There are about 220 Catholic colleges and universities in the United States, a number that has diminished over the past decade with several closings each year. The most famous schools are those known for their sports teams, like football powerhouse Notre Dame, or...
Kids & The Easter Story Dr. Ralph Wilson, director of Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries, once wrote: “If you ask your average heathen youngster what Easter is about, he’ll tell you about the Easter bunny and finding decorative baskets filled with annoying plastic...
Week Called Holy When fishes flew and forests walked, and figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood, then surely, I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry and ears like errant wings, The devil’s...
UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader Inexplicable Irish A group of friends I know happen to be pretty good singers. They discovered this reality one night at a new south Kansas City bar, Corner Cocktail, some forty-five years ago. One of them was forced by his dear...
UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader Closer to Fine “I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains, I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains. There’s more than one answer to my questions, pointing me in a crooked line. And the less I seek my source as a...
Well, That’s One Thing We’ve Got “You say we’ve got nothing in common, no common ground to start from, and that we’re falling apart…And I said, ‘What about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?’ And she said, ‘I think I remember that film, and as I recall, we both kinda liked it.’...
