Chance encounter showed Brooks Robinson’s Catholic spirit September 27, 2023By Gerry Jackson Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Sports What I remember most about Brooks Robinson aren’t my professional experiences with him, but a small moment that I think sums up why he’s so beloved in this town.
That Time We Met Brooks Robinson September 26, 2023By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Our fifth grader went first, stepping up to meet Brooks Robinson who smiled and commented that our boy wasn’t in school.
Celebrating 19 years of marriage September 26, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Life is full of jumping spiders—and other things that are much more stressful and problematic. Nineteen years into marriage, I’m grateful that I don’t have to experience them alone.
How can I help? September 26, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church The best part was discovering that serving others can be more fun than spending the afternoon doing what you thought you wanted to do.
Question Corner: Does insufficient faith keep us from being healed? September 25, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Catholics don’t believe that a lack of physical healing is due to some fault in the faith of the one suffering, nor can it be attributed to a lack of faith on the part of that person’s loved ones.
Archbishop Wenski: ‘Change the narrative about migration’ September 22, 2023By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration The U.S. can overcome the challenges of migration if we recognize the opportunities the immigrants themselves offer.
Cardinal Dolan: Are Sunday Masses just too long? September 21, 2023By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments An hour-and-a-half Mass — not just on solemnities, but every Sunday — has become normal, and they candidly propose that this is one of the factors driving people away.
Reasons why St. Francis is a model of synodality September 21, 2023By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality We should be disciples like St. Francis, striving our best to imitate our master, he who was poor and willing to lay down his life in reparation for our sins.
A taste of a child’s birthday joy September 20, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window As I sat in the waiting room, I thought I might have a few minutes to myself. Then the door burst open, and a mother and her two little girls came hurrying into the room. Fairly quickly, the older girl caught my eye and recognized me as an appreciative audience. She picked up her 3-year-old […]
Grandma still uses cash, but updates when it’s truly necessary September 20, 2023By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Everything is connected. We are, all of us, connected, and we’re intimately connected to the natural world that is now under such duress.
Question Corner: Are ‘little white lies’ Ok to tell? September 20, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner A quick fib about eating the last piece of cake is obviously not on the same level as a lie in a business transaction that causes a family to lose their entire savings.
Synod and family, the communication skills are the same September 18, 2023By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality What’s especially interesting to me as a communicator is that, at its core, this synod demands good communications skills of its participants.
