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Category: Editorials

Blessed be the peacemakers

Posted on Feb 2, 2023Feb 1, 2023 in Editorials
Blessed  be the  peacemakers

By Barb Arland-Fye, Editor Editorial Father Jim Vrba, a retired diocesan priest, gave a homily last weekend with a poignant …Read More

What SNAP recipients need

Posted on Jan 26, 2023Jan 25, 2023 in Editorials
What SNAP recipients need

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial How many households in our diocese depend on meat, poultry and seafood as a source of …Read More

Welcoming and belonging

Posted on Jan 19, 2023Jan 17, 2023 in Editorials
Welcoming and belonging

By Barb Arland-Fye From the earliest years of our lives, we long to feel welcome and to belong — in …Read More

None of us can be saved alone

Posted on Jan 12, 2023Jan 10, 2023 in Editorials
None of us can be saved alone

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial Fellow workers, emergency responders and doctors saved the life of a 30-year-old Eldridge worker whose leg …Read More

Make room at the inn

Posted on Dec 22, 2022Dec 20, 2022 in Editorials
Make room at the inn

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial Imagine Joseph and his wife, Mary, about to give birth, approaching our inns — our homes …Read More

The balm of Christ’s healing love

Posted on Dec 15, 2022Dec 14, 2022 in Editorials
The balm of Christ’s healing love

By Barb Arland-Fye, Editorial In a reflection for the fourth Sunday of Advent, Father Henri Nouwen observed, “The mystery of …Read More

‘Artisans of mercy’

Posted on Dec 8, 2022Dec 9, 2022 in Editorials
‘Artisans of mercy’

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial A slender woman wearing her winter coat inside a meal site on a cold December afternoon …Read More

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