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Available Right NowBasketball legend praises volunteers who serve seniorsBobby 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) Archdiocesan parishes to host Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrationsMasses and special events for the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe throughout central and southern Indiana were reported to The Criterion. (Page 8) Collection assisting retired religious offers a way to say thanksFather 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)
Web-only featuresAdvent Resources 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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