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This week in The Criterion

August 27, 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 super idea: Extra effort helps Mother Theodore Catholic Academies reach new goal for sports programs
Preparation for new Mass translation to begin in archdiocese
Back to school in the Indianapolis West Deanery (photo spread)
Two monks profess solemn vows at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Catholic News Around Indiana

Regular local features:

Seeking the Face of the Lord: Prayer is a gift of grace and a determined response on our part
Buscando la Cara del Señor: La oración es un don de la gracia y una respuesta decidida por nuestra parte
Editorial
- Immigrants and jobs
- Catholic generosity
From the Editor Emeritus: Jesus’ parables - The wise and foolish women
Cornucopia: When federal law meets Christian responsibility
Emmaus Walk: The balance beam dilemma and how God provides
Faith and Family: Be youthful in your life of faith
Letters to the Editor
- With God or without God?
- Immigration debate leaves out many important points, reader says
- It is our Christian duty to speak out as Catholics against gay marriage’s sinful lifestyle
- Page one stories provide examples of Catholic social teachings in action
Events Calendar
- Leader of Catholic Adult Fellowship to be interviewed on Catholic radio
- Dinner and dance event will honor late pastor
- St. John Academy alumnae reunion and Mass is Sept. 12
Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Jean Patrice Keenon was a teacher for 29 years
My Journey to God: Clocks

Catholic News Service:

Use of new Roman Missal to begin in U.S. at Advent 2011
Impact of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s work and prayer still felt throughout the world 13 years after her death
Cardinal urges House to support permanent ban on federal abortion funds
Relic stolen from Boston cathedral recovered in Vermont
New poll says religion losing influence on American life and government
Christmas pilgrimage includes visits to Our Lady of the Snows, St. Louis
‘God Squad’ logo may change, but priest’s mission remains the same
Judge stops federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research
Indian Catholics want action after lawmaker’s remarks on ‘Christianity’
The Sunday Readings: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Go Ask Your Father: Tithing is a sacrifice offered with love as proof of our faith and trust in 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!

Preparation for new Mass translation to begin in archdiocese
Over the course of the next 15 months, Father Patrick Beidelman, archdiocesan director of liturgy, will help ministry leaders across central and southern Indiana prepare themselves for the introduction of the next major revision in the English texts of the Mass, which will begin to be used on Nov. 27, 2011. (Page 3)
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Extra effort helps Mother Theodore Catholic Academies reach new goal for sports programs
For a boy who loves football and the Indianapolis Colts, 9-year-old Nick looked like he had just entered his personal version of heaven. He beamed as he walked across the green, spongy artificial turf inside the indoor football field that the Colts use for practice. In the after-school hours of Aug. 18, Nick and 44 other boys savored the memorable experience of playing and practicing for one day on the same field where Peyton Manning, Dwight Freeney and the other Colts get ready for games. (Page 1)
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Web-only features

Photos from the first day of school
Staff reported and photographer Mary Ann Wyand provides Criterion readers with our annual look at the first day of school with a sampling of images taken at St. Susanna School in Plainfield and Cardinal Ritter Junior/Senior High School in Indianapolis--both schools of the Indianapolis West Deanery. View them in gallery format or download a PDF version of how they appeared in our print edition.
Go to our photo gallery | Download the images as they appeared in print

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: