A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Anne O’Connor, S.S.N.D., was offered June 12 in the chapel at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn. Sister Mary Anne died June 7; she was 89.Read More
LONDON – A proposed law to regulate religion in Kazakhstan could force the expulsion of Catholic missionaries and the closure of churches, a Catholic archbishop said.Read More
WASHINGTON – The majority of citizens of Myanmar are Buddhist, but that’s not stopping Catholics and Muslims in Miami from trying to help them.Read More
The myth is, of course, that we are glad it’s over for a while. We can’t let our friends realize that we really do enjoy it, including learning the subject matter for itself alone. We tell ourselves that all this is necessary for a job or a career; but deep down we love it.Read More
Spotting an altar server who was slightly distracted before the start of a recent Sunday morning Mass, Gus Moreno gently tapped her on the shoulder and gestured toward four fellow servers who had formed a circle in a small vesting room at St. John in Westminster.Read More
The sun rises over the Chesapeake Bay, offering hopeful rays each morning to patients meditating on the lawn by the chapel at Father Martin’s Ashley.Read More
VATICAN CITY – In a cordial and festive visit to the Vatican, U.S. President George W. Bush met with Pope Benedict XVI in the lush Vatican Gardens for private talks, an informal stroll and a choral performance by the Sistine Chapel Choir.Read More
WASHINGTON – Parishes in Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana escaped serious damage after several rounds of storms June 7-8 brought record flooding and devastating tornadoes to large swaths of the Midwest. Some homeowners, however, were not as fortunate.Read More
BRIGHTON, Mass – The Catholic Church’s highest court has rejected appeals of the closures of eight Boston-area parishes, the Archdiocese of Boston confirmed June 10.Read More
In the athletic history of Calvert Hall College High School, Gerard McCarron was a standard-bearer. A Maryland Scholastic Association all-star first baseman in baseball and soccer goalie during his senior year at the Towson school in 1953, McCarron later returned to take over coaching duties of the baseball team from his father.Read More
Alison Medlyn’s alarm clock sounded at 3:45 a.m. June 5. While her classmates were tucked away in their warm beds, the rising senior at Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville was up and out the door, on her way to the Baltimore Rowing Club for a pre-dawn practice.Read More