By Gary Topping– “What one book would you want to have with you if you were stranded on a desert island”? I wince every time I hear that question. It…
Posts published in May 2018
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I recently saw a photo of the current seniors from my alma mater, St. Joseph’s High School. They were posing right after graduation, just as did…
By Gary Topping– Of all the religious orders who have ministered in the Diocese of Salt Lake City, the Holy Cross Sisters have been by far the most numerous. Although…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– During the early 1900s, my great aunt devoted her life to helping the “poor, sick and ignorant” in Burlington, Vermont. She was part of the Sisters…
By Gary Topping– It’s a familiar story: a kid from a poor family frugally gathers funds from baby sitting, grocery bagging, and such odd jobs to pay for her first…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Many years ago, my high school biology teacher told us the scientific explanation for physical gender differences- women have XX chromosomes and men have XY chromosones.…
By Jean Welch Hill– In his apostolic exhortation, Gaudete Et Exsultate, Pope Francis reminds us of St. John Paul II’s observation that “If we truly start out anew from contemplation…
By Gary Topping– When World War II broke out in 1939, William H. McDougall, Jr. was a flashy young reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram and a rising star in…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– While cable channel surfing the other day, I stumbled again upon one of my favorite movies from 1982. It is a wonderful movie about a fellow…
By Larry Fraher (Guest Contributor)– It was a sunny day in Prescott, Arizona. My dad, in his 6’7” frame, with 6 of his 8 children trailing him over the boulder…