Criterion E-Newsletter (May 5, 2017)

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May 5, 2017 issue

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Local stories:

‘It’s all about inspiring’: Olympics star shares ‘gold medal’ moments that lead her to serve God and people in need
- Helping others at the heart of Spirit of Service winners’ lives of faith
Meet our future deacons
- Oliver Jackson
- John Jacobi
Two authors call on Christians to be witnesses within a Western culture that is becoming more secular
- Archdiocesan Catholics embrace principles advocated by author
Online survey for pastoral needs assessment available through May 19
Good Friday pilgrimage helps linked parishes ‘grow and thrive’

Regular local features:

The Face of Mercy: Christ’s resurrection, ‘good news par excellence’
- La resurrección de Cristo es la ‘buena nueva por excelencia’
Editorial: Italy trip helps collegians learn there is more to life than football
From the Editor Emeritus: The Open House for Jewish and Arab Children in Israel
It's All Good: We are called to be instruments of God’s encouragement
Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
Events Calendar
- Greenwood parish to host marriage enrichment event on May 20, register by May 14
- Sister to Sister Celebration to be held at St. Rita Parish on May 18-20
- Parishes offer May 13 activities to celebrate 100th anniversary of first Fatima apparition
- Mount Saint Francis to host 5K run and 1-mile ‘Family fun walk’ on May 20
Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Anne Krause served in education and in her order’s administration
- Conventual Franciscan Father Joel Burget grew up in Terre Haute parish, ministered as its pastor, and also served as missionary
My Journey to God: Heart and Soul of Nursing

Catholic News Service:

Pope Francis: U.S., North Korea need diplomatic solution to escalating tensions
Love others to the extreme, pope tells Egypt’s Catholics
Justice Department holds on to Affordable Care Act’s mandate
Catholics bring pope’s call to protect creation to climate march
Keep fit by moving forward, reaching out, Pope Francis tells Catholics
Pope, Coptic patriarch honor martyrs, urge unity for peace
45 people saved from tornado’s fury in hallway of Texas church
Prayer is important part of helping the poor, Pope Francis tells U.S.-based group
Historians assess the promise and paradox of JFK at his centenary
Cardinal Dolan slams DNC pledge to support only pro-abortion candidates
Be Our Guest: Tired of religious discrimination?
Column: Discerning the call to a religious life
Column: Science and its discoveries aren’t always glamorous
Column: Mystagogy calls all Christians to encounter risen Lord
The Sunday Readings: Fourth Sunday of Easter
Question Corner: The Church teaches that a lay person can baptize in the face of the danger of death

FaithAlive!

Our Lady of Fatima appealed for prayer, penance in revelation
Assassination attempt against St. John Paul II foreseen in Fatima secret

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Olympics star shares ‘gold medal’ moments that lead her to serve God and people in need

As Tamika Catchings shared defining moments from the journey of her life, she never mentioned the four Olympic gold medals she earned as a member of the U.S. women’s basketball team—or how she led the Indiana Fever to a championship in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Instead, the keynote speaker at the archdiocese’s Spirit of Service Awards Dinner in Indianapolis on April 26 recalled a poignant moment from her childhood that propelled her to these accomplishments—and to her launching the Catch the Stars Foundation which helps disadvantaged youths achieve their dreams. (Page 1)
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Two authors call on Christians to be witnesses within a Western culture that is becoming more secular

The authors of two books that have garnered much attention in the past few months both view the firestorm of opposition to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) two years ago as evidence of a sea change in American culture that has been developing for several decades. Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, in Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post‑Christian World (Henry Holt, 2017), described opposition to the proposed law, especially among business leaders, as “a social media lynch mob.” Rod Dreher, senior editor of The American Conservative magazine, noted in his recently released book The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation (Sentinel, 2017) that the RFRA debate was “a watershed event” that showed that the prevailing culture viewed Christians adhering to traditional biblical beliefs, especially regarding sexuality and marriage, as purveyors of “intolerable bigotry.” (Page 5)
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Web-only features

Online survey for pastoral needs assessment available in English, Spanish and Burmese on May 1

Beginning on May 1, Catholics across central and southern Indiana can complete an online survey to help provide whoever is appointed the new shepherd of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis a clear picture of the local Church. The survey, which will be available in Burmese, English and Spanish, is part of the archdiocesan pastoral needs assessment that Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin commissioned shortly before his ministry in the archdiocese ended and he was installed as the archbishop of Newark, N.J.
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