Tough times for the economy mean escalating unemployment and the consequent nervousness that makes everyone meticulously monitor the percentage of the American population without jobs. Often there is an air of crisis around the reporting of the growing numbers of the unemployed.
Those with jobs breathe sighs of relief that they still are working. Though there may be complaints about one's job, the employed generally consider themselves blessed.
The unemployed and the underemploy...
Tests of speed may be the oldest and most durable of human competitions. Some, like running, must be as old as two cave boys racing to see who gets the bigger piece of mammoth pie. Others couldn't even be imagined until modern technology invaded our brain patterns.
Part of this summer's news is the speed texting contest being held by one of our cellular phone companies. For those of us who think a phone is only a tool for talking at long distance, this will be, as they say, a wake-up c...
In a society where drug companies and pro-abortion advocates place profit and policies above the welfare of people, life is a gamble.
The most recent malevolent innovation that has been introduced is a drug called Ulipristal, marketed as "ellaOne," or "ella." The Food and Drug Administration announced Aug. 13 that it had approved the drug.
Available only by prescription, ellaOne is claimed to prevent pregnancy for up to five days after sexual intercourse -- two days longer than...
Ethnic heritage parishes, once a standard in the immigrant-rich United States, have been slowly disappearing as more generations of native-born Americans have released their cling to ethnic identity.
For many Catholics, combining cultural heritage with faith is still an important factor of life. Catholics of Polish heritage in St. Louis did this for more than 125 years at St. Stanislaus.
For almost seven years, some members and the board of St. Stanislaus have been at odds with...
Just recently, we received a good message from Archbishop Carlson concerning all Roman Catholics of Polish heritage in the St. Louis area.
The archbishop, as he wrote in the St. Louis Review, is working with the St. Stanislaus Board and has developed the proposal in which he agreed to restore St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish again as the Polish Roman Catholic parish in St. Louis (if the conditions of his proposal are accepted). The restored parish will have the exceptional, for the Archdio...
Despite the recent hot, hazy and humid weather, summer is a great time for reflection, rest and prioritizing one's life.
Pope Benedict XVI recently commented on this during his summer vacation at Castel Gandolfo. In his regular address covered by Catholic News Service, Pope Benedict encouraged Catholics to "rest from our daily labors, so that we may give time to the one thing that is truly necessary to our lives — listening to the word of God in attentive stillness."
While the p...
We are all for initiatives that would help pregnant women who have decided to keep their babies. We need more support for women who choose to parent their child or give it up for adoption over having an abortion.
In July, President Barack Obama announced that $25 million a year would be available to the states to support pregnant teens and teen mothers through the Pregnancy Assistance Fund. States can apply for grants to assist women complete high school or college and provide them wit...
With our country caught in the grip of high unemployment, home foreclosures, market malaise and seemingly endless economic uncertainty, it is easy to forget about the economic plight of our brothers and sisters in Latin America, where poverty, hunger, homelessness and disease are not a temporary condition but a way of life. The poverty in that part of the world is of a scale so great that it is nearly unimaginable for us.
When we get a glimpse of the desperation of so many millions of...
Abortionists and organizations that profit from the abortion industry often use a number of tactics to make sure that the so-called "right to choose" ends in an abortion. The language of the pro-abortionist always makes abortion sound pro-woman; it disguises the violence of the act of abortion and hides the personal suffering that often follows it.
Pro-abortionists always fight legislative efforts to make the decision-making process a more informed and voluntary one. Their allies in th...
Now is not the time to slack off, or cut back. That is the challenge we all face when times get tough.
An article on Page 2 shows that even previous donors to food pantries and care centers in the St. Louis area are now seeking assistance themselves. The facts should not frighten us, but challenge us. Charity for the true disciple is never optional.
Everyone is aware that these are tough times for many people. Job loss, work reductions, ballooning debt and many other issues have...
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