The city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, has a new City Attorney: Michael Swanson (’93).
Early this year David Trull (’13) took three months from his career as a financial-services professional to serve as a volunteer for a Peruvian nonprofit that aids the poor.
The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles report the wonderful news that they have welcomed Maggie Conklin (’17) as a new postulant.
A feature story in the New York Times describes the efforts of Beau Braden, D.O. (’00) to establish a hospital in his impoverished, rural community.
“The Church should immediately call for the end of hearing confessions face to face in ‘reconciliation rooms.’”
Alumna writer Sophia (Mason ’09) Feingold observes that the latest news of scandal in the Church has revived old arguments against priestly celibacy.
“In spite of all this,” writes the Rev. Mr. Andrew De Silva (’03) of the Church’s ongoing abuse scandal, “I still feel called by God. Am I naive?”