This week in The Criterion
July 15, 2011 issue
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The contents of this newsletter are:
- A listing of the full contents of the print edition
- Items of Interest
- Web-only Features
- National and World News you may have missed
Full Contents
Local stories:
- A timeless bond of devotion: Rosary makers’ deep commitment spreads faith throughout the world
- Sister Denise Wilkinson re-elected as Sisters of Providence general superior
- Pilgrimage to California includes missions, historic sites
- Catholic-Reformed common agreement on baptism clears final hurdle
- Wedding Announcements
- Couples may announce engagement or marriage
- Pre Cana
Conference and
Tobit Weekend
prepare engaged
couples for
marriage
- Serra Club vocations essay: Life in a Panama orphanage helps youth appreciate religious sisters
- What was in the news on July 14, 1961? Statistics share a picture of the archdiocese 50 years ago, and pope urges Catholics to ‘influence’ movies
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: When technology gets in the way of ‘humane communication
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Cuando la tecnología interfiere con la “comunicación humana”
- Editorial: Catholics and divorce
- From the Editor Emeritus: The wisdom of the saints - St. Bonaventure
- Faithful Lines: Living with a curiosity about other faith traditions
- Catholic Evangelization Outreach: It takes a little understanding
- Letters to the Editor
- We must allow the Eucharist to transform our minds and hearts
- Youth Catechism a great resource of faith for our young people
- Is our nation paying a price for its deteriorating integrity and morals?
- Why don’t
all teenagers
and men wear
their best
clothes to
meet Jesus
at Mass?
- Events Calendar
- St. Joan of Arc Parish celebrating 90th anniversary after Masses this weekend
- Theology on Tap plans three upcoming events
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Benedictine Sister Mary Anne Kruer ministered in education and health care
- My Journey to God: Jesus Walks Beside Me
Catholic News Service:
- Archbishop calls
for political will
to end ‘scourge’ of nuclear weapons
- Catholic officials: People of South Sudan will need patience
- Athens archbishop fears disaster looms for Greek Catholic Church
- Balancing act: Juggling demands of dialogue, proclaiming Catholic faith
- Catholic ex-warden works to end penalty she calls costly, ineffective
- Bishops oppose bill requiring textbooks to include gays’ contributions
- Being ‘a father to people’ has been priest’s aim since 1936 ordination
- Father Corapi says he won’t leave Montana to live with order in Texas
- Column: Teenagers, remember that your parents are people, too
- The Sunday Readings: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: The Catholic Church emphasizes free will over predestination
FaithAlive!
- Generosity can help us fight greed’s powerful pull
- Christ’s light helps us to see past our worldly desires
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
A timeless bond of devotion: Rosary makers’ deep commitment spreads faith throughout the world
At first glance, Chariti Free and Bill Miller seem like unlikely partners in their efforts to share a gift of love with as many people as they can. Yet despite the differences in their ages and fashion approaches, Free and Miller share a timeless bond of devotion to the Blessed Mother. It’s a devotion that links them like the beads on the rosaries they help to create and distribute to a wide variety of people. (Page 1)
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Pilgrimage to California includes missions, historic sites
Who was the “Apostle of California?” To learn the answer, we recommend you “Go West.” That could be the theme for an archdiocesan pilgrimage to California in late September. The six-day trip will give Catholics an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Blessed Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar known as the “Apostle of California” because he brought the faith to people there by establishing missions. (Page 7)
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Web-only features
Parish festival listing -- all summer long
Our parish festival listings were included in our annual Vacation/Travel Supplement in May, but we keep them up all summer, posting periodic corrections and additions. Got a spare weekend? Check our listings at any time via the link below to see where the fun will be each week.
Go to our parish festival listing
National and world news you may have missed...
Here's a sampling of some news stories that ran on our website this past week or so that you may have missed. Click the headline to see the story:
