Faith takes no summer vacation
by Bob Hart KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Call it “Catholic Summer Bible School.” Or better yet, call it by its alliterative sobriquet: Totus Tuus. A Latin term meaning “totally yours,” Totus Tuus was adopted by…
Column: Let a feline help reveal the Divine
by Father Mark Goldasich After a burial a couple of weeks ago, I was approached at the cem- etery by a relative of the person who had died. This man said he’d like to talk…
Respite for the Roamin’ Catholic
by Kara Hansen I cannot remember the first time my dad took my brother and me to our parish church by ourselves. The visits with just the three of us — four, counting the Blessed Sacrament…
‘The pill’ leaves a legacy of pain
by Joe Bollig joe.bollig@theleaven.org KANSAS CITY, Kan. — It’s not as famous as other dates, but maybe it should be: May 11, 1960. A revolution of sorts occurred on that day, when the G.D. Searle…
Home at Last
Military chaplain returns to the archdiocese by Jill Ragar Esfeld jill.esfeld@theleaven.org Shawnee — After traveling the world as a chaplain for the U.S. Air Force, through 15 assignments and five deployments, Father James…
Election year questions and answers
Voting is a profoundly important responsibility for each of us as Americans and as Catholics. It is not only an act of citizenship, but also an expression of conscience. Applying the principles of our Catholic…
Top chef
Eighteen-year-old Kealan O’Boyle led his team to a national cooking championship that helped change his and his teammates’ lives forever by Kara Hansen It may not have been “Iron Chef America,” but winning a national…
Column: Jesus’ gentle reproach challenges us, too
by Father Mike Stubbs Once, I was asked to read the will after I had presided at the funeral of the deceased. As an outsider, I would appear not to favor any of the warring factions staking a claim to the inheritance. I…
It’s no fun to be always on the run
by Father Mark Goldasich Maybe it’s just the heat, but for some reason I feel a pressing need to come clean about something from my childhood. I owe an apology to those who knew me “way back when,” especially my cousins…
Live and in 3-D
Knights of Columbus help the Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic obtain a 3-D sonogram machine by Kara Hansen KANSAS CITY, Kan. — It was only a matter of time before the sonogram machine at Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic…