This week's post highlights locals helping Maui, a Spokane Buddhist Temple being robbed, St. Mary's historic home to be demolished on the Sacred Heart campus, St. John's Cathedral and a successful Backpacks for Kids drive.

Does hearing one’s name called by God signify that one is loved and chosen by God, or that one is delusional, perhaps dangerously so?

On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 13, the Buddhist Institute of Universal Compassion Foundation in Spokane, Washington, was robbed by a group of masked individuals who stole thousands of dollars from the temple.

Matthew T. Ballew will discuss climate change opinion and more on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 5 p.m., as a featured speaker at the Gonzaga Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment. The talk, entitled “Climate Change in the American Mind and Implications for Climate Change Communication,” will be on zoom, free and open to the public.

The IPCC is reliable, not infallible, and therein lies a problem. Data-collection technologies and analytical techniques constantly change. (Think PC updates!) These changes exacerbate uncertainties inherent in climate-change research. IPCC reports include uncertainties. Climate-change denialists undermine IPCC reports by exploiting uncertainties.

For nearly three years, PICA and Spokane’s NHPI community have been working to have the Monaghan statue removed. After nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd in 2020, and the renaming of Whistalks Way in Spokane later that same year, it felt like there was momentum towards making it happen.