Suzanne Cassidy

Roman Catholic monastery on Lititz Pike offered peace to those seeking it [column]

Sep 19, 2021

The chapel at the former Manheim Township home of the Cloistered Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary was where my parents went when they were worried or grieving or especially grateful.

Reflections on chronic illness and COVID-19 vaccination [column]

Aug 8, 2021

More than three decades ago, I was diagnosed with a chronic illness that has caused me to have many sleepless and uncomfortable nights, several surgeries and hospital stays, and countless medical appointments.

Sunday editorial

Updated Oct 30, 2020

THE ISSUE We’re just two days away from Election Day. More than 9 million Pennsylvanians have registered to vote in this year’s election; more than 3 million requested mail-in ballots; and, as of Thursday morning, 2.1 million mail ballots had been returned to county elections offices across…

Remembering my father, who talked about everything but the war [column]

May 24, 2020

My father served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Having watched his three older brothers go off to war, he pleaded with his Irish father to sign a waiver that would allow him to enlist at age 17.

Marking my first Mother's Day without my precious, amazing mom [column]

May 10, 2020

When the invitation came in the mail from Hospice & Community Care to a Mother’s Day breakfast for women who have lost their mothers, I barely could look at it.

Try these techniques for egg-ceptional Easter eggs

Apr 8, 2020

Editor's note: This story is from April 2014.

Facing the COVID-19 crisis without being consumed by the crisis

Mar 15, 2020

Welcome to my world.

How an op-ed on the back burner turned red hot (and other insights into LNP Opinion)

Aug 25, 2019

Let me tell you a story.

Experts discuss teen anxiety and depression [video]

Feb 12, 2019

LNP Opinion Editor Suzanne Cassidy met with Dr. John Shand, a psychiatrist for WellSpan Philhaven in Lancaster, and Dr. Pia Fenimore, of Lancaster Pediatric Associates, to discuss teen anxiety and depression.

On LNP in 2019, and honoring the newspaper's 225-year tradition [opinion]

Jan 6, 2019

Three years ago, we opened our editorial board to members of the community. It was one of the wisest decisions we ever made.

Hospital on College Avenue in Lancaster was more than just a building [column]

Dec 17, 2018

I was surprisingly rattled by the news that broke last week of the closure of UPMC Pinnacle Lancaster on College Avenue — or St. Joseph Hospital, as many of us knew it.