by Nick Patricca | Jan 4, 2017
A funny thing happened to me as I was preparing to write this op-ed. I went looking for this thing called ‘the electoral college’ which everyone wants to abolish or defend or reform but I could not find it. The U.S. Constitution speaks of...
by Nick Patricca | Dec 7, 2016
In the early 1960s, when I was in pastoral training in Oil City and in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, I met a woman who changed my world. My task was to conduct in-depth interviews with families in the area to determine their religious affiliations and their spiritual...
by Nick Patricca | Nov 2, 2016
Why I write. For me, to write is an act of faith: in myself and in you. To write, I must believe that what I write is worthy of your attention. To write, I must believe that your reading and responding to what I write is worthy of my attention. When I write, I try to...
by Nick Patricca | Oct 5, 2016
Dickie V. wanted to see me. I received this message from my mother who had received it from Dickie’s mother. I hardly knew Dickie. His family lived on the rich side of the tracks; my family on the poor side. I crossed the Larimer Avenue Bridge which separated us...
by Nick Patricca | Sep 7, 2016
Why do so many gay people remain loyal to the Catholic Church? A dear friend of mine who is a Catholic priest brought this question up during dinner when I was trying to decide upon a topic for my September op-ed in WCT. I have worked with and in Catholic...
