A journey: Last Word Jan 1, 2004 Walk with me now into affluent modern manβs temple of gods and godd... Read More
Peacemaking is not an easy task Last Word Nov 1, 2003 Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, at St. Mary Student Chapel ... Read More
How to make major life decisions Last Word Sep 1, 2003 In one word, dear young reader, make major life decisions with PRUD... Read More
Purity of heart and the 6th Commandment Last Word Jul 1, 2003 When I studied the beatitudes in catechism class in parochial schoo... Read More
What side of the Lord do you stand on? Last Word Jun 1, 2003 The fifth beatitude occupies a special place in the teaching of the... Read More
Our hunger and thirst for righteousness Last Word May 1, 2003 When I was asked whether I had ever personally observed a hunger an... Read More
Why meekness doesnβt 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 Lordβs rules or law... Read More
Who are the βpoorβ 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. Thatβs 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 βone, 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