Special Criterion features

Special Series:

Youth Spring Break Trip to Biloxi, Miss.
These pages were devoted to covering the 2006 Spring Break Mission Trip to Biloxi, Miss. -- a weeklong event that more than 100 youth from around the archdiocese will be participating in from April 1-8, 2006. A freelance reported continuously updated a live blog during the trip, sending back photos, audio and news about how the trip was going. The updating was similar to the blog that we ran during World Youth Day 2005.

 

General Assembly 2006
This ongoing series focuses exclusively on the various bills and pieces of legislation appearing before the Indiana General Assembly in 2006 that are of interest to Catholics. The stories are written by Brigid Curtis-Ayers, a special correspondent.

 

World Youth Day 2005
This series of pages served as a posting site for all the latest news, pictures and videos from the archdiocesan pilgrimage to World Youth Day in August 2005. The 170 pilgrims from central and southern Indiana joined a million others in Cologne, Germany after taking an excursion to Rome for a few days.

 

 

General Assembly 2005
This ongoing series focuses exclusively on the various bills and pieces of legislation appearing before the Indiana General Assembly in 2005 that are of interest to Catholics. The stories are written by Brigid Curtis-Ayers, a special correspondent.

 

The Year of the Eucharist
This ongoing series, written by different staff members, looks at different aspects of how our local Church in central and southern Indiana is celebrating the Year of the Eucharist as proclaimed by Pope John Paul II from Oct. 2003 to Oct. 2004.

 

Remembering our Home Missions
This ongoing series focuses on the different parishes and schools in the archdiocese that are home missions, meaning that they are located in places that need ministry, but lack the financial support to make it happen.

 

The Problem of Evil
This five-part series looked at the problem of evil in the world by beginning with the story of the fall of the angels, then the fall of man, and led up to a closing article that dealt with how we can help Christ continue his victory over sin and death.

 

The Mystery of Creation
This four-part series dealt with the mysteries, both scientific and theological, that surround how our universe came to be, as well as how life arose on this planet and what our place in creation is.

 

Father Larry Borders
This four-part series, based on interviews conducted in the last months of Father Larry Borders' life, detail how he lived, the adventures he encountered and how he prepared himself and his friends for his impending death.

 

 

The Art of Altar Serving
This four-part series, published in 2003, looked at detailed data about altar serving collected from more than 100 parishes in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The series looked at the connection between altar serving and vocations, the new presence of girls to the ministry and ended with a look at how one parish handles altar serving.


2005 Vacation/Travel Supplement

Looking for something to do in the summer? Check out our award-winning, annual Vacation/Travel Supplement to learn about opportunities for tourism and fun.

Click here for the full supplement


Advent 2005

Check out our special page that helped Catholics to celebrate Advent 2005 and prepare for the Christmas season. The page included a reflection from Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, links to the daily readings and other sites of interest.

 


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