To the editor:
Fr. Jim Murphy’s letter in the December 25 edition makes an excellent case against our country’s military intervention in Iraq.
Author: Chris Lee
Reflexiones en la inauguración y el tema de la esperanza
Estimados amigos,
Como muchos de ustedes, estoy seguro, yo he mirado, con interés, los acontecimientos que ocurrieron la semana pasada. Nuestro país ha atestiguado un acontecimiento enormemente histórico con la inauguración de presidente Barack Obama – un acontecimiento que habla de los enormes pasos que nuestro país ha hecho, incluso en mi curso de la vida, en términos de igualdad racial. Aunque se ha convertido en un cliché excesivo en las semanas recientes, habían épocas en que nadie en mi generación habría podido soñar que “veríamos este día.”
Write to oppose abortions at Madison Surgery Center
To the editor:
I was privileged to be a part of the large group protesting the abortion plans at the Madison Surgery Center on Thursday, Jan. 8. We were a peaceful and hopeful people. But there is more work to be done!
Help stop UW Hospital late-term abortions
To the editor:
The UW Hospital and Clinics and its associates are working on a plan to offer late-term abortions at the Madison Surgery Center, an outpatient treatment center. In one room, people will be healed while in another late-term babies will be dismembered. All patients will contribute to the abortion services as their payments will be co-mingled.
In state Legislature, pragmatic approach is good politics
The 2009 legislative session that begins this month will be different from recent sessions in one big way. For the first time since 1994 Democrats, and not Republicans, will control the State Assembly.
But in other significant ways, the session will be very similar to 2007. And that means in all likelihood, major policy changes will reflect a moderate, pragmatic tone.
Stance of Catholics on war considered a pro-life issue
To the editor:
I commend the publication of Fr. Jim Murphy’s letter in the December 25 edition of the Madison Catholic Herald. He brought up a topic we, as Catholics, need to consider. I, too, am concerned about the participation of Catholics in unprovoked wars. I think Father Murphy’s admonition of prudent caution regarding Catholic involvement in the U.S. military at this time is well spoken.
Engaging in service ‘for the greater glory of God’
Ad majorem Dei gloriam — It was the first Latin phrase that I committed to memory. The cross and the four letters A.M.D.G. were mandatory on all homework assignments for Sister Dolorosa’s eighth grade class.
At my home parish, eighth grade meant not only graduation, but Confirmation, and Confirmation meant knowing who you were, why you were created, and what God wanted you to do. In eighth grade it was difficult enough to discern right from wrong, much less discern the will of God in your life. How do you hear God through the voices of friends, raging hormones, new and strange emotions, and trying to retain the pleasures of childhood while balancing on the edge of an adult world?
Forming good conscience and doctrine of just war
To the editor:
I want to thank Fr. Jim Murphy for his letter of 25 December, “Catholics should not serve in the U.S. military at this time.” Central to Catholic moral doctrine is that one must form a good conscience, reflecting a prayerful and studied approach to good conduct.
Service: A hallmark of our faith and our schools
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Each year we set aside a week in late January to focus attention on and celebrate our Catholic schools. This year Catholic Schools Week runs from Sunday, Jan. 25, to Saturday, Jan. 31, with the theme, “Celebrate Service.”
Must keep law opposing same-sex marriage
To the editor:
On September 21, 1996, President Bill Clinton, an opponent of same-sex marriage, signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which had passed in the Senate 85 to 14 and in the House of Representatives 342 to 67.
DOMA had two major effects, “No state (or other political subdivision within the United States) need treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state, and, secondly, the federal government may not treat same sex relationships as marriages for any purposes, even if concluded or recognized by one of the states.”