Contributing to this month’s conversation are Dr. Thomas Burnford, president and CEO of the National Catholic Educational Association; Christine Friederichs, principal of St. John’s Area School in Foley; and David Fremo, diocesan director of Catholic Education Ministries.
We need to do a better job as a Church of telling our story — those of yesterday and of today — as well as reach out to those persons and communities who still struggle with the legacy of the sins and injustices of the past, whether Catholics committed them or not.
As we mark this 94th annual celebration of black history during February, I encourage all Catholics interested in justice, reconciliation and peace to commit to learning about the central place of black people in the church’s long and complex history.
In taking it one day at a time, we move forward to begin again in God’s service.
The debate on the topic of celibacy does not mean that the Latin church’s historic commitment to a celibate priesthood is changing.
Let us break the chains of poverty with the help of Catholic education.
I, as a woman, exercise my right to choose: to choose to find balance, to choose to find joy in both motherhood and my career, and to choose to recognize the value and goodness that children bring into women’s lives.
Christian hospitality means welcoming every person and encounter with grace.
