By Gary Topping– For me, one of the pleasures of subscribing to the Deseret News (my online subscription sets me back a whopping $3.64 a month) is Michael Gerson’s syndicated…
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By Cardinal Vincent Nichols (Guest Contributor)– (Editor’s note: I was attending mass in Chelsea, London, England on June 24, 2018 when the presiding priest read this pastoral letter. I enjoyed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Author Mitch Albom, of Tuesdays with Morrie fame, wrote another book about conversations (Have a Little Faith) in which a rabbi tells him, “Nothing haunts us…
By Jean Welch Hill– “Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– As I noted in a previous posting, because I could not attend the celebration of the 35th anniversary of my graduation from the University of Notre…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A mere 35 years ago I graduated from college. I could not attend my class reunion recently at the wonderful University of Notre Dame, and so…
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…
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…