Opinion

Still a priest in the Year of the Priest

Guest ColumnistFather Stephen Perzan I don’t know if I’ve ever been so excited over any “It’s the Year of…” dictum from the Vatican as I am about this one, “The Year of the Priest.” Perhaps, it’s because I know that even though I am not yet an “old priest,” I’m at least an “older priest” […]

Courage required to oppose unjust laws

Next week at this time America will be celebrating its Independence Day. More than two centuries after Americans won a revolution for democratic governance, half a world away democracy struggles to stay alive. Iran is ostensibly a democracy in that it holds elections. Whether they are free and fair is the crux of weeklong protests […]

Living like Jesus, living with compassion

Faith in ActionBy Edward J. Lis Recently, a group of 25 people gathered for a retreat to culminate their year-long graduate courses in pastoral counseling at Neumann University. The theme of the day was “We Break the Bread of Our Lives” and was grounded in St. Paul’s probing question in 1 Corinthians 10:16: “Is not […]

Marriage: We’re going the wrong way

Guest ColumnistA. B. Hill I live on a one-way street. Occasionally someone ignores the signs and goes up instead of down. This is unsettling when you consider how dangerous it is for the wrong-way driver and unsuspecting drivers who are going the right way. With the status of marriage in America today, some wonder if […]

Pray for our priests

This weekend families will celebrate their fathers with visits, cards and maybe a necktie. Other families will pause to remember their deceased fathers with prayers for their eternal rest. Our country marks Father’s Day as it did Mother’s Day last month, with prayers and expressions of love and gratitude. The Church this week announces not […]

Leading by example

Guest ColumnistFather Leonard Peterson It all comes down to a choice between “BE” and “GE.” The letters stand for “bad example” and “good example.” Now that the graduates of the 2009 class of Notre Dame have long since turned in their caps and gowns, there is one little item that I think was overlooked in […]

Catholic news past, present and future

Last week newspaper readers lost a source for news as the Bulletin went the way of its predecessor, that is, out of business. After the original Bulletin folded in 1982, 20 years passed until Tom Rice, a Catholic parishioner from Narberth, launched a newspaper under the same name (see his Profile, page 24). After five […]

A world in prayer

Guest ColumnistMsgr. James McDonough “When the World Mission rosary is completed, one has embraced all continents, all people in prayer.” – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen The Pontifical Mission Societies have, as their primary purpose, the promotion of a universal missionary spirit – a spirit of prayer and sacrifice – among all baptized Catholics. In February […]

Go forth in faith

All across the Archdiocese last weekend and this, families are hosting parties for a big moment in their young person’s life: graduation from high school. For Catholics completing their studies at a Catholic archdiocesan or private school, a public high school or even a homeschooling program, sincere congratulations go out to them all. The graduates […]

Spiritual reading in a time of economic crisis

Guest ColumnistFather Stephen Perzan Has your 401(k) suddenly gone south? Are you concerned about your finances and future well being? Then I have the book for you. It’s Frank J. Hanna’s, “What Your Money Means and How to Use it Well.” The book makes great common and spiritual sense out of a subject most of […]