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A Catholic Looks at Hugh Hefner

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By Gary Topping– The recent death of Hugh Hefner at age 91 prompts some reflections about the era of supposed sexual liberation over which he presided.  It wasn’t just sex:…

Does God really care about the outcome of sporting events?

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Fall is a wonderful time of the year, especially if you are a sports fan. Football teams are playing, soccer season is starting, basketball and hockey…

God’s greatest gift is more responsibility

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By Nick Blaylock– I recently reread the story of Joseph in the Old Testament of the Bible. If you are not familiar with the story, please read it (Genesis 37-45)…

Some thoughts after Las Vegas

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By Jean Welch Hill– The mass shooting in Las Vegas left most of us in a state of stunned disbelief.  Senseless violence is always a shock, particularly when it results…

Mercy Provokes Us

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By Deacon Scott Dodge– Most days I pray the Rosary either driving to or from work. On weekends I often pray it when I go for a walk. I make…

Literacy in Science

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By Jim Larson– “We need science education to produce scientists, but we need it equally to create literacy in the public… Literacy in science will enrich a person’s life.”  …

A Catholic Looks at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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By Gary Topping– In April, 1963, Dr. King was one of the leaders of demonstrations in Birmingham against Alabama’s segregation laws.  Although a judge had issued an order prohibiting such…

Dorothy Day and the Catholic Wonder Women

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Speaking to the United States Congress two years ago in the Fall of 2015, Pope Francis cited Dorothy Day as an American “who shaped fundamental values…

Advocacy with Love

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By Jean Welch Hill- In light of the apparently endless stream of social media posts vilifying one person, cause, thing, or another, and the disconcerting impacts something as innocuously named…

Thomas Merton and Me

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By Deacon Scott Dodge Like many 20th century converts to the Catholic Church, reading Thomas Merton’s The Seven Story Mountain was instrumental in my conversion. It would be an exaggeration…