This week in The Criterion
October 7, 2011 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
Full Contents
Local stories:
- ‘Being
pro-life is
special’: Respect Life
Sunday Mass,
Life Chain
draw youths
from across
archdiocese
- Pro-life award recipients stay informed, pray and volunteer
- Education awards honor people who make a difference
- State education leader to be keynote speaker at awards dinner
- Benedictine Father Severin Messick was pastor in Greenfield
- New assistant director hopes to increase awareness of special needs
- Holy Angels Parish hopes to build new church as old one closes
- ‘Small but mighty’ North Vernon parish celebrates 150 years
Regular local features:
- Editorial: The luminous mysteries of the rosary
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
- Faithful Lines: Remembering surprises that make life enjoyable
- It's All Good: We are called to show that God is right here among us
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters published this week
- Events Calendar
- Dinner and concert to benefit mother with breast cancer
- ‘Catholicism’ documentary to be shown on PBS stations
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Oldenburg Franciscan Sister Catherine Rudolph taught at grade schools and universities
- Loretto Sister Patricia Toner was a music teacher in southern Indiana at several schools
- My Journey to God: Mary of Nazareth
Catholic News Service:
- More comments
filed objecting
to HHS mandate
and religious
exemption
- How can new technologies be used morally?
- Has our technology today gone over to the dark side?
- A memo to all generations: It’s time to learn technology ethics
- Illinois judge denies Catholic Charities’ request to continue adoption contracts
- Column: Holding onto ideals in a broken world is a challenge
- Column: Washington
has not heard
the message
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Go Ask Your Father: Doxology of the Lord’s Prayer has ancient roots dating to early Church
FaithAlive!
- ‘I believe’: Professing faith in Christ can be dangerous
- The Nicene and Apostles’ creeds are filled with history as professions of 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!
Respect Life
Sunday Mass,
Life Chain
draw youths
from across
archdiocese
Oct. 2 was a beautiful, sunny, early autumn day in Indianapolis. It was also the day that hundreds of Catholics from across central and southern Indiana came together to celebrate God’s beautiful gift of life during the archdiocese’s annual Respect Life Sunday Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. After the Mass, many people went onto the sidewalks of North Meridian Street to participate in the 24th annual Central Indiana Life Chain. (Page 1)
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Holy Angels Parish hopes to build new church as old one closes
Built atop a hill, Holy Angels Church in Indianapolis has served as a beacon of hope and faith for more than 100 years to its surrounding community, according to its pastor, Father Kenneth Taylor. At the same time, Father Taylor says that he and the members of Holy Angels Parish agree with the recent decision to close the 108-year-old church because of health concerns and structural problems associated with the building. (Page 10)
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Web-only features
Photo Gallery of Respect Life Sunday and the Life Chain
See a gallery of 50 photos from the Respect Life Sunday Mass, held on October 2 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. After the Mass, which was attended by more than 600 people, many took part in the annual life chain: lining up along Meridian Street, protesters held signs against abortion and witnessed for life as cars drove by.
See our photo gallery
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:
