What I saw there took my breath away. An abundance of wild blueberries covered the top of the cliff. The sun kissed my face and warm sunlight danced across the plump juicy berries and glossy green leaves that fluttered in a gentle breeze.
Category: Columns
An urgent need for good fathers
On June 19, 1910, thanks to Sonora Smart Dodd, a Father’s Day celebration was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Wash. The Spokane service is considered to be the beginning of Father’s Day in the United States.
Accepting disappointment
Long ago, deep in the heart of my grade school, people thronged through the colorful rooms filled with parish festival games and wonderment to my six-year-old eyes.
Let us remember the true meaning of Memorial Day
Memorial Day began as Decoration Day. In 1868 Major General John A. Logan, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, proclaimed the first official Memorial Day, which became Decoration Day.
Alkaline hydrolysis and you
In 2021, Wisconsin State Senator Patrick Testin, a Republican from Stevens Point, and Representative Todd Novak, a Republican from Dodgeville, sponsored legislation that would legalize alkaline hydrolysis as a means of disposing of human remains.
Four feasts to prepare us for summer and forever
Each year, at […]
How the Rosary helped me get pregnant
The year we got married was not an easy year. We were newly married during the recession, having decided to move forward with the wedding despite . . . well, everything.
Offer the best we have in simple acts of love
Everyone experiences personal difficulties at some point, times of heavy crosses we must carry for a short time or all our lives.
St. Joseph, pray for us
St. Joseph is a model of true masculinity in a time when true masculinity is under attack, misunderstood, and poorly modeled by many men in our culture.
Let us enjoy the year of St. Joseph
In his apostolic Letter Patris Corde, (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church.