Three days before St. Ursula was scheduled to open its new spiritual center, Monsignor James P. Farmer was walking the halls, checking every square inch of the Parkville building.Read More
Towson Catholic High School was awarded a $50,000 Knott Foundation grant to launch its Marian Program, a resource plan to provide assistance to students with learning needs who are still capable of successfully managing the school’s college preparatory curriculum. The grant will be used for salary and startup costs.Read More
Improving technology at Ascension School in Halethorpe is among Virginia Bahr’s top priorities as she begins a new role as principal of Ascension School in Halethorpe. Ms. Bahr comes to the 200-student school after 17 years as a teacher at St. Margaret School in Bel Air.Read More
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South African human rights activist Nelson Mandela was inspired by the Catholic Church’s involvement in social justice concerns during his many years of incarceration, he wrote in a letter from prison to the country’s first black Catholic archbishop.Read More
LONDON – A traditionalist Anglican bishop has called on the Catholic Church to accommodate a potential new wave of converts following the decision by the Church of England to allow the ordination of women bishops.Read More
Michael Boscolo of Greencastle, Pa., spent two days last July sorting food, painting a wall mural and helping the staff at Food Resources, Inc. in Hagerstown as part of the iServe project.Read More
Loyola College in Maryland enjoyed yet another record-setting fundraising year in 2007-08. At fiscal year-end May 31, gifts received totaled $10,113,000, the highest single-year total in college history.Read More
For many suburban children and teenagers, there is one Baltimore. It’s the one with the Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards.Read More