The unlikely archenemy of Hitler’s Third Reich
Shortly before World War II began, a clergyman around 60 years of age would be registered by the office of Chancellor Adolf Hitler as the Nazi gove
A weekly column offering a Christian and Catholic perspective by native Maderan John Rieping, a graduate of Mt. Angel Seminary who spent 4 1/2 years in formation at Mount Angel Abbey. His website is http://wambly.weebly.com
Shortly before World War II began, a clergyman around 60 years of age would be registered by the office of Chancellor Adolf Hitler as the Nazi gove
“God, you are my refuge into eternity.” Those words were allegedly the last spoken by 21-year-old university student Sophie Scholl before her behea
More than a century ago, local grapevines allegedly required no irrigation, and a hand pump could draw water from a hand-dug well.
The San Joaquin Valley, the southern half of the large flat mountain-bound interior of California, has undergone many changes.
“Today my thoughts / Are swift and cool / As goldfish in / A lily pool.