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January 19, 2012

Father Adam Parker’s mother says she prayed daily for vocations

Parishioners of Holy Trinity, Glen Burnie, got a special treat during Mass May 11, when George and Maureen Parker, parents of Father Adam Parker, delivered a talk about the sacrament of holy orders.
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January 19, 2012

Townhomes go up in blighted community

Moments before an 80-foot crane hoisted the second story of a new townhouse into its permanent position along Caroline Street in East Baltimore, Julia Matthews stood on the sidewalk and smiled.
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January 19, 2012

Myanmar cyclone victims try to survive amid devastating losses

LEIEINTAN, Myanmar – Pascal Than Hlaing is just one of many who are grieving in Leieintan, a village where only one house is left standing and the Baptist and Catholic churches had their roofs torn open.
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January 19, 2012

Pope defends church’s teaching on artificial birth control

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI defended the church’s teaching against artificial birth control and said its wisdom has become clearer in light of new scientific discoveries and social trends.
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January 19, 2012

Entrance rites: Getting ready to meet God

The following is the second part in a seven-part series on the Mass. Last week I mentioned a few concepts that help us appreciate the Mass, such as symbolic objects, words and actions, timelessness, active participation and changed lives. Now let’s look more closely at the beginning of Mass.
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January 19, 2012

University seeks support, prayers following devastating fire

SAN ANTONIO – The skyline of San Antonio was changed the night of May 6 as a massive fire gutted the historic Main Building at Our Lady of the Lake University, destroying some of the structure’s unique silver spires and severely damaging other majestic steeples that adorned the top of the more than century-old facility.
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January 19, 2012

Response to war, violence must be love, compassion, priest says

BURLINGAME, Calif. – The response to terrorism should not be war and violence, but love and compassion, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale said May 1 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Burlingame.
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January 19, 2012

Pope tells Armenian Orthodox God can work miracle of Christian unity

VATICAN CITY – God can work miracles, including the miracle of Christian unity, Pope Benedict XVI told the Armenian Orthodox patriarch and 18 bishops.
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January 19, 2012

Vietnam POW bracelet worn 40 years after war

Most people don’t recognize the plain, nickel-plated bracelet that circles the right wrist of Sister Stacy Gunnip, S.S.N.D. They think it’s an ID bracelet.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop celebrates ministry of city religious

Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, calls them the “greatest asset any city could have.” They are the hundreds of women and men religious who minister every day in the City of Baltimore – teaching in schools, working in hospitals, running social outreach ministries, praying with the sick, visiting prisoners, caring for the dying, lobbying...
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January 19, 2012

Edward Whitesell to be ordained a permanent deacon

Edward Whitesell calls it “the fulfillment of a dream.” At the same time Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien ordains three men to the transitional diaconate during a May 10 liturgy at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, the archbishop will also ordain Mr. Whitesell a permanent...
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January 19, 2012

First president of National Catholic Bioethics Center dies at 87

WASHINGTON – A funeral Mass for the founding president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center was celebrated May 5 at Holy Rosary Church in Houston.
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