Quote “When your priorities are right, it isn’t hard to make a decision. Live your life by faith.” | Former NFL player and coach Herm Edwards, in his keynote address at the Diocese of Sioux City’s Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools Oct. 12. Edwards, now an ESPN football analyst, said that with daughters attending Catholic […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Oct. 24, 2014
Quote “If only we all would be infected with this holy hurry to go out and walk the paths of our age with the Gospel in our hands and the Spirit in our hearts.” | Pope Francis expressed in an Oct. 15 letter to the bishop of Avila, Spain, his wish for the church to […]
Manaolana | sidebar, Sept. 26, 2014
Quote “It’s always a good idea to carry with us a small book of the Gospels to have in your pocket or bag, and, during the day, to read a verse. It’s good for you.” | Pope Francis expounded on the universality of the Catholic Church during his general audience Sept. 17, noting the church’s […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Sept. 12, 2014
Quote “It was not our goal to inspire others, although we may have. … You never know who you will touch or connect with.” | Christina Jackson, the mother of 16-year-old Kara Jackson, an altar server from Middleton, Ohio, who is on a mission to serve at Mass in all 50 states. Kara, who has […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Aug. 29, 2014
Quote “The pope has a family, too. We were five siblings, and I have 16 nieces and nephews. One of these nephews was in an accident. …” –Pope Francis, speaking at his weekly general audience Aug. 20, a day after the car accident that left his nephew in critical condition and killed his nephew’s wife […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Aug. 15, 2014
Quote “The civil law must balance the rights and duties of all individuals and we must be vigilant to ensure the safety of all people, regardless of their position on this most serious issue.” | Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, who in an Aug. 1 statement criticized the approval of a buffer zone around abortion […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: July 18, 2014
Quote “We need radical change. … Israelis and Palestinians together need to shake off the negative attitudes of mutual mistrust and hatred.” | Catholic leaders from the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land called in a July 8 statement for an end to the cycle of violence. They also criticized Israel’s occupation of […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: June 20, 2014
Quote “We do not stop being missionaries of Christ when we go to the stadium or when we passionately follow the national team in front of any technological device. With all the joy and hope that emerge from our faith, we would like to accompany the faithful soccer fans with prayers, reflections and comments.” | […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: June 6, 2014
Quote “Doubts with the faith and struggles are good things because that’s going to make your faith stronger. Even if there are elements of the church you can’t agree with, don’t ever give up your relationship with Jesus Christ. That is a living, real relationship.” | Salt Lake City Bishop John C. Wester in a […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: May 23, 2014
Quote “God will have a bit of explaining to do to me if I ever see him.” –Jacqueline Kennedy, writing to her friend Father Joseph Leonard in January 1964, not long after her husband, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. The correspondence between Jacqueline Kennedy and Father Leonard — in which the former first […]