Rather than writing an editorial on one topic this week, I am going to comment on several current matters of interest to Catholics.
Category: Opinion
Principal exemplified dedicated service
Co-workers, students, family members, and friends of Steve Bolser filled Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Madison on March 20 for his Mass of Christian Burial.
Send postcards to president to protect conscience rights
To the editor:
It is time again for another avalanche of postcards to Washington, D.C. — this time directed to President Obama.
ACA: New letters with new meaning
In the past, we used to hear about the DSA — the Diocesan Services Appeal. But this year, parishioners in the Diocese of Madison will be hearing some new letters: ACA. They stand for the Annual Catholic Appeal.
Thanks for food contribution from Catholic schools
To the editor:
The members, volunteers, and staff of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Madison extend our sincere thanks for the tremendous contribution of food we received recently from nine area Catholic schools. Students, teachers, and staff enthusiastically organized and took part in the food drive held during Catholic Schools Week to help supply our new Madison pantry.
Remember the words of Pope John Paul II on life
To the editor:
On October 7, 1979, John Paul II, in his first visit to the United States as pope, spoke at the Mall in Washington, D.C., and said the following words: “We will stand up and proclaim that no one has the authority to destroy unborn human life.”
Draw an ethical line in regulating research
On March 9, President Barack Obama issued an executive order reversing the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. On that same day I received a news release from John Rogers, who calls himself a Wisconsin-based “political advisor” for actor Michael J. Fox.
Conscientious objection: We must continue to protect it for health care workers
Many of us are aware of the term “conscientious objector” as it applies to armed service. During the Vietnam War, for example, some men subject to the draft declared themselves conscientious objectors. They performed alternate kinds of service rather than fight as soldiers.
U.S. and allies met Just War requirements in Iraq
To the editor:
Fr. Jim Murphy and subsequent mailbag contributors make a (not so excellent) case against our military intervention in Iraq. They use post-Christian and pacifist assumptions in Just War Tradition to cast doubt and dishonor on our nation, our soldiers’ virtue, and the nature of Christian warfare. There is no embarrassment for our military or our soldiers who defend innocents and nations from militant Islamic aggression.
‘Definitely Not Abortion’ Club
To the editor:
My name is George W. Sande. I am nine years old and I go to school at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Jefferson.