Mercy
Critic’s Corner Column: Life springing forth from the Requiem
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR “Remember your death,” is a slogan you may have heard. In today’s world, it’s something that is often shoved to the side as something avoidable when we ignore it. But the Catholic Church, always desiring our greater good, brings death to our attention not as something to be dreaded, but as […]
Franciscan brother’s story encourages openness in vocations
RACHEL MILLER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST He enjoys creating music and cooking food; he likes to exercise and watch “super” movies and the shows “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” He is a fan of coffee, and he wears a habit. Brother David Dodd, TOR, has happily returned to Franciscan University five years post-graduation to serve […]
Conservative Column: Repeal of DACA good start
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER “If you’re going to do something, be sure to do it the right way.” Those are the words my mother has always told me, and they apply to pretty much anything, including immigration policy. During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump promised that he would reverse what he considered […]
Letter from the editor: Life goes on, but what is next?
HANNAH CRITES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF When I started writing this column last Monday, I was writing it for results on the presidential election that ended up coming out very differently than I thought. I did not think that Hillary Clinton would lose. But she did and I was shocked. It’s another thing to add to the list […]
New evangelization understood in light of mercy
KELSEY SLEMP STAFF WRITER Knowledge of God’s mercy for humanity is the key to the New Evangelization, said the speaker at the opening of the Pope Francis Symposium on Thursday. Ralph Martin, who holds a doctorate in theology and teaches the subject at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, spoke to students and visitors at […]
Pope St. John Paul II’s message of joy and mercy
BY HANNAH CRITES ASSISTANT EDITOR Pope St. John Paul II was a man who lived to see war, tyrannical governments and the death of his whole family all before he was 25 years old. Later in his life, he was shot, and he suffered with one of the most awful diseases. But when most people […]