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August 10, 2012 issue
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Local stories:
- The spirit of sports: ‘The 50 best things about CYO sports’ celebrates a great tradition in the archdiocese
- Sister Mildred Wannemuehler helped build St. Agnes Church in Nashville
- What was in the news on August 10, 1962? Anglicans and Catholics meet to discuss the possibility of unity
- 16 Oldenburg Franciscan sisters celebrate jubilees
- Serra Club vocations essay: Priests, deacons and religious help us through life’s ‘peaks and valleys’
- Historic Shelby County parish celebrates 175 years
- Two novices welcomed into Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Believing is seeing through the eyes of others
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - The Book of the prophet Micah
- Cornucopia: Given the gift of the literary Spirit every two years
- Twenty Something: Mom’s first pedicure - The theology of thrift
- Reflection: Chick-fil-A controversy shows the challenge of living the faith consistently
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Office of Family Ministries will offer “Divorce and Beyond” program on Aug. 14
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Norene Golly taught at schools in three states
- My Journey to God: Cathedral
Catholic News Service:
- Aug. 1 comes and goes with little effect on most Americans’ health plans
- Cardinal urges Congress to act on HHS mandate before year’s end
- Religious leaders express solidarity, offer prayers for Sikh community after Wisconsin shooting
- Tens of thousands gather to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Federal appellate court blocks Arizona’s ban on late-term abortions
- LCWR conference in St. Louis to review Vatican’s doctrinal assessment
- Catholic conference directors share strategies at annual meeting
- U.S. State Department report shows dangers to religious freedom on the rise
- Art and the meaning of life: Priests help visitors to Vatican Museums
- Knights’ efforts to protect religious freedom praised in papal message
- Column: Joining the fight for accurate images of women and girls
- The Sunday Readings: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: All intercessory prayer is praiseworthy whether it is general or specific by name
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‘The 50 best things about CYO sports’ celebrates a great tradition in the archdiocese
As another school year starts, so does another year of CYO sports—a tradition in the archdiocese that many Catholics consider a major part of their educational experience. In celebration of that tradition of the Catholic Youth Organization, The Criterion offers this list of “The 50 Best Things about CYO Sports.” Feel free to add your own favorite things! (Page 1)
Read our list
Historic Shelby County parish celebrates 175 years
To the average motorist driving on Interstate 74 in rural Shelby County, St. Vincent de Paul Church might look like any ordinary country church sitting adjacent to a highway. What’s not obvious to the naked eye, however, is the long and sometimes troubled history of the Batesville Deanery faith community located a few miles southeast of Shelbyville. Founded in 1837, St. Vincent soon became the hub for the tireless ministry of Father Vincent Bacquelin, its founding pastor. (Page 16)
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Web-only features
Parish festival listing -- all summer long
Our parish festival listings were included in our annual Vacation/Travel Supplement in May, but we keep them up all summer, posting periodic corrections and additions. Got a spare weekend? Check our listings at any time via the link below to see where the fun will be each week.
Go to our parish festival listing
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.
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- Religious leaders express solidarity with Sikh community after shooting
- Church steps in to challenge Indian acceptance of female feticide
- Torrential rains flood Philippine capital; 270,000 flee to safety
- Tens of thousands of Catholics gather to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Health workers key in limiting spread of malaria, AIDS in Zambia
- LCWR conference in St. Louis to review Vatican's doctrinal assessment
- Aug. 1 comes and goes with little effect on most Americans' health plans
- Papal book completed; cardinal says new encyclical also possible
- Federal appellate court blocks Arizona's ban on late-term abortions
- Survey: Majority of Catholics share bishops' religious liberty concerns
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