Father Don Farnan Jan 8 As the NFL’s regular season is completed, our attention, perhaps even obsession, for the next month will be dedicated to the play-offs and championship games. Looking back on this and recent years, the National Football League has been a...
TO DAYS GONE BY At the end 1877, the young Scottish poet, Rabbie Burns, found himself with mates and muckers at a pub where he embellished ancestral ballads passed down by older muckers who recalled times that evaporated into history. Whether sober recollections of...
ather Don Farnan Dec 28 Returning to racially integrated communities in Kansas City’s urban core this year, I also attempt to return to cultural rituals and inspiring traditions different from those around which I grew up. One that gets hidden amidst Christmas,...
BE NOT AFRAID In late September of 1978 when the Archbishop of Krakow was chosen as the first non-Italian pope in nearly 500 years, the future Saint John Paul II stepped onto the world stage with the words: “Be not afraid.” His prophetic message echoed that of sacred...
Father Don Farnan Dec 16 In Bethlehem, pilgrims enter the Church of the Nativity through the Door of Humility. It is structured so that only children and short people can enter standing up. Adults must become diminutive by crouching down or bowing so they can pass...
Conversion Conversation Father Don Farnan Dec 12 The etymology of “conversion” and “conversation” are similar. From Latin roots, “con” means with or together; “ver” or “vertere” is a reference to turning or changing; “sion” or “sation” implies an action. Converting...
