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Category: Features

Catholic ‘Renaissance man’ offers insights on writing

Posted on Nov 7, 2019Nov 6, 2019 in Features
Catholic ‘Renaissance man’ offers insights on writing

By Tim Walch “The Catholic Writer Today and Other Essays” by Dana Gioia. Wiseblood Books (Belmont, North Carolina, 2019). 213 …Read More

Finding joy amid sorrows

Posted on Oct 31, 2019Oct 30, 2019 in Features
Finding joy amid sorrows

By Jenna Ebener Our school facility dog, Gregory, bounded down the hallway to me with his ball. I threw it …Read More

‘This is John. He is moving in today’

Posted on Oct 31, 2019Oct 30, 2019 in Features
‘This is John. He is moving in today’

By Fr. Bernie Weir At some point in our lives we must face and live through the deaths of our …Read More

Will there be robot priests in the future?

Posted on Oct 31, 2019Oct 30, 2019 in Features
Will there be robot priests in the future?

By Fr. Joseph Sia The other day, I found myself driving to Des Moines with a couple of other priests …Read More

Book review: ‘Inside Suzie,’ a family’s love story

Posted on Oct 24, 2019Oct 23, 2019 in Features
Book review: ‘Inside Suzie,’ a family’s love story

By Barb Arland-Fye “Inside Suzie,” written by Ginny Pettit and illustrated by Joey Pettit, 2019, Christian Faith Publishing Co., Meadville, …Read More

Telling the truth, the whole truth

Posted on Oct 10, 2019Oct 8, 2019 in Features
Telling the truth, the whole truth

By Kathy Berken Right out of the gate, let me assure you that this column is not about politics and …Read More

A challenge to promoting vocations

Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 25, 2019 in Features
A challenge to promoting vocations

I just got off the phone with a good friend of mine, a woman who has been supporting seminarians for …Read More

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