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July 14, 2017 issue

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Local stories:

  • ‘An experience of blessings’: Humanity, humility and even humor mark lives of six men in their first year as priests
    • Priests’ first-year experiences provide guide to a life of faith
  • Archbishop Etienne finds pioneer spirit, deep faith in Alaska
  • All are invited to participate in prayer initiative for Archbishop Thompson
  • Solemn Evening Prayer at cathedral, July 30 Mass in New Albany are open to the public
  • Camp ‘commissions’ high schoolers as missionary disciples
  • Act now to get tax benefit and help children attend a Catholic school
  • Wedding Announcements
    • Catholic therapist uses ‘template of the Mass’ in book designed to help engaged and married couples
    • Pre Cana Conference, Tobit Weekend and One in Christ program help to prepare engaged couples for marriage
    • Couples may announce engagement of marriage in The Criterion
    • Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass set for Aug. 27 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
  • Serra Club Vocations Essay: Priest offers example of what Christ’s disciple should be
  • Bishop Bruté Days brings together teens considering priesthood
  • Catholic Charities offers counseling to those ‘in most critical need’

Regular local features:

  • The Face of Mercy: Works of mercy and sharing in the suffering of others
    • Obras de misericordia y participar en el sufrimiento del prójimo
  • Editorial: Pope Francis, President Trump, and humanity’s mission of mercy
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Living in God’s presence guided Native American saint
  • Cornucopia: The poor are always with us, but are we with them?
  • Twenty Something: An old man’s plea to young adults
  • Letters to the Editor
    • No letters were printed this week
  • Events Calendar
    • Office of Pro-Life and Family Life seeks nominations for Respect Life awards
    • NFP Awareness Week honored by Mass and reception on July 26
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
  • My Journey to God: Non-Sensing Man

Catholic News Service:

  • Pope approves new path to sainthood: heroic act of loving service
  • Pope Francis to beatify Colombian martyrs during September visit
  • Bishop Braxton: Micah’s words on justice, love must be ‘written in our hearts’
  • Joaquin Navarro-Valls, former Vatican spokesman, dies of cancer
  • Column: The company of good people
  • Column: Dealing with summer boredom and the workplace grind
  • The Sunday Readings: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  • Question Corner: Common artistic images of Mary shaped by a European experience of the faith

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Humanity, humility and even humor mark lives of six men in their first year as priests

PriestsThe emergency phone call came late at night, during his first weekend of his first year as a parish priest in the archdiocese. For the briefest of moments, an already exhausted and overwhelmed Father Matthew Tucci debated whether to pick up the ringing phone. “I was tired,” recalls Father Tucci, associate pastor of St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis. “But then I realized it was probably an emergency call. ‘Here we go,’ I thought.” Father Tucci is one of six men who were ordained to the priesthood in the archdiocese on June 25, 2016. As they marked the completion of their first year as priests, they were asked by The Criterion to share their defining moments and impressions from that pivotal year. (Page 1)
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Archbishop Etienne finds pioneer spirit, deep faith in Alaska

Archbishop Etienne with archdiocesan priestsDuring the national conference of U.S. bishops in Indianapolis in mid-June, The Criterion did one-on-one interviews with Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Anchorage, Alaska, and Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of Burlington, Vt., prelates who all have strong ties to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The conversations with them are being featured, continuing this week with Archbishop Etienne. (Page 1)
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Solemn Evening Prayer at cathedral, July 30 Mass in New Albany are open to the public

Archbishop-designate Charles C. ThompsonThree events marking the beginning of Archbishop-designate Charles C. Thompson’s ministry to the Church in central and southern Indiana will be held the last week of July. Two of the events--a solemn Evening Prayer and a Mass in New Albany--are open to the public. Due to the large number of people that need to be accommodated, seating for the Installation Mass on July 28 will be by invitation only, although it will be streamed live on the archdiocesan website. (Page 2)
Learn more | Prayers for the new archbishop

 

Web-only features

Video: Camp ‘commissions’ high schoolers as missionary disciples

Youth at camp Thirty-five high school students journeyed to the campus of Marian University in Indianapolis from across the state as well as Ohio and Kentucky. They were the inaugural class of the new, weeklong Missionary Disciples Institute on June 12-17 hosted by the staff of the university. The goal of the camp, which was funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, is to equip young people with the theological knowledge and practical skills necessary to become ministers in their own communities. Watch a news video produced by Katie Rutter, or read her news story about the camp.
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Photo gallery: Bishop Bruté Days brings together teens considering priesthood

Youth at eventBishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis was brimming with life from June 21-23 as 40 teenage boys from across central and southern Indiana and beyond participated in the 12th annual Bishop Bruté Days. Sponsored by the archdiocesan vocations office, Bishop Bruté Days gives high school-aged boys open to the idea of the priesthood an experience of what daily life is like in the archdiocesan college seminary, including Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours (also known as the Divine Office), eucharistic adoration, opportunities for the sacrament of penance, recreation time, shared meals and presentations on the faith.
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