An Encouraging Word — Why bother with encouragement?
byLet not fidelity leave you. Proverbs 3:3 I started writing this column as a way of encouraging discouraged Catholics. I am nearing the end…
Editorials & Commentary
Time to Speak — Living in a culture of violence
byThe headlines in a recent Sunday edition of The Courier-Journal jumped out at me. It said “Boy, 3, shoots, kills dad.” How could this…
Teaching Our Faith — What is a Synod?
byLast spring, I received word that I will have the honor of traveling to Rome from Oct. 7 to Oct. 28 for the synod,…
A Time to Speak — The gift of Natural Family Planning
byBy Sharon Schuhmann Published 22 years ago, the Dr. Seuss book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go is about finding one’s path through life. As…
An Encouraging Word — A template for two becoming one
byBe united in the same mind and the same purpose. I Corinthians 1:10 Catholics tend to think that marriage and priesthood are polar opposites,…
An Encouraging Word — New future imagined for older priests
byCast me not off in my old age. Psalm 71:9 I have been saying for years that the biggest shortage in the Catholic Church…
An Encouraging Word — Faith demands that we take chances
byI shall not die, but live! Psalm 118:17 I have lost count of how many dioceses I have visited to speak to priests. I…
Hope in the Lord — Catholic Extension: Building faith, inspiring hope
byRecently I shared with Extension magazine, the magazine of Catholic Extension, a reflection on my time in East Tennessee and the importance of Catholic…
An Encouraging Word — Journal-writing is a spiritual practice
byBy Father J. Ronald Knott Write down all these things that have happened to you. Tobit 12:20 I have been keeping journals since I…
An Encouraging Word — The sin of cowardly communication
byWrath and hatred are hateful things. Sirach 27:30 After all these years, approximately 20 years to be precise, I still remember it! I was…