This week in The Criterion
September 16, 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 new choice in education: Voucher system opens doors for more families to attend Catholic schools in Indiana
- Principals, priests and staff work hard to share benefits of voucher program
- Indianapolis resident becomes first woman elected national president of St. Vincent de Paul Society
- Refugee Resettlement Program seeking new student ambassadors
- Saint Meinrad monk creates images for new missal
- Franciscan sisters celebrate 50- and 60-year jubilees
- What was in the news on Sept. 15, 1961? A plea from the pope to negotiate for peace, and religion in the German election
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: We need the nourishment that the sacraments give us
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Necesitamos del alimento que nos brindan los sacramentos
- Editorial: Cohabitation and fornication
- From the Editor Emeritus: Reading the Bible with the Office of Readings
- Faithful Lines: When it comes to your life of faith, ‘give more’
- Catholic Education Outreach: Should I stay or should I go?
- Letters to the Editor
- Newspaper questioned
about policy concerning
letters to the editor
- Events Calendar
- Guardian Angel Guild to sponsor luncheon and fashion show on Sept. 29
- ‘40 Days for Life’ Indianapolis campaign begins with prayer rally on Sept. 25
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: On the Mountain of Francis
Catholic News Service:
- Holy Father,
religious leaders
mark 9/11
anniversary
- Catholics must link beliefs with political action, speakers say
- Hotline to heaven: How relics connect people to community of saints
- Parish serves as shelter for victims
displaced by Texas wildfires
- Bishops aim to mobilize Catholics to guard consciences on contraception
- Prayers, commemorations mark 9/11 anniversary
- Column: Human stockpiling and its consequences
- Column: When it comes to your life of faith, ‘give more’
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: The Church prefers that weddings take place in a Catholic church
FaithAlive!
- Retreats renew us for a deeper life of faith and service
- Great figures in the Bible often retreated from others to find God
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Indianapolis resident becomes first woman elected national president of St. Vincent de Paul Society
Sheila Gilbert knows there will be major changes in her life since she became the first woman elected president of the national council of the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul on Sept. 3. Still, the 71-year-old Indianapolis resident hopes to continue the commitment she has made each week to people in need in Indianapolis. (Page 1)
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Saint Meinrad monk creates images for new missal
Book publishers across the English-speaking world will soon release new missals to be used for the first time on the weekend of Nov. 26-27 when the new translation of the Mass will be implemented at churches. Benedictine Brother Martin Erspamer, a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, followed in the footsteps of monks going back to the early Middle Ages by creating a series of 18 new images for an edition of the Roman Missal to be published by Liturgical Press. (Page 3)
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Web-only features
See a list of schools with students receiving vouchers
1,028 students in Catholic schools across the archdiocese have benefited from the Indiana voucher program. The program, which went into effect on July 1, offers financial assistance to families of certain income levels to help them select a school of their choice for their children. While the impact of the voucher system for archdiocesan Catholic schools has been most noticeable in the Indianapolis area, it has also made a difference in archdiocesan schools from Franklin to New Albany and from Terre Haute to Richmond.
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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:
