COMMENTARY
Celebrating life: The ultimate Christmas gift
We often agonize over what to buy the people in our lives for Christmas. But when we really think about it, the presents that mean the most in our lives are those that help us connect with our loved ones, not the ones that put a strain on our wallets.
Bringing the Nativity into our hearts and homes
Each Christmas, there are always attempts to eliminate the Christian elements of the holiday by keeping symbols of Christ's birth out of the public view. That leaves it up to us to make our own display of the real reason for the holiday.
The Life-Changing Vowel (preview)
On the eve of my forty-(mumble) birthday, I decided to treat myself to a trip to San Francisco with my good friend Lisa. My old-fashioned paper driver’s license was about to expire, and knowing current flight regulations required photographic documents, I decided to upgrade to the next plateau of identification: …
A grass roots glimpse at the climate change conference
The U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen may not have produced the break though accords that some had hoped for, but Sister Suzanne Golas found reasons to be optimistic after returning home to New Jersey from the Danish capital.
Looking back at the lighter side of '09
We all remember the big moments that dominated the news in 2009. But as we look back on the year gone by, there were also a lot of light-hearted stories worth revisiting.
Understanding the true meaning of chastity
To understand why Christian tradition emphasizes the birth of Jesus out of a chaste womb, we must first shed our overly-narrow concept of chastity and understand what it truly means to live a chaste life.
Annual survey big factor in helping the homeless
Unless there’s a repeat of December’s blizzard, one thing is a given: the annual statewide survey of the homeless population in New Jersey will take place Jan. 26.
Seize your second chance in this second decade
Maybe the decade that has just ended wasn't our best. But God always gives us another chance, and the new year ahead is a perfect time for a new beginning.
Experiencing the March for Life
Photo and Online Editor Scott Alessi blogs on the experience of traveling to Washington, D.C., to walk with thousands of pro-life supporters and Catholics from the Diocese of Trenton in the annual March for Life.
Amid the heartbreak, hope for respite and relief
Before the Jan. 12 earthquake, immigration officials estimated that only paperwork and final arrangements stood between about 35,000 undocumented Haitians being returned to their strife-torn homeland, including a number of people who had come to the Trenton Diocese in search of safe harbor.
Like Isaac, we journey in the footsteps of our parents
Parents leave us with a legacy, which may be a burden or a blessing, or a little of both. Though we may not be able to avoid all the similarities, we have the gift of parents’ wisdom and foolishness and the ability to consider each as we choose our own …
Haiti and the theodicy question
As people of faith, when we see a tragedy the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti it raises within us an obvious question - where was God when this happened?
Heeding Heidi: The empty gains of plastic surgery
Heidi Montag, the 23-year-old reality TV star, underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day, as pin pointed in People magazine and now scrutinized online. Unlike Heidi, when we seek to transform ourselves, we have to start working from the inside.
A legacy of life: Remembering Father Joseph Kukura
The message on the telephone at the Princeton-based Catholic Healthcare Partnership of New Jersey where he was president had yet to be updated Feb. 3 when I called in search of a candid photo of Father Joseph W. Kukura that captured his buoyant personality.
Catholics must act now to keep abortion funding out of health care bill
Catholics need to do more than pray for an end to abortion, they need to stand up and take action against abortion coverage in health care reform.
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