Everything but Knowledge

Talk about going back to the drawing board! As a senior person trying to avoid tiresome nostalgia, I am still driven to see the chasm-like gap between the mid-20th century, with all its faults, and the present. And it happened fast. Instant communication with the rest of the globe, once a marvel, is now hand-held,...
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The truth behind ‘pro-choice’

Mary, a nurse who teaches childbirth classes, was sitting in a waiting room while her car was being serviced. As she sat there, another woman entered the area, and began talking to the cashier.
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Keep On Teaching aims to inspire, engage

If you missed the Keep on Teaching Workshop held Sept. 13, you missed a catechetical moment of great proportion.
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OLPH reaches out to young

Ask Father Erik Arnold to name one area of parish life where Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City excels, and the response comes instantly.
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Educators ready for legislative battles

Delivering a fiery speech Oct. 6 at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Conference for Catholic Educators, superintendent Dr. Ronald J. Valenti told a crowd of hundreds that the fight for financial equality among schools has begun.
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Fathers, sons learn about Christian manhood

What should knights of old and modern Catholic men have in common? A lot, if you ask the Respect Life Committee of St. John.
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As term opens, court declines to take four abortion-related cases

WASHINGTON – On the opening day of its fall term Oct. 6, the Supreme Court declined to hear four cases dealing with abortion or abortion-related protest efforts.
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In reports from continents, bishops stress Bible-related priorities

VATICAN CITY – Translating the Bible, making a copy affordable, helping people understand it and, especially, helping people live its message are important tasks for the Catholic Church, although the priorities differ from continent to continent.
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Loyola student was a ‘man for others’

The sky turned a mournful grey, and finally black, as evening arrived Sept. 30 in Towson. Thunder cracked and lightning danced ominously.
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Oblate Sisters of Providence break ground on new facility

They devoted their lives to educating and ministering to others, often in some of the most troubled urban areas of the country. Now the retired and infirmed Oblate Sisters of Providence are getting a state-of-the art retirement facility that will allow others to minister to them.
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Catholic Daughters hold fall conference

More than 100 Catholic Daughters of the Americas from various courts throughout Maryland convened Sept. 27 for the Maryland State Court 2008 Fall Conference.
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Years of Catholic education drill confidence into dentist

If Eva Queral Fiastro could write a book about the three women who greatly impacted her life, it would focus on her mother and two nuns at Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson, from where she graduated in 1969.
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