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Category: Opinion

Finding meaning in Franciscan beauty

Posted on Oct 2, 2025Sep 30, 2025 in Guest Opinion
Finding meaning in Franciscan beauty

By Fr. Bud Grant SAU Theological Perspective Among other earthly delights, October gives us the Feast of the Patron Saint …Read More

Respect Life Month Life: Our Sign of Hope

Posted on Sep 25, 2025Sep 23, 2025 in Editorials
Respect Life Month Life: Our Sign of Hope

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends cheered from the stands as their favorite baseball players with disabilities …Read More

Life is heavy. Go ride a rollercoaster

Posted on Sep 25, 2025Sep 23, 2025 in Guest Opinion
Life is heavy. Go ride a rollercoaster

By Sarah Callahan Gray Space Graces Two weekends ago, my friends and I decided that it had been too long …Read More

Letters to the Editor – Sept. 25, 2025

Posted on Sep 25, 2025Sep 23, 2025 in Letters

Sing praise to God To the Editor: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. …Read More

‘We need to find the good in one another’

Posted on Sep 18, 2025Sep 16, 2025 in Editorials
‘We need to find the good in one another’

By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial A young adult Catholic, responding to the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week …Read More

God is a storyteller. So is Barb.

Posted on Sep 18, 2025Sep 16, 2025 in Guest Opinion
God is a storyteller. So is Barb.

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the World As Barb Arland-Fye moves towards a new season of life in retirement, I …Read More

Letter to the Editor – Sept. 18, 2025

Posted on Sep 18, 2025Sep 16, 2025 in Letters

Don’t rescind the Endangerment Finding To the Editor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to rescind the Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse …Read More

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