COMMENTARY
Before frost settles in, share the bounty
The fall produce season is well underway in Central Jersey and farmers are still harvesting spinach, turnips, radishes, sweet potatoes and carrots.This is good news for Lionel Menard, director of Project PAUL, a community outreach organization located near St. Ann Parish, Keansburg, that distributes food to more than 600 families in …
Disciples of the truth need a child's vision
Anyone who visits one of the busy New Jersey boardwalks will certainly notice that graphic tee shirts are a popular purchase. Normally, I try to ignore them, but during my end-of-the-summer visit I noticed one tee shirt that really caused me to chuckle.
This Nov. 11, reach out to all U.S. veterans
As Veterans Day approaches, e-mails have been coming in with suggestions on how best to observe this occasion. Ideas are also coming in about ways to reach out directly, especially to the vets who are serving now in Afghanistan and Iraq and other hot spots around the world, or who …
Blog: There's still a ways to go on health care reform
Provisions in the House bill on health care to prevent federal funding of abortion are a strong step forward, but it will only intensify the debate ahead on health reform
Wild-rice wisdom: letting up and slowing down
It was a difficult decision for the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa to suspend its wild rice harvest last fall. The Native American tribe in northern Minnesota shepherds Nett Lake, the world’s largest wild rice lake. Its harvest is a source of pride, identity, revenue and renown. To forgo an …
Four-legged friendship is a special gift from God
Sometimes I think God created animals to stretch our love beyond ourselves and those like us. But there are times when the stretching brings you close to breaking, and you are reminded again of the cost of loving — even an animal.
Critical concerns of women addressed at GCU
Georgian Court University’s annual week of education and awareness shines the spotlight on global and national issues each fall and gives participants ways to get involved locally in matters of real concern.
Alien obsession: Why is there so much talk about Catholics and extraterrestrials?
The topic of how the Catholic Church views alien life has been all over the media of late. But our fascination with little green men - even for Catholics - is nothing new.
New stem cell lines ethically inappropriate
Headlines trumpeted the fact that the U.S. approved the first “ethically acceptable” human stem cell lines Dec. 1. But hasn't this choice of words repeated throughout the media raised any red flags?
Prayer with an infallible guarantee
Jesus promises in the Gospels that if we ask for something in his name that he will grant our prayer. Of course we know that our prayers are not always answered, but that doesn't mean Jesus was making an idle promise to us.
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