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On Monday, Oct. 4, late in the morning, at least in this time zone, something scary and uncertain happened that nearly brought the world to a halt — Facebook stopped working.

Editorial

On July 30, 2020

Kevin Wondrash

Finding what we all can agree on

I have a problem. Every time I see a potentially controversial Facebook post, tweet, message board posting, online news story, or any other message of the sort, I am immediately drawn to and sucked into the comments section.

For those unfamiliar with the more social media-esque methods of sharing news and information, the comments section allows people who’ve read the article — or just glanced at the headline — to type out and share their thoughts on it for all to see. These comments are often opinionated, emotional, or a reflection of one’s thoughts while reading said article or post.

These comments, even in the online Catholic media, can lead to a lot of back and forth debating — or let’s be honest, arguing — sometimes getting very personal.

Editorial

On July 2, 2020May 14, 2021

Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Parting thoughts on editorial writing and importance of the Catholic press

When he named me editor of the Catholic Herald in 1986, Bishop Cletus F. O’Donnell expressed his confidence in me and encouraged me to write “one solid editorial” every week.

I’ve lived up to his request. In these 34 years, I estimate I’ve written almost 1,600 editorials.

Around the Diocese

On September 4, 2014

Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

St. Paul’s celebrates Masses for Facebook followers

MADISON — On Monday, July 21, the St. Paul University Catholic Center Facebook page was sitting with a strong following of 900 followers.

After the page’s administrator had a short conversation with Fr. Mark Miller — the recently arrived new director of student ministries at St. Paul’s — the following was posted on the page:

“If we reach 1,000 Facebook page ‘likes’ by the end of the week, Fr. Mark will say a Mass for just our Facebook followers:) Please click on our page and on the left hand side, click to invite your friends to like our page!”