Discerning Betwixt Kansas City Dunn Fam Catholic Charity Vs. Nuke Complex Building

Writing that probably escaped local social media feeds . . . This thoughtful column from Kansas City, Mo. based National Catholic Reporter considers the local legacy of an EPIC construction family and their local contributions that help to build faith AND a deadly arsenal. 

Here's the crux of the consideration . . .  

"The Miege grotto and the weapons plant expansion do not inhabit separate moral worlds. They share the same metropolitan map, touch many of the same families, and unfold under the same church leadership. And taken together, they are just one example of the many complex moral calculuses facing Catholics living out their faith today, especially when it comes to the rapidly changing technological advances associated with issues of war and peace."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

A grotto for Our Lady, a plant for nuclear weapon parts, and a call to discern

In Kansas City, the two faces of a construction dynasty - one philanthropic and the other commercial - pose a moral discernment, Tom Fox writes.