The Criterion (Indianapolis, IN)

Faith and Family / Sean Gallagher As a student and lover of Church history going back to my grade school days, All Saints’ Day has always been a favorite feast of mine. It’s a day to celebrate the entire history of the Church with all the richness of the stories of its holy men and women and the variety of times, places and cultures in which they lived and shared the Gospel. The saints can seem so different on the surface.

Reflection / Sean Gallagher Aug. 27 started off for me like many days during the school year. I attended morning Mass at 7:20 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Indianapolis with students from Lumen Christi Catholic School, located adjacent to the church, and other worshippers. Included among them were my two youngest sons, Philip, a high school junior, and Colin, a sixth grader. Colin sat with me at the Mass.

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By Mike Krokos Deacon John Cord understands the importance of the archdiocesan Catholic Women’s Giving Circle (CWGC). As the coordinator of Corrections Ministry in the archdiocese, he has witnessed firsthand how funds from the group have impacted women and men being released from prison. His office was one of three ministries last fall that received a $25,000 grant from CWGC. The others were Catholic Charities Bloomington and Mother Theodore Catholic Academies in Indianapolis.

By Natalie Hoefer For some men, their call to the priesthood might come as a slow, gradual awareness. For others it might come as a powerful, St.-Paul-knocked-off-his-horse realization. For transitional Deacon Isaac Siefker, it was just something he always knew. “As long as I can remember, I always said that I wanted to be a priest when I grew up,” he says. “For a while, that just meant I would either be a diocesan priest or I would join the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.

Faith and Family / Sean Gallagher I was a young adult on my own 30 years ago when the Indiana Pacers had legendary playoff games against the New York Knicks. In many of them, Reggie Miller made unbelievable late-game shots to lead the Blue and Gold to amazing comeback wins in New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG). Those memories remain today like they happened yesterday. Oh, wait a second, they did happen yesterday as I write this column on May 22. Or something very much like them did.

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By John Shaughnessy After hearing the wonderful, shocking news of an American being elected as pope on May 8, Cheyenne Johnson and Rachel Levy quickly became excited about the potentially powerful impact that Pope Leo XIV could have on young adults across the United States.

Home: The Criterion: National and world news Skip to main navigation | Skip to local links | Skip to search engine VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88 gave new energy to millions of Catholics -- and caused concern for some -- as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about mission, poverty, immigration and dialogue. U.S. Cardinal Kevin J.

Home: Archbishop Buechlein: Column Skip to main navigation | Skip to local links | Skip to search engine Pope Francis was, in his own words, “a son of the Church.” In his many years as a Jesuit priest, a bishop in his native Argentina, and as the Bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter, he was filled with holiness, missionary zeal, and confidence in the presence of the Holy Spirit.