It was at the Keyhole, nearly 13,200 feet up Longs Peak in Colorado, when Father Mitchel Zimmerman thought that he might be walking into a problem.
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Taking their roles seriously
Their shared love of theater has turned into a marriage-strengthening bond.
Looking for the rest of the summer
by Father Mark Goldasich Is it just my imagination, or has there been an upswing in cheerfulness around the Leaven office these past few days? It’s what you typically see when people are getting ready to go on vacation. The odd...
Knights to the rescue
When Burmese refugees at All Saints Parish here needed help acclimating to their new home and finding affordable health insurance for their families, Father Dan Gardner knew just where to turn.
Visiting Indian bishop seeks ‘hope for the hopeless’
“We are simply sharing our faith, our brotherhood and what financial assistance we can offer with the lowest of the classes, the outcast people,” Bishop Gallela said. “Their needs are great.”
Village people
If it takes a village to raise a child, consider St. Agnes Parish here one such village.
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 Pope John Paul II as his...
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 to me at the funeral dinner. There, he slipped me a sheet...
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 — were so much a part of my childhood...
‘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 pharmaceutical company received...