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.

Front pageOur November 3, 2023 issue

Local stories:

  • A dark time in a woman’s life leads her to be embraced by God’s healing presence
    • God makes his presence known in special way at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House

2023 Vocations Awareness Supplement

  • Vocations Awareness Supplement highlights the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life
  • Column: Every vocation starts with Christ in the Eucharist
  • Seminarians’ love of the Eucharist draws them closer to the priesthood
  • Vow of stability helps Benedictine sisters be rooted in prayer and mutual support
  • Sister Evangeline follows her heart to embrace a lifelong dance with Jesus
  • New postulant finds a spiritual home with the Sisters of Providence
  • New deacon aspirants come from varied backgrounds
  • Oldenburg Franciscans discover vocations at a later age
  • Benedictine monks live a ‘eucharistic life’ that is ‘immersed in God’
  • New role brings full-circle moments in Father Brockmeier’s vocational story
  • 2023-2024 Seminarians
  • 2023-2024 Religious in Formation
  • Prayer Card for Vocations

Regular local features:

  • Christ the Cornerstone: Like the saints, live humbly and serve others without cost
    • Cristo, la piedra angular: Al igual que los santos, vivamos con humildad y sirvamos al prójimo desinteresadamente
  • Editorial: Peace on Earth
  • Hispanic Ministry: Social justice emanates from the heart of Jesus Christ
    • Ministerio Hispano: La justicia social brota del corazón de Jesús Cristo
  • Guest Column: While you can’t be perfect, always give your best effort in this life
  • Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson
  • Events Calendar
    • Retreat centers offer Advent-related retreats in November and December
    • St. Louis de Montfort to host free Thanksgiving Day dinner on Nov. 23
    • Intercultural Pastoral Institute hosting Spanish women’s conference on Dec. 9
    • El Instituto de Pastoral Intercultural celebrará una conferencia de mujeres de habla hispana el 9 de diciembre
  • Letters to the Editor
    • Reader advises us to overcome our fear in trusting in God and following his will
  • My Journey to God: Autumn Beauty

OSV News Service:

  • We are called to ‘dream’ of a Church that is a servant to all humanity, pope says
  • Synthesis shows agreement, divergences, including on ‘synodality’
  • After mass shooting, Maine parish becomes a hub of healing
  • Column: U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via St. Thomas Aquinas
  • As world prays for peace, Israeli-Hamas war intensifies by air, on ground
  • Pope asks Mary to ‘convert those who fuel and foment conflict’
  • The Sunday Readings: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
  • Question Corner: Prayers to saints aren’t part of ‘to-do list’ for those in heaven’s eternal life

Simply Catholic:

  • Stewardship is about ‘our entire relationship with God’

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