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Posted inMagazine, Your Take
Are consumer boycotts a helpful form of resistance?
“In the world of consumer products and for-profit corporations,” wrote Kathy Wright of Loretto, Ky., “money talks.”
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
What role does social media play in your life?
Our readers ranked interpersonal relationships as the area of their lives most positively and negatively affected by social media.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How parents really feel about bringing young kids to Mass
As parents, we try so hard to make our children behave or at least not disturb the others around us, and no matter the effort, someone is usually disturbed.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
What is the greatest challenge facing religious education programs for children?
In response to this question, 54 percent of respondents said a lack of parental involvement poses the greatest challenge to religious education programs for children.
Posted inLetters, Magazine
The Letters
Responsibility Re “Placement of Jesuits Under Supervision Raises Concerns,” by Michael J. O’Loughlin and Kevin Clarke (1/21): Priests must stop protecting one another. The nation must stop allowing abusive priests to be treated any differently from other abusers. They are breaking the law—not just God’s law but the actual law, and they should be held […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Are you in favor of legalizing marijuana?
In response to this question, 89 percent of respondents said they were in favor of the legalization of marijuana, either for medicinal purposes only (17 percent) or for both medicinal and recreational use (72 percent). Some respondents said that the medical benefits of marijuana need to be acknowledged and noted that legalization would help people […]
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
The Letters
Changing Consciousness Re “A Call to Prayer,” by Tim Shriver (1/7): Father Thomas Keating changed the consciousness of many of us who have rested in God through “centering prayer.” His great quality of humility models for us a new way of being in our divided world. My father died last week, and I can attest […]
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How does your parish welcome people with disabilities?
Respondents reported a variety of accommodations for people with disabilities in their parishes, while also calling on their communities to do more to support parishioners with special needs.