commeNTARY BlogOpen WindowUncategorized Starting the day with “Pastries for Parents” Rita BuettnerJanuary 10, 20182 min read Pastries for Parents.It’s such a lovely idea. You’ll take your child to school a half-hour early and sit in the cafeteria and talk about school and life and meet their friends and other parents. That’s the dream. The reality? Everyone has to wake up early, which naturally sets the whole day up for success. They’re […] AmenAmen McMullen CommentaryBlogLocal News Amen: Ecclesiastes and 1968 Paul McMullenJanuary 10, 20183 min read Social media pronounces that there has never been this much discord and downright hate in our nation. I wasn’t around for the Civil War, but do recall the mess that was 1968. BlogQuestion Corner Dispensation from abstinence/ Feelings after miscarriage Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 10, 20184 min read Father Doyle fields questions about dispensation from abstinence and feelings after a miscarriage. BlogGuest CommentaryUrban Vicariate Goodness and virtue must not give way to violence and fear Bishop Denis J. MaddenJanuary 9, 20183 min read It’s not so much a question of how can we change those who commit violent acts as it is a question of how can I live a virtuous and good and decent life in the midst of daily tragedies. BlogWit & Wisdom Ego, be gone Father Joseph BreighnerJanuary 8, 20183 min read In 2018, Father Breighner suggests allowing God to enter our lives each day of the new year, so we can become the presence of God in our world. BlogOpen Window Oh, I want pugs for Christmas. Oh, only pugs will do. Rita BuettnerJanuary 6, 20183 min read This Christmas season as we were making paper towel snowmen and paper towel nativity figures to give as presents, I had an idea for a gift for a friend and her family. BlogGuest CommentaryUncategorized A year in review Kevin J. ParksJanuary 5, 20186 min read At the start of a new year, let’s take a moment to look back at some of those special moments from 2017. BlogOpen Window It’s cold outside, preparing for Epiphany, great Christmas gifts, and a happy New Year (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJanuary 4, 20184 min read If the wind chill is 5 degrees on Thursday, how many cups of hot chocolate will Judy need when the wind chill is 15 degrees below zero on Friday? BlogOpen WindowUncategorized Matched through adoption: The first time we saw our son’s picture Rita BuettnerJanuary 3, 20183 min read I knew then that what I had heard other adoptive parents say was true. You can fall in love with a photo. BlogGuest Commentary A saintly bishop and like a second father Rico De SilvaJanuary 3, 20184 min read My father passed away back in 1988, when I was 24. As I looked back in my interactions with Bishop Curlin, I now realize that he was, in many ways, like a second father to me. Previous 1 … 262 263 264 … 295 Next