Criterion E-Newsletter (April 1, 2016)

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April 1, 2016 issue

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Local stories:

Priests renew promises, archbishop blesses oils at chrism Mass
Servants’ heart is hallmark of this year’s Spirit of Service award recipients
- Speedway’s Boles will be featured speaker at Spirit of Service Awards Dinner
Archbishop Tobin praises new state restrictions on abortion signed into law
Archbishop Tobin to lead pilgrimage to old California missions
Grant helps first-grader brighten senior citizens’, shut-ins’ Easter
What was in the news on April 1, 1966? Centuries of state domination over religious seen ended, and Jesuit magazine calls for discussion on priestly celibacy
Official Appointment

Regular local features:

Rejoice in the Lord: Easter joy flows from experience of God’s mercy
- Alégrense en el Señor: La misericordia de Dios es el origen de la alegría pascual
Editorial: Those papal press conferences
From the Editor Emeritus: Renaissance Church - Reforms of the Council of Trent
It's All Good: How will we RSVP to God’s calls to accept and to extend mercy?
Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
Events Calendar
- Intercultural Ministry Awards Banquet set for April 23 in Indianapolis
- Mass for Vocations set for April 17 at Our Lady of the Greenwood Church
- April 23 retreat focuses on ‘Grieving Gracefully … Into a Future Full of Hope’
- St. Patrick Parish in Terre Haute offering Catholics Returning Home program on April 14-May 19
Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Amata Dugan ministered for decades in education, senior housing in Indiana
My Journey to God: Spring Signs

Catholic News Service:

Poland, U.S. working to ensure safety of World Youth Day pilgrims
Reconcile with God, resurrect hope in others, pope urges at Easter
Pope Francis to refugees: Despite differences, all people are God’s children
Mideast patriarchs plead for peace, urge hope in the resurrection
Mother Angelica, founder of Eternal Word Television Network, dies after long illness
High school teacher is among scientists who ‘heard’ sound in space, confirming Einstein’s Theory
Church’s role would help in shortcomings of U.S.-Cuba relations
Easter attacks in Pakistan not first time Christians targeted
Vatican: Pope Benedict is frail, but his mind remains ‘perfectly lucid’
Column: The spiritual legacy of Mother Angelica
Column: When it come to vocations, God is full of surprises for us
Column: Learning to listen to our family, friends during the Year of Mercy
The Sunday Readings: Divine Mercy Sunday
Question Corner: Ordained ministers are ordinary ministers of holy Communion in the Church

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Instructing the ignorant is a work of mercy that extends beyond schools
Passing on knowledge, forming character are key parts of the Christian faith

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Servants’ heart is hallmark of this year’s Spirit of Service award recipients

When she arrived in the United States as a refugee, Htoo Thu looked forward to the freedom and opportunity that her new country offered her and her family. Yet the teenager never anticipated how one chance meeting in her new city of Indianapolis would change her—and lead to her selection as this year’s recipient of the Spirit of Service Youth Award. Tim Hahn, Domoni Rouse and Phyllis Usher will also receive Spirit of Service Awards from Catholic Charities Indianapolis during its annual dinner event in Indianapolis on April 27. (Page 1)
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Priests renew promises, archbishop blesses oils at chrism Mass

In the coming year, countless sacramental celebrations in parishes and health care facilities across central and southern Indiana will be traced back to a series of blessings imparted on March 22, Tuesday of Holy Week, by Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. These blessings took place during the annual archdiocesan chrism Mass, when the archbishop blesses oils that are used in several sacraments and in the consecration of altars and churches. (Page 1)
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Archbishop Tobin praises new state restrictions on abortion signed into law

Indiana became the second state in the nation to ban abortions sought because of a diagnosis of a disability in an unborn baby when Gov. Mike Pence signed into law House Enrolled Act 1337 on March 24. The law also bans abortion motivated by the gender or race of the unborn child. In a statement, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin praised the new law. (Page 3)
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