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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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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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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President, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

I want to thank The Catholic Review and reporter Chaz Muth for the fine article in the Jan. 31 issue highlighting the history of our Community in St. Martin’s Parish in southwest Baltimore. I believe it would be of interest, too, to know that the Mission Helpers returned to the St. Martin’s community where our...
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A gift of food leads to an education

Could they feed one more hungry child? How about one more after that? And then another?
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St. Bernardine enlists help of prayer warriors

Parishioners of St. Bernardine, Baltimore, are looking for 300 good warriors to deal with the city’s highest murder rate in eight years. Prayer warriors, that is.
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Men in Black take on D.C. priests

The “Men in Black,” that fearsome basketball squad of priests and seminarians from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will play the “DC Hood,” a team of priests and seminarians from Washington on March 2.
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Israel OKs multiple-entry visas for ‘high-ranking’ workers

JERUSALEM – The Israeli Ministry of the Interior has agreed to provide multiple-entry visas to “high-ranking church personnel” who must travel in and out of Israel for their work.
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Vatican cardinal defends reformulation of Tridentine prayer

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican cardinal defended Pope Benedict XVI’s reformulation of a prayer for the conversion of Jews and said he hopes it will not become an obstacle in Catholic-Jewish dialogue.
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Mission directors leave Rome feeling efforts are working

VATICAN CITY – A pilgrimage of U.S. mission directors left Rome with a sense that their efforts are making a difference in the universal church, participants said.
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John Carroll hires football coach

On Feb. 1, The John Carroll School, Bel Air, announced that it hired a new football coach, Keith Rawlings. The Patriots compete in the MIAA B Conference and finished their season 2-6 in league play and 2-8 overall.
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Hale captures 1,000th point

Six-foot senior Tyler Hale, Towson Catholic High School’s four-year varsity forward, captured her 1,000th career point Jan. 28 against Roland Park Country School in a 63-43 win.
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