Criterion E-Newsletter (April 7, 2017)

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April 7, 2017 issue

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Local stories:

A day in the life: ICC director offers inside look at helping shape public policy for common good
Prison ministry effort in archdiocese provides hope, help and possible redemption to young man in jail
Meet our future deacons
- Robert Beyke
- Gary Blackwell
Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
Easter liturgies are set at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Parental rights bill for minors seeking abortion advances
Divine Mercy Sunday services will be held on April 23
Sisters earn St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities’ Spirit of Hope Award
Students give up recess during Lent to help others

Regular local features:

The Face of Mercy: Justice and divine mercy meet in the cross of Christ
- La justicia y la misericordia se reflejan en la cruz de Cristo
Editorial: Protecting children and young people
From the Editor Emeritus: A large procession down the Mount of Olives on Palm Sunday
It's All Good: Faith reminds us to be grateful that God loves the ‘real’ you
Letters to the Editor
- Reflecting on the Church’s teaching about a male celibate priesthood
- Compassion is a reliable moral guide when informed by good judgment
- Uncomfortable encounter leads to Lenten story of mercy and forgiveness
Events Calendar
- National Association of Lay Ministry to be held in Indianapolis on June 1-3
- Disabilities Awareness Mass set for April 23 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
- Six-week bereavement support group in Indianapolis starts April 18 and 20
- St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville to host Tony Melendez in concert on April 22
- Spring Boutique on April 22 to benefit St. Vincent de Paul food pantry
Obituaries
- General listing
My Journey to God: Stations of the Cross, Haiku

Catholic News Service:

No secret: Last three popes share close bond to Fatima
Bishop concerned U.S. won’t meet carbon emission goals after Trump order
Pope to seminarians: Using Church for personal ambition is a ‘plague’
Pope Francis approves provisions to recognize marriages of SSPX faithful
Senate bill passes to allow states to redirect funds away from abortion clinics
Pro-life advocates who made undercover videos charged with 15 felonies
Gift boxes provided by donors bring joy to children in Haiti
Cardinal Tagle urges ‘common security’ in world’s approach to migration
Pope Francis suggests Lenten exercise of asking God why he weeps
Column: Be respectful, transfigure our society with awe and reverence
Column: What are you waiting for? Trust in the Lord
The Sunday Readings: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Question Corner: Byzantine and Roman Catholics together are part of the universal Church

FaithAlive!

Jesus fulfilled messianic prophecies in triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Hebrew words cried at Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem prayed during every Mass

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A day in the life: ICC director offers inside look at helping shape public policy for common good

For three to four months at the beginning of each year, the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis buzzes with activity. In the thick of all the flurry for the last 50 years has been a person who sees to it that the official public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Indiana is expressed. That person is the executive director of the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC), and for the last 13 years that person has been Glenn Tebbe. The Criterion followed Tebbe for a glimpse into “a day in the life” of an ICC executive director while the legislature is in session. (Page 1)
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Prison ministry effort in archdiocese provides hope, help and possible redemption to young man in jail

The young man’s story stunned John Cord. Cord heard the story as he visited the 24-year-old man in an Indiana state prison. “He was born to a drug addict and a prostitute, and he never knew his father,” says Cord, a member of St. Ambrose Parish in Seymour. “All his mother ever taught him was to sell drugs. By the time he was 11, his mother committed suicide, leaving him to care for his two younger sisters. And he got a girl pregnant when he was 13.” Cord sighs and adds, “His whole life he either sold drugs or was in prison. He said he never heard the word ‘Jesus’ unless it was taken in vain. And he never had anyone tell him, ‘I love you.’ ” It’s a story that seems devoid of hope until Cord shares the change he has seen during the time he has visited the young man. (Page 1)
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Students give up recess during Lent to help others

If you were a grade-school student, what would be the one part of the school day that you would hate to give up? Now consider the sacrifice that the sixth-grade students at St. Gabriel School in Connersville have made this Lent—a sacrifice that stunned Father Dustin Boehm, the students’ pastor and a frequent visitor to the parish school. (Page 16)
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Easter liturgies are set at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and Saint Meinrad Archabbey

Easter liturgies at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis, and the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln in St. Meinrad are open to the public.
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