Students might not know who Thaddeus Stanislaus Blusiewicz Jr. is, but everyone knows Ted. Mr. Blusiewicz drives one of the shuttle buses at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, a job he’s enjoyed for the last 10 years.Read More
A Baltimore Catholic parishioner and an Owings Mills Jewish cantor will be honored by the Steven Kaufman AIDS Outreach Project April 10 during an interfaith Seder tribute to those touched by HIV.Read More
WASHINGTON – Although many young adult Catholics are interested in church ministry they find it difficult to connect their career plans or talents with available ministries, according to a survey released this year.Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Daniel Pink, an author of books on the changing work world, told Catholic educators March 27 at the National Catholic Educational Association convention in Indianapolis they need to prepare students differently to succeed in today’s work force.Read More
Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, praised the Maryland General Assembly for passing legislation to establish a commission that will study the death penalty in Maryland.Read More
A Maryland Catholic Conference official says justice was served when a Hillendale man was convicted March 26 of murdering his unborn daughter – the first conviction in the state’s 2.5-year-old fetal homicide law.Read More
Pat Lakatta has always been independent, self-motivated and purpose-driven. So starting an Abrakadoodle franchise three years ago seemed like the perfect professional move for her.Read More
VATICAN CITY – While Pope Benedict XVI probably has not begun packing his bags for his April 15-20 trip to the United States, one big Vatican package was prepared just after Easter.Read More
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – When she was asked to choose a student to greet Pope Benedict XVI, Barbara Kavanagh, principal of Our Lady of Grace School in Howard Beach, said, “Kaitlin Karcher was the first student to pop into my head.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – The importance of marriage and the family and the values needed to sustain family life can be an appropriate starting point for interreligious dialogue, said an official of the Pontifical Council for the Family.Read More
After serving two years as administrator of St. John the Evangelist in Frederick, Father Richard J. Murphy has been named pastor of the 4,200-family faith community. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien made the appointment, effective immediately.Read More