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December 23, 2011 issue
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This is the last issue of The Criterion of the year. The next issue will be dated January 13, 2012.
Local stories:
- Archbishop Buechlein’s retirement, arrival of Bishop Coyne top local stories
- Innkeeper tells of the miraculous birth of Christ
- Readers share their favorite Christmas memories
- Surprise proves that grace is found where you least expect it
- Children ask Santa Claus for new Nativity set for their Christmas gift
- Dolls bring magic of Christmas for woman who helped children
- Christmas provides years of special memories of faith and fellowship
- The Criterion and Catholic Center are closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2 for Christmas holiday
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Editorial: Good news in the Holy Land
- From the Editor Emeritus: Biblical readings - St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
- Cornucopia: ‘Tis the night before Christmas (almost), and we can’t wait!
- Faith and Family: Make the baby Jesus’ manger soft this Christmas
- Reflection: An Advent farewell to Archbishop Kelly
- Be Our Guest: More Birthline volunteers needed in the archdiocese
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and Saint Meinrad announce Christmas liturgies
- St. Malachy Parish will present ‘Catholics Returning Home’ series
- Obituaries
- General listing
- Providence Sister Joseph Clare McCarthy ministered for 58 years as a teacher, principal and parish staff member in four states
- My Journey to God: Mary
Catholic News Service:
- Roman Missal voted top news story of 2011; Pope Benedict top newsmaker
- Church agencies rush aid to thousands of Philippine flood victims
- Pope advances sainthood causes of Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha
- Evidence of alleged miracle credited to Archbishop Sheen heads to Rome
- Column: The Christmas ‘shock’—We must take Jesus seriously
- The Sunday Readings: Feast of the Birth of the Lord / Christmas
- Question Corner: Reader offers another perspective on church fees for weddings and funerals
FaithAlive!
- The prologue of St. John’s Gospel focuses on Jesus’ divinity
- God joins himself to humanity forever in Christ’s birth
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Archbishop Buechlein’s retirement, arrival of Bishop Coyne top local stories
The early retirement of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein and the appointment of Bishop Christopher J. Coyne as auxiliary bishop were voted the top local news stories of 2011. Other stories of note included coverage of the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis, the successful passage of school voucher legislation and the announcement of parish closings in the Terre Haute Deanery. Working in tandem with the custom of other news agencies, including Catholic News Service, The Criterion editorial staff votes each year for the top 10 stories that were published in our newspaper; see our selections by reading our story. (Page 2)
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Readers share their favorite Christmas stories
The Criterion invited readers to submit a brief story about a special holiday memory for inclusion in our annual Christmas issue. This year, four memories of faith and family were shared in our pages. Read all of them right now on our website. (Pages 8-9)
Read our news story
Web-only features
Front Page Image Compilations
We've taken the past seven years of Criterion issues from our print edition and made separate compilations of front page images. You can look at 2005-11 and see every front page from that year put into one picture -- kind of a birds-eye view of the year in Catholic news in cenral and southern Indiana.
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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.
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- Catholic trends in marriage mirror society's, but vision is different
- Bishops hope North Korea's regime change will bring peace, unification
- Pope advances sainthood causes of Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha
- Church agencies rush aid to thousands of Philippine flood victims
- Teaching young about human dignity promotes peace, justice, pope says
- Pope's trip to Cuba holds layers of spiritual, political hopes
- Immigration action in 2011 came in the states and courts
- After vandalism on mosque, scholars calls for respect for sacred sites
- Abp. Kelly, retired Louisville archbishop, dead at 80
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