Each August we celebrate the memorial of St. John Vianney, the Cure of Ars. He is the patron saint of parish priests. His story is a fascinating one and lets us know once again that God’s ways are not our ways.
This summer, American history lies on the examining table. Each Founding Father, famous activist, and each new death in a newspaper receives scrutiny: hero or villain? Narratives shape our fundamental concept of our nation, our government, and ourselves, and, in this moment, many people try to understand if their perception of these things has been honest or biased in some way over the course of their formative years.