Criterion E-Newsletter (March 4, 2016)

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March 4, 2016 issue

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Local stories:

Faith—tested and deepened: First-year teachers in Notre Dame program leave their mark on students
Businessman’s commitment to employees and faith strikes chord at poverty summit
- Leaders share ideas, discuss efforts to help Hoosiers out of cycle of poverty
Grant will help parish leaders grow leadership, financial skills
- Lilly grant will fund array of programs through 2018
Lawmakers reject expansion of payday lending; decide to study issue
Marriage Day Celebration for all married couples is set for April 24 at cathedral
Notre Dame Glee Club to perform at St. Alphonsus Church in Zionsville on March 13
What was in the news on March 4, 1966? Understanding Vatican II’s call for religious liberty, the cost of the council, and a condemnation of war
Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
- Lenten activities available online

Regular local features:

Rejoice in the Lord: Making mercy visible through corporal works of mercy
- Alégrense en el Señor: Las obras piadosas como manifestaciones claras y tangibles de la misericordia
Editorial: When Catholics disagree with Church teaching
From the Editor Emeritus: Renaissance Church - It spreads to newly-discovered lands
It's All Good: Let’s be ‘Good News’ people and let Christ’s light shine through
Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
Events Calendar
- Adolescent substance abuse discussion set for March 16 at St. Joan of Arc Parish
- Bread for the World ‘Letter Workshop’ set for March 12 in Indianapolis
- Women’s Only Weekend retreat scheduled for April 8-10 at Camp Rancho Framasa
- St. Boniface Parish offering pilgrimage to Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Obituaries
- General listing
- Benedictine Abbot Alan Berndt led former Blue Cloud Abbey in South Dakota for 16 years
- Providence Sister Marilyn Rose Ginder served in mental health care for 25 years
My Journey to God: The Pew

Catholic News Service:

Fresh start: Pope calls for integration of divorced into Church life
Celebration provides inspiration for businesses to help people
For ‘Mercy Friday’ initiative, Pope Francis visits young addicts at rehab center
Knights of Columbus, In Defense of Christians mount genocide petition
Priest’s mission starts with getting people to the dinner table
Column: Justice Scalia -- A man of the people
Column: Respecting the dead
Column: Practicing the Holy Year of Mercy begins at home
Column: A martyr and hero for the faith
The Sunday Readings: Fourth Sunday of Lent

FaithAlive!

Burying the dead a sign of God’s continuing presence
Giving proper burial to the dead is valued throughout the Bible

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Faith—tested and deepened: First-year teachers in Notre Dame program leave their mark on students

Mary Wickert, Francis Butler and Katie Moran are 2015 college graduates who are part of the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), a graduate degree, teacher-formation program designed “to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to serve our nation’s children, especially those from low-income and immigrant communities.” While ACE started in 1993 with the mission “to sustain, strengthen and transform Catholic schools,” this year is the first time the program has sent new teachers to the archdiocese—at the invitation of Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin. The program also serves 29 other archdioceses and dioceses this year. (Page 1)
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Businessman’s commitment to employees and faith strikes chord at poverty summit

Sitting at one far edge of the panel of distinguished speakers, Jim Huntington waited patiently to share his humble story of how his small business is trying to do its part to help people stay out of poverty. For most of the morning of Feb. 24 at Marian University in Indianapolis, Huntington respectfully listened to the other speakers who shared their insights during a meeting of about 60 central Indiana business leaders—leaders who had been invited by Catholic Charities Indianapolis to discuss concrete ways to support the Catholic bishops of Indiana in their efforts to help people out of poverty. (Page 1)
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‘24 Hours for the Lord’ will highlight sacrament of penance

When Pope Francis announced last April that the Church would observe a Holy Year of Mercy this year, he specifically called on dioceses throughout the world to observe “24 Hours for the Lord” on March 4-5. He launched this initiative in 2015 in the Diocese of Rome as a time dedicated to prayer, and especially to make the sacrament of penance more widely available to the faithful. Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin has asked parishes across central and southern Indiana to observe “24 Hours for the Lord,” but has allowed each faith community to determine how to do this in its own particular context.
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