by Leslie Sholly | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
I remain a parishioner at the church where I was baptized 55 years ago, meaning I have spent well over 2,000 Sunday mornings there. As a child, my mind and my eyes tended to wander, and the stained glass windows provided both entertainment and enlightenment, as they...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 28, 2022 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
In a world obsessed with social media, many of us judge our worth by how often our posts are liked or shared by others, hoping to go viral, obsessively checking our phones throughout the day when we think we have shared something exceptionally profound or amusing....
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 28, 2022 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
Abba, Abba Father. You are the potter; we are the clay, the Work of Your hands . . . That is the beginning of a song I remember singing often at morning Mass when I was an 8th grader in parochial school. You probably recall the hymnal; it was ubiquitous in the early...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 21, 2022 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Notre Dame
Pro-life Profile is a new series I will be publishing regularly. These brief interviews will highlight pro-life leaders in order to dispel the preconceptions that predominate in the mainstream press and the minds of pro-choice people. I’ll begin with my Vita...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 11, 2022 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Euthanasia, law, Life Issues, Notre Dame, Politics, War
Pro-life Profile is a new series I plan to publish regularly. These brief interviews will highlight pro-life leaders in order to dispel the preconceptions that predominate in the mainstream press and the minds of pro-choice people. I’ll begin with my Vita...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 23, 2022 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Notre Dame
I had quite an adventure last week. Four flights. An unprecedented heat wave. Almost 133,000 steps. Close to 20 lectures by experts in their fields. About 50 new friends. And last but not least, a Covid infection! Thankfully, I picked up a lot more than Covid at the...