Columnists/Guest Columnists
Updated: April 7th, 2012
Taking abortion challenges to prayer
JAN KAHLE
Sunday, 20 May 2012
Challenging situations at abortion clinics often need to be lifted in prayer for God’s intervention. About two weeks ago just such an incident occurred. The young woman who came seeking an abortion was working 16 hours a day to afford a better life for her and her 2-year-old child. She felt overw...
NOTRE DAME SISTER M. VALERIE SCHNEIDER
Saturday, 07 April 2012
The weather hit 70 degrees today, and reluctantly I packed away my cross country skis as the spring equinox approaches following the winter that never was. Winter is my favorite season on the civil calendar, while the Easter season is my favorite on ...
JAN KAHLE, Catholic Charities Respect Life Director
Saturday, 17 March 2012
The 40 Days for Life spring campaign is going on nationally and internationally, and in our Toledo Diocese at the Lima abortion clinic. Jan Kahle Medical abortions are performed at this clinic, which means that women are given m...
NOTRE DAME SISTER M. VALERIE SCHNEIDER
Friday, 02 March 2012
I’m writing this article on Super Bowl Sunday. For the past month we’ve heard questions like these: “Where will you watch the Super Bowl?” and “What are you serving for the Super Bowl party?” and “With whom are you watching the Super Bo...
JAN KAHLE, Catholic Charities Respect Life Director
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Jan. 22 is the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that led to the legalization of abortion in the United States. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has declared this a “day of penance for violations to...
JAN KAHLE
Friday, 06 January 2012
The name “Knights of Columbus” seems like an unusual title for a Catholic men’s organization. What do those words have to do with Christianity? When I think of knights I think of armor, swords,...
JAN KAHLE, Catholic Charities Respect Life Director
Thursday, 01 December 2011
As the respect life coordinator, I am often asked questions about abortion — how many children have lost their lives through abortion, how were their lives taken, what is embryonic stem cell researc...
CHRISTOPHER WEST
Saturday, 27 March 2010
In a recent washingtonpost.com article titled “Catholic Girls Gone Wild?” (March 1, 2010), Patrick J. Reilly, president and founder of the Cardinal Newman Society, reported a disturbing trend amon...
DEACON GREG KIRK, Galion St. Joseph
Friday, 05 March 2010
Father John Brennen, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Galion died last month after a long and courageous struggle with many health challenges. Finding that I have a half hour to spare between the Sunday...
CHRISTOPHER WEST
Saturday, 27 February 2010
A friend who knows I like to stay informed about disturbing trends in society recently sent me an article announcing the world’s first life-size sex robot complete with artificial intelligence and ...