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Commentary

Give up worry for Lent

March 15, 2019
By Tony Rossi
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent

Venerable Fulton Sheen once said of worry: “Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.”

A letter to Archbishop William E. Lori on his pastoral on racism

March 12, 2019
By Carole Norris Greene
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

If I had to point to one thing that stunted my motivation to evangelize, to go beyond highlighting cultural contributions of blacks to Catholicism to confidently asking others to become Catholic too, I’d have to admit it was racism.

NDP’s Gym Meet marks 90 years

March 7, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Local News, Our Back Pages, Schools, Sports

Gym Meet traditions include Mary Bartel, chairwoman of the Physical Education/Health Department, serving as faculty moderator for nearly 30 years.

‘Pea toast’ and other sacrifices

March 7, 2019
By Christopher Gunty
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Lent

We fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and abstain from meat on the other Fridays of the season, but it’s not much of a sacrifice to splurge on lobster instead of beef as a Lenten meal.

Frank Gehry and the quest for transcendence

March 7, 2019
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire

The Church ought to sing the transcendence of God to Frank Gehry as it once sang it to Giotto, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Dante, Gaudí, and the architect of Chartres Cathedral. 

The long Lent

March 6, 2019
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Lent

May this long Lent lead to an Easter of renewed hope and joy for ourselves, for the church, and for those who have been harmed.

Moving experience

March 6, 2019
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

To be human is to be worthy of God. God affirms the value of human life, by becoming human himself. But life is not easy.

Send in the clowns

February 22, 2019
By Elise Italiano Ureneck
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

A good comedian helps an audience to recognize common absurdities, inconsistencies and hypocrisies in any given cultural moment. Their real genius is helping audiences to recognize the ones in which they also take part.

Does Jesus say ghosts exist?/ Serving as witness at Protestant wedding

February 19, 2019
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle fields questions about the existence of ghosts and whether Catholics may serve as witnesses in the rituals of non-Catholic weddings.

The makings of a long-lasting marriage

February 14, 2019
By Tony Rossi
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

People often wonder what the secret is to a successful marriage. Based on the Rowe’s relationship, the answer is love, understanding, faith, compassion, and selflessness. They don’t sound like such a secret at all.

Funeral Mass on Sunday?/ Say rosary during Mass?

February 12, 2019
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle fields questions about celebrating funeral Masses on Sunday and praying the rosary at Mass.

Let people know they matter

February 7, 2019
By Carolyn Woo
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

Let this Valentine’s Day be an opportunity to let people know that they matter to us.

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