National and World News
Catholic leaders pray for London fire victims, offer assistance
Catholic leaders in London offered prayers for victims of a fire in a 24-story apartment building.
Federal authorities investigating shooting of congressman, others
Federal authorities are investigating a shooting that resulted in injuries for Catholic congressman and Republican Steve Scalise and others when a gunman opened fire on him and others during a June 14 practice for an annual congressional baseball game.
Trio’s pilgrimage marks St. Rose Philippine Duchesne’s arrival in 1818
Ann Sieben looks exactly like what you’d expect of a pilgrim.
Local News
Families work on badges together
Students in grades three through eight from St. Paul the Apostle Church, Catawba, received badges, pins and medals during Mass Sunday, May 21.
Marywood celebrates 25 years
For 25 years, Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center, Arbor Vitae, has offered classes, workshops and spiritual guidance in the Diocese of Superior.
Faith
How does Jesus reveal the Father to us?
I was 19 when my cousin came to live with my family. He was just out of the Marines. He was not doing very well and was lost in many ways.
Culture
How Catholic culture can thrive on the internet
Social media can be difficult to navigate, but Catholics can reach out with a content-savvy approach that can truly engage people, young social media professionals told Catholic media leaders on Thursday.
‘The Keepers,’ streaming, Netflix
Director Ryan White’s visually striking, atmospheric documentary series “The Keepers” examines the unsolved murder in 1969 Baltimore of popular 26-year-old Sr. Cathy Cesnik. Presented in seven one-hour installments, “The Keepers” began streaming on Netflix May 19.
The power of TV is feared after ’13 Reasons Why’
Every so often, a TV series debuts that attracts young viewers for a lot of bad reasons.
Other Recent Headlines
Fatherhood and the sacredness of life
The upcoming celebration of Father’s Day is a fitting time to examine the irony that in our current culture, fatherhood is rarely mentioned.
Focus on the Father
The arrival of Father’s Day in contemporary society raises what can be a challenging issue for passing on the faith from one generation to the next. When a third of millennials don’t affiliate with any kind of religion — in effect forswearing any kind of family belief — while a quarter of the generation had parents who were divorced or separated, one has to wonder whether God the Father has become an inadvertent stumbling block in people’s spiritual development.
Full circle, from storybooks to spirituality
My first love was literature, novels and poetry. As a child, I loved storybooks, mysteries and adventures. In grade school, I was made to memorize poetry and loved the exercise. High School introduced me to more serious literature, Shakespeare, Kipling, Keats, Wordsworth, Browning.
Pride, humility and social media
On a recent trip to Sacramento, from my home base in the LA area, I flew Southwest Airlines. In an idle moment, I reached for the magazine in the seatback pocket and commenced to leaf through it. I came across an article by a woman named Sarah Menkedick entitled “Unfiltered: How Motherhood Interrupted My Relationship with Social Media.”
Former attorney professes first vows as cloistered Dominican nun
Tara Clemens was an Anchorage, Alaska, attorney, and an evangelical Christian who joined the Catholic Church during her last months of law school.
