A Time to Speak — Building a more compassionate community
byBy Bev Beckman At Holy Trinity, our pastor, Father Mark Spalding, often reminds both parishioners and school children of the Scripture verse from the…
Editorials & Commentary
An Encouraging Word — Amazement is a spiritual response
byThey were filled with amazement. Matthew 13:54 The more often we see the things around us the more they become invisible to us. That…
Hope in the Lord — “New Day” for Catholic education
byI greatly enjoyed yesterday’s Salute dinner, which benefitted the Catholic Education Foundation and which honored exemplary Catholic school grads of the past. This was…
Liturgy Matters — Appropriate attire for Mass
byBy Dr. Judy Bullock The subject of proper attire for Mass has been coming up a great deal lately. With some trepidation I will…
A Time to Speak — Quit tinkering with the ‘machinery of death’
byBy Father Patrick Delahanty Fifteen years ago last month, Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun concluded that after a 20-year struggle with the issue…
A Time to Speak — A view from the pew
byBy Ellen Weihe My view from the pew reflects my experience of receiving the Eucharist every Sunday from the back pew. I am a…
An Encouraging Word — Becoming the best versions of ourselves
byAll that matters is that one is being created anew. Galatians 6:15 Matthew Kelly, author of “Rediscover Catholicism,” describes holiness as seeking to become…
An Encouraging Word — Don’t give up
byWe do not give into discouragement. II Corinthians 4:1 Let me share a favorite story about quitting too early — a story about the…
Liturgy Matters — Penitential season of Lent
byBy Dr. Judy Bullock We are a few weeks into Lent, the one truly penitential season in the liturgical year. The signs of the…
Hope in the Lord — Lent, a formation of the heart
byOn this year’s Mardi Gras, the eve of Ash Wednesday, most of us were snowed-in, and I had time to create my Lenten budget….