At St. Adalbert Parish, one of the real treasures is the Pieta that is currently located in a…
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Did you ever hear the saying, “an idle mind is the devil’s workshop?” The origin is in…
My stepmother sometimes says she’s “busier than flies on horseshit.” It’s a striking image, and I think of…
In a recent article in Church Life Journal, Timothy O’Malley wrote about the difficulty Americans have in understanding…
Who are we? One of the ways we might describe ourselves is as members of communities. Or at…
I’d like to begin this little reflection by saying clearly that I love my country. There is so…
From the Lamp Magazine, Issue 7, St. Rose 2021 I was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic…
I started visiting Cook County Jail in 1985 and have been going ever since. For a while I…
It’s been a while that I haven’t spoken with a gang member. In St. Paul these days, there…
What’s in a word? Language changes. What was a common expression in 1960 or 1860 might mean something…