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Category: Guest Opinion

We can’t bury our heads in the sand

Posted on May 29, 2025May 27, 2025 in Guest Opinion
We can’t bury our heads in the sand

By John Cooper Guest Column (The following column, edited with permission, appeared May 2 in the e-newsletter of St. Anthony …Read More

Self-care — mind, body and spirit — deepens my life in Christ

Posted on May 15, 2025May 13, 2025 in Guest Opinion
Self-care — mind, body and spirit — deepens my life in Christ

By Sam Aitchison The Church is alive A few years ago, while touring Catholic universities such as Creighton, Saint Louis …Read More

How we ought to remember our Holy Father and his mission as pope

Posted on May 8, 2025May 6, 2025 in Guest Opinion
How we ought to remember our Holy Father and his mission as pope

By Pat Bortscheller Guest Column (Editor’s note: The author, who serves as lecturer for the Knights of Columbus of St. …Read More

A pope of the Spirit, a pope of the people

Posted on May 1, 2025Apr 29, 2025 in Guest Opinion
A pope of the Spirit,  a pope of the people

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the World Today When Papa Francesco was elected pope, I was 22 years old, about …Read More

We’re going to be okay

Posted on Apr 24, 2025Apr 24, 2025 in Guest Opinion
We’re going to be okay

By Sarah Callahan Gray Space Graces Some of my grandma’s finals words to me before she passed were, “We’re going …Read More

Gertrude, my foremother

Posted on Apr 17, 2025Apr 15, 2025 in Guest Opinion
Gertrude, my foremother

By Ella Johnson SAU Theological Perspective When I arrived in the Helfta monastery in the small city of Eisleben in …Read More

Doing my best and letting God take care of the rest

Posted on Apr 17, 2025Apr 15, 2025 in Guest Opinion
Doing my best and letting God take care of the rest

By Sam Aitchison The Church is Alive! My connection with Loyola Academy, a small Catholic middle school for young men …Read More

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