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Category: Guest Opinion

Sirach 38 and modern medicine

Posted on Oct 10, 2024Oct 8, 2024 in Guest Opinion
Sirach 38 and modern medicine

By Dr. Tim Millea Catholic Health Care Today In 2nd century Jerusalem, a Jewish sage and astute observer of life …Read More

Congress needs to get serious about passing a Farm Bill

Posted on Oct 10, 2024Oct 8, 2024 in Guest Opinion
Congress needs to get serious about passing a Farm Bill

By John Clayton For The Catholic Messenger I find inspiration in Pope Francis’s encyclical, “Laudato Si,” which emphasizes the interconnectedness …Read More

Politics isn’t everything, even if it feels like it

Posted on Oct 3, 2024Apr 24, 2025 in Guest Opinion
Politics isn’t everything, even if it feels like it

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the world today. It wasn’t something I was consciously aware of, but I remember feeling …Read More

My gods who died

Posted on Sep 19, 2024Sep 17, 2024 in Guest Opinion
My gods who died

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the world today Evangelization is enhanced by one’s comfort and familiarity with doubt. Yet, within …Read More

Ressourcement guides us to address the great questions of contemporary society

Posted on Sep 12, 2024Sep 10, 2024 in Guest Opinion
Ressourcement guides us to address the great questions of contemporary society

By Fr. Bud Grant SAU Theological Perspective A few weeks ago, I participated in the Oxford Patristics Con­ference at Oxford …Read More

Comfort in the void

Posted on Aug 29, 2024Aug 28, 2024 in Guest Opinion
Comfort in the void

By Sarah Callahan Gray Space Graces I recently read the memoir, “Educated,” by Tara Westover. It is the life-story of …Read More

Prayer, politics and human knowing

Posted on Aug 15, 2024Aug 13, 2024 in Guest Opinion
Prayer, politics and human knowing

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the world today It was the fall of 2005 and I was in my high …Read More

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