Doing good not easy task ...

How I resonate with the thoughts of columnist Jeannette Batz, "Business trumps spirit; heart and soul is lost" (NCR, Jan. 10). When life was simpler, it seems to me, more got done with less stress.

We in Catholic institutions are victims of the time in which we live. To do good works is not an easy task today. In the health care ministry, we are barraged by federal and state regulations that necessitate a large number of local policies and procedures.

The trusting partnership we may have felt with everyone engaged in this admirable task of caring for the sick has given way to chains of command and corporate responsibilities. READ MORE