33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32 The Book of Daniel provides the first reading this weekend. Michael, the “great prince” of the angels, is the center of attention. He is one of the few angels mentioned by name in the Scriptures. Michael’s role in Daniel was to defend God’s […]
Carolyn Woo: ‘Fearfully, wonderfully made’
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY During a lecture at an Asian university on how businesses and the students’ future careers in this sector can bring about constructive social and environmental change, a question shot out of the blue: “Dr. Woo, I have problem engaging on this macro question when I feel like I am unable to move […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The best defense against depressing times
THE HUMAN SIDE How do we keep our minds healthy in light of all the disturbing events in our world? How do we successfully deal with senseless crimes, starving children, devastating hurricanes, forest fires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Some suggest we turn off the news totally or at least periodically. This is true. Whenever travel […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Where do ‘single Catholics’ fit in?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Where do single people “rank” within the Catholic Church? Many times we are asked to pray for those who are married or who have followed a calling to the religious life — but how many times has anyone in any parish been asked to pray for those who are single? Are we […]
Effie Caldarola: Choose to hope
FOR THE JOURNEY What is the nature of hope? Are we born to be either a pessimist or an optimist? Or is it up to us to decide? At a day of reflection, a Sister of Mercy discussed the environmental threat to our planet. Then she asked us to stand up and choose a side […]
Greg Erlandson: Getting real about our challenges
AMID THE FRAY Tracking the Catholic zeitgeist these days can be a dizzying experience. It helps to have a sense of history, and perhaps a sense of irony as well. Once upon a time, it was liberal Catholics who were upset at the pope, who wanted more democracy in the church, who railed against the […]
Mike Carotta: Committed to Grace
COMMENTARY While we expose the shameful, sinful and criminal, might we also acknowledge those who have been faithful? Our meeting down the hall has ended. A separate group of priests who are on retreat here in Indianapolis have invited us to join them at their closing Mass. Standing behind them in my pew in the […]
Effie Caldarola: Half a dress
FOF THE JOURNEY When our youngest daughter shopped for clothes for high school dances, her father would often comment, “I hope that dress is on sale for half-price, because it’s half a dress.” It was a joke, but it made his point. Our youngest child was pretty with an eye-catching figure, and she hit the […]
Talk story: ‘When you did it for the least’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY By Father Robert Stark Hawaii Catholic Herald “For I was a stranger and you took me in … when you did it for the least, you did it to me. (Matthew 25:35) When the young Jesus Christ spoke these words 2000 years ago, he gave us a simple template of what […]
Mary Adamski:‘Give me your tired, your poor’
VIEW FROM THE PEW A church celebrity was coming to town, so we wandered into a pew down the ecumenical way to hear him. I just knew it would be fuel for a column because he had just sharply criticized the latest anti-immigrant policy spewed forth by our country’s executive branch. “It is one more […]
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