By Michael Patrick O’Brien– During six decades together, my older sisters Maureen (Moe) and Karen gave me many wonderful gifts. The best one is my love for the Beatles. I…
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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I did not sleep well the night before I first saw Pope Francis in person. I was not worried or nervous. Instead, I was flying to…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A question that may seem absurd at first merits further contemplation. Could Latter-day Saint missionaries help save the Catholic monastic movement in the United States? I…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– In 1865, New York newspaper editor Horace Greeley famously advised someone, “Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.” A half century…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Sisters in Salt Lake City. Their kindness, hard work, and devotion changed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I don’t know if famous French chef and public television star Julia Child ever visited my hometown in Northern Utah. Her best friend, however, had the…