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This week in The Criterion

February 18, 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:

Hope and help for Haiti: Catholic Relief Services administrator outlines emergency assistance for Haitians
- Young adults make a difference in Haiti during mission trips
Bishop-designate Coyne to be ordained on March 2
Office of Worship to sponsor Missal workshops for music, liturgy leaders
Indiana Compact signers call for federal immigration reform
Musical artist tells students to sing and listen to God’s voice
Youth conference Facebook page is created for November gathering
What was in the news on Feb. 17, 1961? Archbishop Schulte honored by pope
Catholic News Around Indiana
Official Appointments

Regular local features:

Seeking the Face of the Lord: Good immigration policy respects a person’s God-given rights
Buscando la Cara del Señor: Una política de inmigración adecuada respeta los derechos de las personas otorgados por Dios
Editorial: Unity requires fidelity to the Apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer
From the Editor Emeritus: The wisdom of the saints - St. Peter Damian
Faithful Lines: Personal illness - A time for reflection about life
Catholic Education Outreach: Awareness, inclusion and special religious education
Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
Events Calendar
- Author Patrick Madrid to speak at Franciscan Foundation fundraiser
Obituaries
- General listing
- Holy Cross Brother Thaddeus Gottemoller taught chemistry and mathematics for 67 years
My Journey to God: God Entertains

Catholic News Service:

Many possible political, economic paths seen for post-Mubarak Egypt
Cardinal’s new book seeks to deepen love for the Mass
Don’t balance budgets on backs of poor, bishops tell state legislators
Cardinal urges social ministry workers to continue Church’s legacy
Anti-bullying focus at schools tries to keep up with growing problem
Ohio campus minister’s song to be performed at NCYC
Election of new Ukrainian archbishop has ecumenical implications
Column: Working through a hard death
Column: The surprising relationship between a pope and a maestro
The Sunday Readings: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Question Corner: Real Presence extends beyond consecration of Eucharist at Mass

FaithAlive!

‘Verbum Domini’ shows the importance of Scripture to the Church
Excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic exhortation on the Bible

Items of Interest

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

Indiana Compact signers call for federal immigration reform
Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein and Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette joined Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, and more than 20 individuals representing Indiana’s business community, faith leaders and social service organizations, to outline and sign the Indiana Compact—a five-point plan guiding principles for immigration reform during a Feb. 9 Statehouse ceremony. (Page 3)
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Bishop-designate Coyne to be ordained on March 2
Father Christopher J. Coyne, a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston, will be ordained auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on March 2 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein will ordain the new bishop. Bishop Paul D. Etienne of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Cleveland will be the co-ordaining bishops. The Mass will begin at 2 p.m. Doors to the historic St. John the Evangelist Church, 126 W. Georgia St., will open to the public at 12:30 p.m. (Page 1)
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Web-only features

Youth conference Facebook page is created for November gathering
“I am so pumped!” “I am so pumped!” Those entries posted on a special Facebook page created for the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis may indeed sum up how thousands of teenagers feel about the Nov. 17-19 gathering at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. “Called to Glory” is the theme of this year’s NCYC event. An estimated 20,000 teenagers are expected to attend the biannual event, which attracts young people from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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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: