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Category: Opinion

Deacon candidates reflect on border immersion experience

Posted on Nov 18, 2021Nov 18, 2021 in Editorials
Deacon candidates reflect on border immersion experience

A thin ribbon of river, the Rio Grande, separates El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in Mexico, but the …Read More

Delightful Mass

Posted on Nov 18, 2021Nov 17, 2021 in Letters

To the Editor: It is with a glad heart full of love and thanksgiving that I write this letter on …Read More

‘We become what we behold’

Posted on Nov 18, 2021Nov 17, 2021 in Guest Opinion
'We become what we behold’

By Dr. Tim Millea “We become what we behold.” The English poet, William Blake, wrote those prophetic words more than …Read More

Inviting Christ to be friend and king

Posted on Nov 18, 2021Nov 17, 2021 in Guest Opinion
Inviting Christ to be friend and king

I’m not going to lie. When I hear the Solemnity of “Christ the King” is coming, I kind of scratch …Read More

Integrating Scripture into conversation

Posted on Nov 11, 2021Nov 10, 2021 in Editorials, Opinion
Integrating Scripture into conversation

Guest editorial by Father Jeff Belger St. Jerome, the great Scripture scholar, once said: “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of …Read More

The sacrament of baptism and its restorative power

Posted on Nov 11, 2021Nov 10, 2021 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The sacrament of baptism and its restorative power

By Matthew Coomber I fondly remember the wonder I felt as a little boy during the baptismal liturgy. Light reflecting …Read More

Looking forward to transgender series

Posted on Nov 11, 2021Nov 10, 2021 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: I am deeply edified by the Nov. 4 article on the issue of gender as I learned …Read More

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