Why meekness doesn’t mean weakness Last Word Apr 1, 2003 One of the most consoling and appreciated statements of Jesus for p... Read More
Why the beatitudes are a guide to happiness Last Word Mar 1, 2003 The Eight Beatitudes have been described as our Lord’s rules or law... Read More
Who are the ‘poor’ who will inherit the Kingdom? Last Word Jan 1, 2003 In the ancient world, both in Old and New Testament times, there wa... Read More
Remembering a forgotten devotion Last Word Dec 1, 2002 When you think in December about Catholic devotions and practices t... Read More
Why true love waits Last Word Oct 1, 2002 Vital statistics appear regularly in the Lansing State Journal cove... Read More
An open letter to teenagers Last Word Sep 1, 2002 Dear confirmed young people, the hope of the future: You have hear... Read More
Families and vocations Last Word Jul 1, 2002 The times and circumstances have changed since I first considered p... Read More
The local effects of Pentecost Last Word May 1, 2002 For a dozen years, from 1979 to 1990, I celebrated a special Mass a... Read More
Ethnic parishes help keep faith alive for those in a new world Last Word Apr 1, 2002 As the grandson of immigrants from eastern Europe, and as the son o... Read More
My most powerful and beautiful experience of reconciliation Last Word Mar 1, 2002 If you ask me to share with you the most powerful and most beautifu... Read More
Are you saved? Last Word Jan 1, 2002 If my informal surveys are any indication, more than one-third of t... Read More
What my sisters mean to me Last Word Oct 1, 2001 As the eldest of the four children of Joseph and Elizabeth Povish (... Read More
Tapping into a yearning and fulfilling it. That’s youth ministry. Last Word Sep 1, 2001 The last 25 years saw significant development in ministry to youth ... Read More
How is retirement going? Last Word Jul 1, 2001 Not a week passes without several people asking me questions like, ... Read More
My experience of having cancer Last Word May 1, 2001 Since this issue of FAITH Magazine focuses on Life and Death, the e... Read More
Did Jesus Really Descend into Hell? Last Word Apr 1, 2001 When catechetical sermons were standard, before Vatican II ordered ... Read More
Embracing other rites Last Word Mar 1, 2001 The typical American Catholic professes belief in “one, holy, catho... Read More
Ecumenical experiences Last Word Feb 1, 2001 In April of 1982, the Michigan Council of Churches was folding; and... Read More
Our Reason for celebration Last Word Dec 1, 2000 Christmas is a time for giving and receiving gifts, and I wonder wh... Read More
Holiday Time, Family Time Last Word Nov 1, 2000 My sisters and I joked for years that, in our family as we were gro... Read More
Women of the Church Last Word Oct 1, 2000 Bishop Stephen Woznicki of Saginaw, who ordained me in 1950 and was... Read More
The Joy of God Last Word Sep 1, 2000 Before the new liturgy in English was introduced, Mass used to begi... Read More
Our American Rights Last Word Jul 1, 2000 “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” is an old American saying t... Read More
Where Are You Going? Last Word May 1, 2000 If ever in history there was a people “on the move,” it’s Americans... Read More
Eternal Easter Visions Last Word Apr 1, 2000 Alan Jay Lerner wrote those lyrics back around 1966, Barbra Streisa... Read More