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Category: Guest Opinion

Care for creation: a collective responsibility

Posted on Aug 4, 2022Aug 3, 2022 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Care for creation: a collective responsibility

The early medieval Celtic peoples paid close attention to the rhythms of nature: the rising and setting of the sun, …Read More

Exploring the roots and development of doctorine

Posted on Aug 4, 2022Aug 3, 2022 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Exploring the roots and development of doctorine

By Patrick Schmadeke Participants in listening sessions conveyed a mostly positive experience of the diocesan Synod, which sought to hear …Read More

The Cosmic Mass: matter matters

Posted on Jul 14, 2022Jul 13, 2022 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The Cosmic Mass: matter matters

By Ella Johnson This series of columns has discussed the Eucharist as a mystery to be celebrated, believed, and lived, …Read More

What happens when we slow down and listen?

Posted on Jul 7, 2022Jul 6, 2022 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
What happens when we slow down and listen?

By Patrick Schmadeke We hear more when we slow down: birds calling, wind chimes making their music, a weathervane creaking, …Read More

Holding anger in check

Posted on Jun 30, 2022Jun 29, 2022 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Holding anger in check

An Iowa woman shared on social media how her family had been enjoying an eight-day cruise until day six, when …Read More

Forming ourselves in synodality

Posted on Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022 in Bishop's News, Guest Opinion, Opinion
Forming ourselves in synodality

(Bishop Zinkula wrote the following column, which appeared on the Catholic News Service website.) “Forming Ourselves in Synodality” is the …Read More

Christian calm in troubled times

Posted on Jun 23, 2022Jun 22, 2022 in Guest Opinion
Christian calm in troubled times

By Dr. Tim Millea Nearly 400 years before Christ, Plato lamented the ignorance of his fellow Greeks in understanding the …Read More

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