commeNTARY BlogOpen Window A simple St. Patrick’s Day appetizer: Shamrock-shaped tortilla chips Rita BuettnerMarch 17, 20192 min read Every Sunday my fellow small group leader and I bring a snack for our second graders to enjoy in our Sunday School class. Because it was St. Patrick’s Day, I thought we might make the snack a little more fun than usual. BlogOpen Window Fortune cookies, Shamrock Shakes, muskrat dinners, zoo charades, and more (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerMarch 15, 20194 min read Don’t you just love fortune cookies? You get a cookie that has a little note just for you inside. CommentaryGuest CommentaryLent Give up worry for Lent Tony RossiMarch 15, 20193 min read 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.” CommentaryGuest Commentary A letter to Archbishop William E. Lori on his pastoral on racism Carole Norris GreeneMarch 12, 20193 min read 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. BlogOpen Window Remembering an Irish priest Rita BuettnerMarch 11, 20192 min read When I think of growing up in St. Pius X parish in Rodgers Forge, I think of Msgr. Baumgartner. BlogLentOpen Window Thoughts as Lent begins, our final-final Chinese New Year celebration, Pancake Tuesday, and ballroom dancing (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerMarch 7, 20194 min read We really love Ash Wednesday, don’t we? I love how it’s not even a holy day of obligation, and yet churches fill with people who want to receive ashes. There’s something about that mark of humility and repentance that feels so right. CommentaryFeatureLocal NewsOur Back PagesSchoolsSports NDP’s Gym Meet marks 90 years Paul McMullenMarch 7, 20193 min read Gym Meet traditions include Mary Bartel, chairwoman of the Physical Education/Health Department, serving as faculty moderator for nearly 30 years. AmenAmen Gunty CommentaryCommentaryLent ‘Pea toast’ and other sacrifices Christopher GuntyMarch 7, 20193 min read 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. CommentaryWord on Fire Frank Gehry and the quest for transcendence Bishop Robert BarronMarch 7, 20195 min read 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. Charity in TruthCommentaryLent The long Lent Archbishop William E. LoriMarch 6, 20193 min read 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. Previous 1 … 147 148 149 … 215 Next