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 the archbishop's column, the editorial page and our events calendar.

Our August 7, 2020 issue

Local stories:

• ‘You hope to become more holy’: A desire to change the lives of people in poverty helps leader transform his own life
• Dispensation for Sunday Mass extended until Nov. 1
• Challenges and hopes await for students, teachers as another school year begins
• Criterion staff honored for excellence in journalism
• Serra Club Vocations Essay: Youth works with friend to help others grow in holiness, discipleship
• Official Appointments

Regular local features:

• Christ the Cornerstone: No matter how fierce the storm, stay close to Jesus
  • Cristo, la piedra angular: No importa cuán fuerte sea la tormenta, mantente cerca de Jesús
• Editorial: Now is a time Christians must courageously share with others
• It's All Good: Life’s challenges remind us ‘time’ is a gift from God
• Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson
• Events Calendar
  • Office of Catechesis to host fifth annual Gathering of Disciples online on Sept. 12
  • The Villages to offer free, online foster parent information sessions
  • Archdiocesan Anti-trafficking Ministry to kick off online on Aug. 18
• Letters to the Editor
  • No letters were printed this week
• Obituaries
  • Franciscan Father Humbert Moster served in Batesville Deanery parishes
• My Journey to God: Before All

Catholic News Service:

• German author says retired Pope Benedict is ‘extremely frail’
• Beatification of Father McGivney to take place Oct. 31 in Connecticut
• Bishops call Catholics to work for nuclear disarmament
• Column: Catholics in America and bigotry
• Column: Catholic education for life in a time of pandemic
• Column: Anniversaries mark a fresh start to abolish nuclear weapons
• Column: Masks as technology
• The Sunday Readings: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
• Question Corner: Church teaching on original sin related to ‘an inherited inclination to evil’

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