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Rebranding the Catholic Church
I spent most of the first full week of June tuned into the Catholic Media Conference, the annual gathering of the Catholic Media Association.
Are you ready to get WonderStuffed?
Four years has flown by since I started this job in July 2017! It has been a privilege to meet so many faith-filled and service-minded Catholics, visit your parishes and share your “Superior” stories.
Diocese’s general dispensation lifted
As I begin writing this letter on the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, I pray that Mary may intercede on behalf of all of us and that we might more fully open our hearts and minds to the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit given to us anew on the Feast of Pentecost. Once again during this time of COVID, we are reminded of the infinite love of our God.
Vaccine mandates and Catholic colleges
In a recent statement from the National Catholic Bioethics Center on COVID-19 vaccines, we noted that the Catholic Church “neither requires nor forbids” the use of vaccines, but instead urges people to “form their consciences and to carefully discern the moral and prudential issues involved.”
Pandemic year offers lessons, successes
The 2020-21 school year has been one for the history books. As we reflect on this past year, Psalm 46:1 comes to mind: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” With God ever present in our schools, we were able to overcome so many obstacles.
‘Enduring Faith: The Story of Native American Catholicism,’ various times, ABC
This is a scene from the TV show "Enduring Faith: The Story of Native American Catholicism," airing on ABC-TV [...]
On masks and social distancing
I am writing to you today in an effort to clear up some confusion that has developed since the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the statewide mask mandate.
At the crossroads of fear and creative courage
“Be not afraid.” It is hard not to read those words without hearing them spoken in Pope St. John Paul II’s thoughtful and convicted voice.