If there’s one thing the Podhorniak family knows, it is how to get things done.Read More

One of Deacon Charles Hiebler’s greatest joys as a permanent deacon is witnessing weddings. Working with young couples preparing to commit their lives to one another helps strengthen his own faith and life commitments, he said.Read More

The proud observance of July 4 is enriched by our growing awareness of the extent to our dependence on one another, as individuals and as a group. The other big current jawbreaker, globalization, reinforces our mutual need for one another. This is not a new phenomenon, but the news of the day drives it home...Read More

In October 1829, the first Provincial Council in the United States was held here in Baltimore. In attendance were five bishops and one archbishop. The archbishop, of course, was our own Archbishop James Whitfield. The five bishops were Fenwick of Boston, Joseph Flaget of Bardstown (now Louisville, Ky.), Rosati of St. Louis, England of Charleston,...Read More

If there’s one thing the Podhorniak family knows, it is how to get things done. Rosemary Podhorniak smiles when she talks about her triplet sons - Nicholas, Matthew and Jimmy - ascending to Eagle Scout status May 21 in a ceremony at St. Joseph, Fullerton, but the boys just shrug their shoulders as if to...Read More

Humans and animals instinctively nest where they’re comfortable – at home. It’s where they’re fed, feel safe and have shelter.Read More

ROME – In a solemn ceremony rich in ancient symbolism, Pope Benedict XVI placed the pallium, a white woolen vestment, around the shoulders of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien June 29 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.Read More

Eight parishes and four pairs of family ties are included in a regional choir that graces the western edge of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More