In the upcoming print issue of The Criterion

The latest edition of The Criterion has been printed and is on its way to subscribers. Below is a list of stories that will be appearing in the issue, along with regular features like Archbishop Buechlein's column, the editorial page and our events calendar.

Front pageOur July 22, 2011 issue

Local stories:

  • Plan to energize Terre Haute Deanery includes closing four parishes and creating new faith ties
  • What was in the news on July 21, 1961? A new papal encyclical, Mater et Magistra, is released and the threat of communism in Poland increases
  • Principal’s new book stresses importance of faith and family
    • What’s important in life? Excerpts on marriage, children and death
  • Serra Club vocations essay: Annual vocation field trips at St. Luke help youths be open to God’s call
  • Two Sisters of Providence profess vows during June 26 Mass
  • Two Benedictine monks celebrate 50 years of priestly ministry

Regular local features:

  • Seeking the Face of the Lord: Becoming ministers of hope for others in need of hope
  • Buscando la Cara del Señor: Debemos convertirnos en ministros de esperanza para quienes lo necesiten
  • Editorial: Suicide is not dignified death
  • From the Editor Emeritus: The wisdom of the saints - St. Lawrence of Brindisi
  • Cornucopia: Embracing something different as an expression of love
  • Emmaus Walk: Revelations of a summer vacation, and this adventure we call life
  • Letters to the Editor
    • Father Pacholczyk’s views on brain death worthy of respect, reader says
  • Events Calendar
    • St. Joan of Arc Parish celebrating 90th anniversary after Masses this weekend
    • Theology on Tap plans three upcoming events
  • Obituaries
    • General listing
    • Providence Sister Rosemary Kluesner served as an educator for 37 years
    • Providence Sister Florence Marie Maxwell ministered in education
    • Providence Sister David Ellen Van Dyke dedicated life to education
  • My Journey to God: Receiving God

Catholic News Service:

  • Easing the suffering: Priority on pain relief nothing new for Catholic palliative care teams
  • Cardinal Rigali retires; pope names Archbishop Chaput to succeed him
  • Lebanon’s new Melkite leader brings experience working with Muslims
  • Ongoing debate over debt limit brings calls for preserving safety net
  • New law says California schools must highlight gays’ contributions
  • Pope urges international aid for drought-stricken eastern Africa
  • Report finds fewer priests celebrating more Masses at fewer parishes
  • Vatican: Latest illicitly ordained Chinese bishop is excommunicated
  • Vatican newspaper says Harry Potter film champions values
  • Irish priests reject suggestion that they break seal of confession
  • Catholics make presence felt at Lifest Christian music festival
  • Bishops praise injunction continuing Catholic foster care in Illinois
  • Iraqi nun says her faith blossomed amid death, devastation of war
  • Blogging for clarity: Fides launches new blog site for Chinese Catholics
  • Column: ‘Gay genes,’ sexual attractions and the call to chastity
  • Column: Lessons learned among the world’s increasingly mobile inhabitants
  • The Sunday Readings: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  • Question Corner: The ‘beatific vision’ means ‘seeing God face to face’ in heaven

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