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January 19, 2012

Jesuits continue to discuss identity, future of their ministry

VATICAN CITY – Members of the Jesuit General Congregation are continuing to discuss what it means to be a Jesuit today with concrete directions for their ministries and for living their vow of obedience.
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January 19, 2012

Sister M. Ferdinand celebrates her 70th anniversary

Sister Mary Ferdinand Tunis, R.S.M., celebrated 70 years as a nun and 88 years as a parishioner of St. Cecilia, Baltimore, on Dec. 23. “I can’t do too much with the parish but be their senior member,” she said with a chuckle.
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January 19, 2012

Maintaining health while young is good investment

Jerry Smith of Hamilton pampers the pickup truck he purchased a short time ago with careful attention to maintenance and cleaning to ensure the vehicle lasts.
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January 19, 2012

Sister Mary Catherine Moan, D.C.

A funeral Mass was offered Feb. 7 for Sister Mary Catherine Moan, D.C., at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg. Her brother, Father Francis X. Moan, S.J., was the main celebrant. Sister Mary Catherine died Feb. 4. She was 93 and had been a nun for 73 years.
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January 19, 2012

Locals, tourists flock to Panama’s Black Christ

PORTOBELO, Panama – His face is dark brown like coffee. His lips and nose are thin and delicate like the Amhara people of Ethiopia. His wooden body is detailed and strong, hewn by a forgotten Spanish sculptor thousands of miles from the sweltering Caribbean village where he now rests.
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January 19, 2012

Benedictine sisters score needed funds during Super Bowl

PHOENIX – While the NFL and advertisers used Super Bowl XLII as a chance to further their enterprises and increase profits, some Benedictine sisters in Phoenix used the big game as an opportunity to further the work of the Catholic Church in spreading the Gospel.
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January 19, 2012

Nurse says farewell after 43 years

When Phyllis Keehan finds something that works for her, she sticks with it. The nurse and wound specialist is retiring from Bon Secours Hospital after 43 years – and she learned her profession at the Baltimore hospital’s nursing school.
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January 19, 2012

Global hunger speaker tour to connect world famine to Lent

Students of Mercy High School, Baltimore, will be given a first-hand account of world hunger in India, thanks to Rekha Abel of Catholic Relief Services.
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January 19, 2012

Refugees from Chad face desperate situation

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Thousands of people who fled Chad to neighboring Cameroon after rebel fighting in early February are in a desperate situation without any infrastructure to support them, said a spokesman for the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services.
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January 19, 2012

Tornadoes cause death, destruction across mid-South

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Father Ernest Hardesty, pastor of Assumption Parish in Atkins, said he witnessed “three miles of destruction” from a twister that hit his community Feb. 5.
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January 19, 2012

Ohio bishop calls for prayer after teacher stabbed

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio – Columbus Bishop Frederick F. Campbell asked for prayers Feb. 7 following the stabbing of a teacher at Notre Dame Elementary School in Portsmouth.
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January 19, 2012

George Orwell, language and the pro-life cause

I don’t know what George Orwell, author of “Animal Farm” and “1984,” thought about abortion, cloning and stem-cell research and, not knowing, I’m not enlisting the British novelist and essayist, who died in 1950, in the pro-life cause. But I do know what he thought about the abuse of the English language. Based on that,...
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