Signs – and side effects – of dwindling participation by high school students in the sacrament of confirmation have become all too real. More Catholic teens are opting out of confirmation instruction, swayed by considerable distractions facing all youth in today’s culture. As a result, the high numbers of young …
Opposite sides of the aisle
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Bee Goodman
Frs. Gladysz, Herman are the ‘Odd Couple’ when it comes to reviewing the movie ‘Silence’ By Bee Goodman Faith is easy to talk about when nothing is asked of it. It is another thing entirely to hold onto it with a foot raised over the face of Christ, a sword at your neck, and no one watching but God. That was the question in the room on June 12 when the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus hosted Movie Night with a Priest for a screening of Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film Silence, based on the novel by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo. The evening was billed as a discussion. It turned into something closer to a debate, and a farewell to beloved cathedral associate pastor Father Martin Gladysz. In preparing for his new assignment, Father Gladysz said farewell to Sacred Heart Cathedral to become pastor of St.... Read more →