VIEW FROM THE PEW One of the greatest kindnesses one person can do for another is to just listen. Sit down or lean back and say, either by words or just patient attitude: “Do tell me your story, take your time, I’m here to hear the whole tale.” And if you endure and have follow […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble’
VIEW FROM THE PEW To tweak that old adage about how March weather “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” the opposite is true about November this year. I’m not thinking about meteorology — wind, storm and surf stuff — but liturgy, the things we’ve been hearing in church. For the […]
Mary Adamski: An archives reveals its treasure
View from the pew The Vatican museum was the setting for a brief feature clip on a network television news show earlier this month, did you see that? A reporter strolled with the keeper of the keys through rooms full of historical artifacts, the works of great and not-so-great artists, sacred Mass vessels and treasure […]
Mary Adamski: When a loss for words is preferable
Being at a loss for words is not a trait prevalent in my family. We are storytellers and we love to give advice. People in power positions don’t know how lucky — or is it unfortunate? — they are that they’re not on our speed dial for input on remedies for the state of the […]
Mary Adamski: Saints alive!
Father Damien de Veuster, still celebrated, is only one of many heroes Kalaupapa produced Heroes and martyrs and saints, oh my. One of them is featured in a cameo further back in this paper. Some ring a bell from schooldays stories or “patron saint of” lists. Many may seem obscure to people caught up in […]
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