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This week in The Criterion

February 11, 2011 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:

The prayer of a champion: Police officer who gave his life for others lived the prayer he wrote
- Officer David Moore: A martyr for freedom
New St. Gabriel the Archangel Church is dedicated
Lawmakers work to curb abortion, improve informed consent law
What was in the news on Feb. 10, 1961? Indiana Supreme Court sides with archdiocese

Regular local features:

Seeking the Face of the Lord: Religious ‘cast out into the deep’ with trust in Christ’s grace
Buscando la Cara del Señor: Los religiosos ‘reman mar adentro’ con confianza en la gracia de Cristo
Editorial: Are you reading the Bible?
From the Editor Emeritus: The appearances of Our Lady of Lourdes
Cornucopia: Marriage is LOVE, not just a piece of paper
Twenty Something: A short life bookended by tragedy
Be Our Guest: We are never alone on the incredible journey we call life
Letters to the Editor
- Recognition of sanctity of human life is lacking in much of our society
Events Calendar
- Youth art contest focuses on St. Theodora Guérin
- Cathedral Grade School alumni are planning Class of 1954 reunion
Obituaries
- General listing
My Journey to God: His Example

Catholic News Service:

Planned Parenthood program in public school leads to Catholic protest
Abortion clinic videos show need for changes, pro-life official says
Holy Father urges health care workers to treat patients as whole persons
Fate of Christians, Muslims tied in Middle East, scholar says
Rome Diocese launches site dedicated to John Paul II’s beatification
Congregation for Catholic Education plans document on Internet and seminaries
Minister says Catholic social teaching ‘great resource’ for all faiths
Illinois bishops say new law legalizing civil unions could harm religious freedom
Pope’s prayers: Could Internet increase spread of intentions?
Pope cannot be organ donor, Vatican official says
The new civility: Congress may be fickle, but others take up challenge
Column: A willingness to do without things in life
The Sunday Readings: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Go Ask Your Father: No one is bound to use extraordinary means to keep terminally ill person alive

FaithAlive!

Eastern Catholic Churches are rooted in ancient traditions
Eastern Catholic Churches have diverse liturgical rites and rich traditions

Items of Interest

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

Police officer who gave his life for others lived the prayer he wrote
All coaches have teams and players that they’ll never forget—no matter how many years pass. And when tragedy strikes a former player, a coach often feels the heartbreak deeply. Roncalli High School head football coach Bruce Scifres had that feeling when he first heard the news that Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer David Moore had been shot four times while making a traffic stop on Jan. 23. (Page 1)
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Lawmakers work to curb abortion, improve informed consent law
Pro-life lawmakers will work this year to curb abortions in Indiana by improving the information that women receive before they consider having an abortion. “The Indiana Catholic Conference is supportive of legislation to provide more complete information about abortion to help mothers choose life for their unborn baby,” said Glenn Tebbe, the Indiana Catholic Conference executive director. (Page 7)
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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 2005-10 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.
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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: