Boston College law dean is new president of Catholic University of America
Webinar explores ways the Church can respond to mentally ill young people
Rustenburg bishop keeps humor after vuvuzelas keep him up all night
Column: Overselling the synthetic cell
The Sunday Readings: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Question Corner: Scriptural mention of the pronoun ‘they’ refers to all of God’s creatures

FaithAlive!

‘Music can become prayer,’ says Pope Benedict XVI
Sacred art can illuminate the relationship of God and humanity

Items of Interest

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

Vocations essay contest is re-named after longtime Serra Club member
The winners of the Serra Club of Indianapolis’ annual vocations essay contest ordinarily write about the way in which priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters give of themselves in service to God and the Church. For decades, there have been six winners of the contest, one each from grades 7-12. This year, however, there was a seventh winner: John Kelley, a lay man who dedicated much of his adult life to promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. (Page 1)
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Dreams come true as high school marks first graduation
Providence Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp wept tears of joy seeing the “six pioneers” receive their high school diplomas—the first class to graduate at Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, a private , secondary school that she and so many others worked so hard to create from the shared belief that children from low-income families deserve the opportunity to dream, too. (Page 1)
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Web-only features

Browse our Online Archives by Topic
Beginning with our issues dated January 2008 and later, we have begun to organize listings of our news stories by eight popular or common topics. By going to our online archives, you can now look at collections of stories that are related to: Catholic Education, Family Life, Catholic Charities, Liturgy/Spiritual Life, Youth Ministry, Vocations, Pro-Life and Legislation/Indiana Catholic Conference.
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National and world news you may have missed...

Capital building 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: