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Category: Opinion

Letters to the Editor – Aug. 22, 2024

Posted on Aug 22, 2024Aug 20, 2024 in Letters

Focus on the common good To the Editor: Catholic teaching on social justice often uses the phrase “the common good.” …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

Letters to the Editor: Aug. 15, 2024

Posted on Aug 15, 2024Aug 13, 2024 in Letters

Love and mercy The opening night of the 2024 Paris Olympics brought forth one of the worst anti-Catholic presentations in …Read More

A reflection on homelessness

Posted on Aug 8, 2024Aug 6, 2024 in Guest Opinion
A reflection on homelessness

By Sam Aitchison The Church is Alive!   Have you ever gone tent camping when it was over 90 degrees …Read More

Honor the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted on Aug 1, 2024Jul 30, 2024 in Editorials
Honor the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial Scars are noticeable on the beautiful face of Shigeko Sasamori san, who at age 13 suffered …Read More

Encounter Christ ‘in the rest of life’

Posted on Jul 25, 2024Jul 23, 2024 in Editorials
Encounter Christ ‘in the rest of life’

By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Servant of God Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, would remain silent for 20 …Read More

Work together for future generations

Posted on Jul 25, 2024Jul 23, 2024 in Guest Opinion
Work together for future generations

By Jourdan Reynolds Guest Column “The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by …Read More

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