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August 2021

August 26, 2021
International Workers Day (May Day), the counterpart to our September Labor Day, was inspired by...
August 17, 2021
A major cause of our loneliness epidemic is the 50-year deterioration of intermediate-sized groups—ethnic clubs,...
August 05, 2021
I’m against social distancing. I’m into physical distancing instead. There is already too much social...

June 2021

June 29, 2021
The Working Catholic by Bill Droel Modern Catholic social doctrine dates from May 1891 with...
June 02, 2021
The Working Catholic: Labor Day Part IIby Bill Droel Covid-19 brings us an opportunity to...

May 2021

May 14, 2021
The Working Catholic: Shrine, Statue and Boat by Bill Droel Three Catholic women, champions of...
May 03, 2021
The Working Catholic: After Covid by Bill Droel The parish’s live-stream Mass should continue. In...

March 2021

March 09, 2021
The Working Catholic: Truth by Bill Droel God has a plan and God plants purposefulness...
March 04, 2021
Lent is the time for particular attention to sinfulness. Yet this year as in years...

February 2021

February 12, 2021
  Elite liberalism is the default philosophy in our society. (This modified liberalism is not...

January 2021

January 31, 2021
The Working Catholic: Populism by Bill Droel The term populism is wrongly applied to authoritarians...
January 04, 2021
  Can fashion design be a Christian vocation? No, because isn’t it true that the...

December 2020

December 29, 2020
The young adult activists who inspired the world this past summer now have the challenge...
December 17, 2020
Small is beautiful. No bigger than necessary. Act local; think global. Deborah Fallows and James...
December 08, 2020
A couple years ago we spent some days after Thanksgiving in Milwaukee. One purpose of...

November 2020

November 09, 2020
The term populism is wrongly applied to authoritarians like Viktor Orban in Hungry and Recep...
November 04, 2020
It was 20 years ago that Robert Putnam elevated the concept of social capital on...

October 2020

October 31, 2020
Cardinal Francis George, OMI (1937-2015) of Chicago was fond of controversial quips. Here’s one: “All...
October 19, 2020
Time is catching up with the founders of the United Farm Workers Union (www.ufw.org). Cesar...
October 16, 2020
My north side friend is a tireless proponent of social improvement. Year after year he...

September 2020

September 26, 2020
The modern age began, let’s say, in 1500. That date is precise enough to include...
September 19, 2020
During his acceptance speech this summer, presidential candidate Joe Biden included an inspiring quotation from...

August 2020

August 31, 2020
  Two Catholic laymen are credited with starting Labor Day: Matthew McGuire (1855-1917) and, no...

July 2020

July 29, 2020
Young adults are forcing our society to deal with several injustices and tensions. The long...
July 04, 2020
Editorials and opinion pieces regularly call upon the bishops or the president or the Congress...

June 2020

June 30, 2020
The President and Board of Trustees at St. Xavier University (3700 W 103rd St, Chicago,...
June 25, 2020
During his acceptance speech this summer, presidential candidate Joe Biden included an inspiring quotation from...
June 16, 2020
Two Catholic laymen are credited with starting Labor Day: Matthew McGuire (1855-1917) and, no relation,...

May 2020

May 19, 2020
A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....
May 19, 2020
A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....
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