Category: People

Prayer for the Church and the New Pope

Prayer for the Church and the New Pope

O Lord Jesus Christ, Supreme Pastor of Your Church, we thank you for the ministry of Pope Benedict XVI and the selfless care with which he has led us as Successor of Peter, and Your Vicar on earth. Good Shepherd, who founded Your Church on the rock of Peter's faith and have never left Your...

Book Review: Down Right Good by Karen Kelly Boyce

Book Review: Down Right Good by Karen Kelly Boyce

The award-winning “Down Right Good” tells the poignant adventures of ten-year-old Angie who was born with Down syndrome. She develops a limited vocabulary but has the ability to see angels. She bikes around her town, delivering the weekly community tabloid, seeing the pain in the people who live at each stop. Their stories of abuse...

Catholic for Ten Years by Sarah Reinhard

Catholic for Ten Years by Sarah Reinhard

“I don’t have to do this. No one can make me.” That attitude didn’t stop me. It didn’t keep me from being baptized and confirmed at the Easter Vigil ten years ago. And that, I believe, is because of the grace of God. For me–-and for most of us, I think, if we’re honest-–my conversion...

Life and a Marathon – part 1 by Kathy Szymanski

Life and a Marathon – part 1 by Kathy Szymanski

I participated in a marathon in December 2011, just a few weeks shy of my 57th birthday. I have cancer of the neck and throat, and have had it for 10 years. I also have a tracheotomy and can’t breathe through my nose or mouth. I present all that as background. I want to share...

Mrs. Conrad Bryson

Mrs. Conrad Bryson

The head librarian at Memorial Park Branch Library was the unforgettable Mrs. Conrad Bryson, a stately woman who was my first boss.  The slight handicap of her involuntary blinking right eye seemed to be a nervous habit, but this genetic quirk never phased her. It only made her more endearing. I sometimes imagined she was...