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December 1, 2017 issue

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Local stories:

  • A gift of the heart and hands: Handy seventh-grader leaves his mark on the lives of students and teachers
  • Collection assisting retired religious offers a way to say thanks
  • Archdiocesan parishes to host Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations
  • Basketball legend praises volunteers who serve seniors
  • New book says people should be Catholics because the Church is true, good and beautiful
  • Osgood parish celebrates 150 years as a family of faith
  • From the Archives: Flag Raising at St. Mary in North Vernon
  • Advent penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes
  • Readers are invited to share favorite Christmas memories

Regular local features:

  • Christ the Cornerstone: Waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ
    • Cristo, la piedra angular: Esperamos la revelación de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo
  • Editorial: Mass is not a show, but a beautiful, transformative encounter with Jesus
  • From the Editor Emeritus: Ralph McInerny: Philosopher, mystery author and more
  • It's All Good: Parenthood calls us to love our children—no matter what
  • Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson
  • Letters to the Editor
    • Recent column about change, including God’s role, catches reader’s attention
  • Events Calendar
    • Vox Sacra (Sacred Voice) to hold Advent and Christmas concert on Dec. 16
    • Bake Sale benefitting sisters to be held at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Dec. 9
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
    • Providence Sister Anita Bechert served in Catholic schools, administration
    • Franciscan Sister Patricia Connor served in education, as librarian at Marian University
  • My Journey to God: Ode to Trees

Catholic News Service:

  • Pope, bishops pray for victims of Egyptian mosque attack
  • Respect rights of all groups, pope tells Myanmar’s leaders
  • Pope Francis urges bishops to exercise authority as judges in annulments
  • Teens, adults forsake comfort to experience way of life for homeless
  • Contraceptive mandate battle still on: States fight religious exemptions
  • Zimbabwe’s bishops urge new government to embrace country’s diversity
  • Indian Catholics sorry that papal invitation never came through
  • Column: Mass murder and our culture of death
  • Column: Advent season offers us a time to put our house in order, start anew
  • Column: Procrastination can be defeated a step at a time
  • The Sunday Readings: First Sunday of Advent
  • Question Corner: Masses of Christian Burial are ordinarily celebrated in a parish church

FaithAlive!

  • God can come into our lives in unexpected ways in Advent
  • God gives the world gifts of light and hope during the season of Advent

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Basketball legend praises volunteers who serve seniors

Bobby Plump, former basketball star, speakingBobby Plump is a legend across the Hoosier State. As a senior at Milan High School in Milan in 1954, Plump hit a last-second shot to win the championship in that year’s Indiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball tournament. On Oct. 19, Plump came to the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis to serve as the keynote speaker at Catholic Charities Indianapolis’ (CCI) Hoosiers for Seniors dinner event to share memories of playing for Milan’s championship team, and to praise the teamwork of Catholic Charities staff members and volunteers who serve adults in its eldercare programs. (Page 9)
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Archdiocesan parishes to host Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations

Masses and special events for the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe throughout central and southern Indiana were reported to The Criterion. (Page 8)
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Collection assisting retired religious offers a way to say thanks

Father Gerald Kirkhoff has always been impressed by the many ways that priests, brothers and sisters of religious orders have helped shape the faith and lives of so many people through the years. He’s also appreciated the way that Catholics throughout the Church in central and southern Indiana have always been generous to the priests, brothers and sisters of religious orders who are now retired after years of serving people for little pay. Those two forces of generosity will connect again during the weekend Masses of Dec. 9-10 as Catholics in the archdiocese will have the opportunity to “give to those who have given a lifetime” as part of a special collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious. (Page 3)
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Advent Resources

Advent Candles During the season of Advent, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will have a special Web page at www.archindy.org/advent. The page contains various Advent resources, including links to the daily readings, Christmas reflections from two of our former archbishops, penance service schedules, images of past Criterion Christmas Supplement covers and links of interest to other Advent Web sites.
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