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A healthy, holy love of country

The Fourth of July – Independence Day in the U.S. – is a time when many Americans ...
Independence Day is a moment to reflect on individual, collective freedoms

Independence Day is a moment for us to reflect on our freedom.
Fire, drugs, greed

It may have been a discarded cigarette thrown into a rag bin.
Catholic medical ethicists are needed more than ever before

The ongoing pandemic has exposed significant disparities in the availability and quality of health care throughout the world and, on a personal level, has highlighted the often-tough decisions people face about their or their loved ones’ care, especially with regard to end-of-life considerations.
Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a witness of Christ for all

We know of the challenges young people face today.
Catechesis is the ‘principal proclamation,’ the way to truth

I recently painted my dining room, and soon our entire living room had been rearranged, including a small table with a Bible.
Communion in a time of farewells

No, I am not saying farewell. I do not plan to stop writing this column any time soon.
Criticism of relief funding: uninformed, illogical and unjust

In early July, the Associated Press published an article about federally issued COVID relief funding that was fairly jaw-dropping...
Remembering who we are, and whose we are

The exhortation “Remember who you are, and whose you are” might well describe much of the effort and thinking that we focus on in this August issue of The Monitor Magazine.
A time for dedication

This summer marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Empathy is needed to bridge the divide

In the context of recent events unfolding across the nation, the need for empathy has never been more...
The challenge of the pandemic: doing what's right

Three times in my lifetime the United States has suffered a surprise attack for which it was woefully unprepared.
It’s our responsibility to support corporate citizenship

We should be looking at business practices and whether they stand for the values in which we profess to believe.
Letter To The Editor: Supporting the sanctity of human life across the board

A few weeks ago while listening to a Catholic radio program, a pro-lifer called in expressing how grateful she was for the strong position the Catholic Church is taking defending the pro-life movement.
Letter To The Editor: Even in midst of pandemic, Jesus is with us

The weeks pass by with little, if any, assurance of when we can expect life to return to normal.
In midst of death, we must uphold value of every human life

We find ourselves in the strangest of times: a surreal mix of sadness, fear and, at times, desperation.
Learning from the poor in a time of crisis

As our world faces the current pandemic that has halted our lives, literally, many ask about the why, how and where of life.
Celebrating Black History Month

During my time at Aquinas High School in La Crosse, I was privileged to have a young Sister Thea Bowman as a teacher.
Telling the human story: One role of the Catholic press

One of the most popular features in this newspaper is the weekly profile of everyday Catholics living out their faith. We call it "Your Catholic Neighbor."
Let’s end the ‘globalization of indifference’ and support immigrants

National Migration Week has been a time for us to reflect on the need to be inclusive and welcoming ...
Letter to the Editor: Active participation includes singing

The In Focus article in the Monitor regarding singing at Mass [“Singing at Mass is praying with the music,” The Monitor Magazine, Oct. 2019] evoked both memories and ongoing challenges.
Imagine having no place to call home

Just imagine for a moment that you have no home.
What all Hispanics lost in the El Paso massacre

In the moments it took a gunman at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, recently to massacre 22 people – the majority of whom were Hispanic – and wound dozens more, the 56 million of us who constitute the Hispanic population lost our sense of security, of belonging to the whole, that has been won generation by generation here in the United States.
‘Does God love the illegals?’

A reader called The Record a couple of weeks ago to ask this question: “Does God love the illegals?”

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