A Time to Speak — A few words on cremation
byBy Javier Fajardo Each year, more and more people choose to be cremated for different reasons with the top two being financial and environmental…
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A time to speak — A view from the pew
byBy Gary Hermann As a student at St. Stephen Martyr School and St. Xavier High School, I learned about Catholic social teaching and participated…
A Time to Speak — The wounds of Christ and our wounds
byBy Father David A. Cockson I offer the following reflections during this season of Lent, as far as our participation in the sufferings and…
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…
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…
A Time to Speak — A true prince of peace
byBy Paul Hohman One of the more noble traditions of Catholicism is its active yearning for peace and its tradition of diplomacy between warring…
A Time to Speak — Where is the line?
bySister of Mercy Mary Schmuck Like almost everyone else, I have been stunned and deeply saddened in recent weeks and months by the tragic…
A Time to Speak — What makes us unique
byBy Father Benedict J.F. Brown Recently this fine paper has publicized the annual Catholic Schools Week in articles and an editorial. As a former…
A Time to Speak — A view from the pew
byBy Ken Rosenbaum This past summer I experienced a major health challenge when surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor was successful, and one third…