To the Editor: How blessed we have been. Much would have been missing from our lives if we had not …Read More
Category: Opinion
St. Augustine and St. Monica, pray for us
By Corinne Winter On Aug. 27 the liturgical calendar lists the memorial of St. Monica and on Aug. 28 that …Read More
Anger and sadness in the Catholic Church
Catholics praying the rosary in a small town in our diocese expressed sadness that the wound of clergy sexual abuse …Read More
A woman’s voice?
To the Editor: On the feast day of St. Edith Stein, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, and sharing Mass …Read More
Social sin and the persistence of poverty
By Deacon Steve Barton Sin is not usually something we talk about openly because it is usually thought of as …Read More
Reading the landscape
By Fr. Bud Grant My friends and I stood on a lip over which spilled a sometimes stream/sometimes waterfall from …Read More
God’s justice is his mercy
In my article on the death penalty in last week’s edition of The Catholic Messenger, I suggested that the dark …Read More