Maria Kroat was a second-grader the last time she saw a “B” on her report card. For the next decade, the parishioner of Our Lady of Hope in Dundalk earned nothing but straight As – making her one of the top students at Our Lady of Hope-St. Luke School in Dundalk and the Institute of...Read More
After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf of Mexico, 17-year-old Cory Grimes joined a mission group of area Catholics to restore two storm-damaged homes in New Orleans.Read More
While others may have been busy playing video games or watching television, 17-year-old Glenn Bullock helped develop voice-control computer software for cars.Read More
Zack Burke, the head boys’ lacrosse coach for Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, is the father of two young sons, with one on the way.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will participate in two major gatherings this month that are expected to touch on important issues including prayers in the liturgy, stem-cell research, clergy sex abuse and the Eucharist.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has set up two new anti-terrorism units that will work closely with international police experts to prevent possible attacks, the Vatican’s director of security announced.Read More
NEW YORK – An Iraqi Dominican nun June 5 described life in her war-torn country as one of suffering, violence and fear of kidnappings and attacks on civilians.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named Italian Cardinal Ennio Antonelli of Florence to be the new president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.Read More
After the “Great Amen” everything looks the same: the appearance of bread and wine, a regular man in unusual garments and a gathering of common people of various ages, races, languages and states in life.Read More