Category: Opinion

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Kevin Wondrash

A walk to retreat, reflect, and remember

‘[Assistant] Editor’s View’
Kevin Wondrash

Those who know me well know that I like to walk. I’ll try to walk the one mile to Mass every weekend (when it is being celebrated publicly), and I’ll occasionally walk the 2.5 miles to work from my apartment on Madison’s west side.

If it were up to me, I’d walk everywhere instead of driving.

In my mind, unless you’re Richard Petty or A.J. Foyt, nothing good comes from driving.

Other than for practical reasons, I’ll also go for walks to satisfy the clichéd check boxes such as “getting out of the house” and “getting my steps in”.

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Kevin Wondrash

What does ‘normal’ mean now?

‘[Assistant] Editor’s View’
Kevin Wondrash

First off, I want to thank Catholic Herald Editor Mary C. Uhler for letting me borrow the Editorial page this week.

As many of you saw in last week’s edition, Mary was taken to the hospital after a serious medical episode.

You dear readers will be happy to know that she’s currently at home, resting and recovering.

I’m sure she’ll tell you more about what happened and what she went through in a future issue.

Know that she has greatly appreciated all of your prayers and thoughts.

Here, at our offices, the situation with Mary was just one of many things we have had to deal with over the last few weeks.

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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Girl pursues deams thanks to new kidney

Many news releases arrive in my email box, and I try to glance through most of them.

But one story this week caught my attention, and I read the whole thing — with some tears in my eyes.

It was about a little girl from Indiana who is now pursuing her dreams after suffering from kidney failure. She was fortunate to receive a kidney transplant in the nick of time with the help of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA).

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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Almsgiving: the least known Lenten practice

Editor's View by Mary C. Uhler

Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving — these are the three Lenten practices we’ve all learned about since childhood.

It seems that prayer and fasting are widely practiced and well-known among Catholics. Many of us deepen our prayer life during Lent, and we follow at least the minimal fasting requirements. Many of us go beyond by “giving up” some of our favorite foods such as desserts, candy, and alcoholic beverages.

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Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Preventing human trafficking

Editor's View by Mary C. Uhler

As our grandchildren grow older, I worry about the threat of human trafficking, especially the way human traffickers can lure young people through use of the Internet.

Pope Francis spoke about preventing human trafficking at his Sunday, Feb. 9, Angelus in St. Peter’s Square. The pope reminded people of the February 8 International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. It falls on the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was sold into slavery as a child.

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