Criterion Web site adds new audio features, Lenten page

By Brandon A. Evans

New audio features and syndication feeds are the latest additions to the archdiocese’s Web presence.

The Criterion Online Edition is now featuring audio versions of each week’s editorial, the archbishop’s column and selected stories.

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein records his column, “Seeking the Face of the Lord,” each week for Catholic Radio 89.1 FM. The following week, the column files are posted—and archived—at www.CriterionOnline.com.

The newspaper’s reporting staff is also taking turns reading their stories. Subscribers can access the audio stories online by simply clicking on the link for any story that has an audio symbol next to it.

Those who wish to have these audio stories downloaded directly to their computer or mp3 player can also subscribe to the newspaper’s podcast by clicking on the “RSS Podcast” link on the front page.

Anyone with an RSS “aggregator” or news reader can also use similar links on the front page to get the latest headlines from the newspaper’s blog (www.criteriononline.blogspot.com) sent to their computer.

As was the case during Advent, The Criterion is also offering a special Web page for Lent. It can be accessed by logging on to www.archindy.org/lent.

The page consists of links to the daily readings, a Lenten column by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, and a full listing of penance services taking place at parishes across central and southern Indiana.

There are also links to other Lenten activities and the Stations of the Cross.

With the recent movement of the Cause of Canonization of Blessed Mother Theodore Guérin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a special page has been created.

Visitors can log on to www.archindy.org/guerin to read not only the latest news about the Cause, but also to download audio and photos, and browse through the last eight years of news stories about Blessed Mother Guérin that have appeared in The Criterion.

A page located at www.archindy.org/brute also provides information about the newly opened Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Servant of God Simon Bruté, the first bishop of Vincennes—which later became the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

Readers are encouraged to continue checking both the archdiocesan Web site and The Criterion Online Edition for the latest updates and news. †