Angelus News | October 6, 2023 | Vol. 8 No. 20
Divides in politics, religion, and education get blamed for many of society’s problems today. But what if the differences between age generations — i.e. millennials, baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Z — matter more than those? On Page 10, contributor Elise Italiano Ureneck takes a close look at a popular psychologist’s research into the “generation wars” and the cost of progress, before asking: Can faith succeed where technology has failed?
Divides in politics, religion, and education get blamed for many of society’s problems today. But what if the differences between age generations — i.e. millennials, baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Z — matter more than those? On Page 10, contributor Elise Italiano Ureneck takes a close look at a popular psychologist’s research into the “generation wars” and the cost of progress, before asking: Can faith succeed where technology has failed?
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Winters to help bring consolation to a<br />
grieving community.<br />
“This one action has caused so much<br />
destruction, left such a gaping hole<br />
that affects the whole community,” he<br />
said.<br />
In Santa Clarita that included the<br />
likes of Alison Hunsaker, who taught<br />
at West Ranch High School where<br />
Clinkunbroomer ran track and cross<br />
country and participated in several<br />
extracurricular activities. Hunsaker,<br />
who was Clinkunbroomer's English<br />
teacher, told NBC4 <strong>News</strong> that she<br />
“so wants his mom to know about<br />
the people he touched. His life is still<br />
resonating with them. Just about the<br />
kindness, the friendship, and the comradery<br />
that he shared with so many<br />
people. When we talk about the kind<br />
of law enforcement officers we want<br />
in our country, Ryan was that guy.”<br />
Winters acknowledged a tragedy like<br />
this one can cause some to not only<br />
question God but, “push away in anger.”<br />
He knows that he will be talking<br />
to many parishioners struggling with<br />
Clinkunbroomer’s passing, struggling<br />
to make sense out of the senseless.<br />
“For someone suffering through this,<br />
I’ll want them to know it’s OK to be<br />
angry, in fact, it’s understandable,”<br />
Winters said. “But it’s important not<br />
to nurture it, not allow it to take us<br />
over. Pushing God away is not going<br />
to help. This is why we have faith, for<br />
moments like this.”<br />
A fund to assist the family of Sheriff’s<br />
Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was set<br />
up by the Association for Los Angeles<br />
Deputy Sheriffs. To learn more, visit<br />
alads.org/donate<br />
Steve Lowery is a veteran journalist<br />
who has written for the Los Angeles<br />
Times, the Los Angeles Daily <strong>News</strong>,<br />
the Press-Telegram, New Times LA,<br />
the District, Long Beach Post, and OC<br />
Weekly.<br />
The family of slain Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer stands behind Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón<br />
at a Sept. <strong>20</strong> press conference announcing the arrest of murder suspect Kevin Salazar. | COURTESY LA COUNTY<br />
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE<br />
<strong>October</strong> 6, <strong><strong>20</strong>23</strong> • ANGELUS • 15