This week in The Criterion
October 28, 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:
- Students support local 40 Days for Life campaign
- Archdiocesan employee health plan saves lives and dollars
- New regulations won’t affect archdiocesan insurance in the short term, Isakson says
- Christ Our Hope appeal gives hope to those in need
- New Catholic radio station is now on the air
- Youths seek souvenirs as NCYC approaches
- What was in the news on Oct. 27, 1961? Communion rules eased for the sick, a smut arrest and the Holy Father urging a family rosary
- St. Thomas Aquinas pastor hopes his sabbatical will help school children learn what it means to be truly Catholic
- Memorial Mass for
deceased priests, bishops
is set for Nov. 22 at
Calvary Cemetery chapel
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Halloween and All Saints’ Day
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - The Books of Maccabees
- Faithful Lines: A lesson learned through the Internet—or possibly not?
- Cornucopia: Saints alive! Or those we know and have known
- Emmaus Walk: I thought I was giving something up—instead, I gained a whole lot
- Faith and Family: Let the love
of Christ shine
brightly in you
- Letters to the Editor
- What have you done to stand up for life and put an end to the culture of death?
- Events Calendar
- St. Augustine Home fundraisers benefit Little Sisters’ ministry to elderly poor
- Multimedia art exhibit
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer taught theology at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
- Franciscan Sister Cecilia Holohan served in Papua New Guinea as a teacher, pastoral minister
- My Journey to God: Presence
Catholic News Service:
- To the threshold of the Apostles: ‘Ad limina’ change means not all bishops meet privately with pope at the Vatican
- Rome celebrates
Blessed John
Paul II feast day;
sainthood
cause proceeds
- Respect rights, religious freedom in Mideast, Maronite patriarch urges
- Pope proclaims new saints, calls them models of Christian charity
- Study finds divide exists in how Catholics read Church news
- Pope names Archbishop Vigano to succeed Archbishop Sambi as nuncio to the U.S.
- Illinois bill seeks to allow Catholic Charities to continue foster care and adoptions
- Column: Changes in the Mass translation
- The Sunday Readings: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Priest should not break the host during the consecration at Mass
FaithAlive!
- Reflecting on the word of God can guide us through life
- The Bible was written ‘for all ages and all eyes to read’ for guidance
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Students support local 40 Days for Life campaign
Midway through the fall 40 Days for Life campaign in central and southern Indiana, pro-life supporters in the archdiocese are thanking God for saving the lives of nine unborn babies so far. Their mothers are experiencing crisis pregnancies, and decided not to have an abortion after talking with sidewalk counselors and receiving help from Project Gabriel volunteers.
Central Indiana prayer vigil coordinators organized a pro-life youth rally and balloon release on Oct. 15 at the state’s largest abortion center at 8590 N. Georgetown Road in Indianapolis. (Page 1)
Read our news story
Archdiocesan employee health plan saves lives and dollars
In 2007, Sunday collections in archdiocesan parishes were increasing at a rate of about 2 percent per year. At the same time, the cost of medical insurance for employees of the Church in central and southern Indiana was increasing at a rate of 10 percent per year. To bridge that gap, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis made major changes in the health care coverage that it offered its employees. Out was health care insurance based on a traditional model that focused mainly on paying for the treatment of illnesses. In was a consumer-directed policy that featured health savings accounts and wellness programs. (Page 2)
Read our news story
Web-only features
"Catholic News Around Indiana" online archive
The Catholic newspapers of the five dioceses of Indiana -- Evansville, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Gary, Indianapolis and Lafayette -- have agreed to share news stories with each other on a regular basis. Sometimes these new stories appear in the print edition of The Criterion, while many more appear on our website. Get all the stories in our "Catholic News Around Indiana" online archive.
Go to our Indiana Catholic news page
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:
