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January 19, 2012

John Carroll will maintain current enrollment

The John Carroll School in Bel Air has no plans of expanding its enrollment beyond the level it has maintained in recent years. Following a six-month study to determine its ideal size, school leaders decided to keep enrollment within the 800-900 range, according to a Jan. 28 announcement. There are currently 860 students at the...
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January 19, 2012

OLPH students make religious mosaic out of M&Ms

Images of Our Lady of Perpetual Help have been rendered in oil paint, watercolor and wooden carvings, but none has looked as sweet as the one just finished by 25 fifth graders at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City.
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January 19, 2012

Finding faith on the Internet starts with a reliable Web site

A Web site might tout itself as a Catholic Web site, but is it really? Is what’s written there responsible and thoughtful? Or is it the opinion of just one guy sitting in his basement? Perhaps it’s a group with its own agenda. How do you tell?
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January 19, 2012

Pope, appeals for peace in Kenya, Colombia, Iraq

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed for “a rapid solution” to the violence unfolding in Kenya, an end to extortion and kidnappings in Colombia, and the seemingly endless “wickedness” carried out in Iraq.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. education secretary visits school in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS –The St. Peter Claver seventh-grade students were studying heredity and genetics when U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings dropped in for a visit Jan. 31. Teacher Rachel Pleis was using M&M candies in different colors to emphasize her points.
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January 19, 2012

Dons take National Catholic Swimming Champion title

The Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Dons traveled to Villanova University on Jan. 27 to test their depth and determination and came home the National Catholic Swimming Champion for the third time in 12 years.
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January 19, 2012

A Leo III for Islam

George Weigel’s oft-stated theme regarding jihadism is reflected in the following quote from his piece in the Jan. 17 Catholic Review: “certain tendencies in Islamic self-understanding … can only be successfully overcome by reconnection in the Muslim mind with faith and moral reason.”
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January 19, 2012

What Crisis Pregnancy Centers really need

One of the best kept secrets in Maryland are the roles that the more than 40 Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Maternity Homes and Adoption Agencies play in assisting women who have chosen to bring the gift of life from God into the world. Regardless of the circumstances that cause an unplanned pregnancy, the sanctity of the...
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January 19, 2012

Goal for Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal set at $6.5 million

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is challenging Maryland Catholics to surpass last year’s record-setting fundraising in the annual Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal.
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January 19, 2012

Evolution and creation: A recurring papal theme

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper ran an illustration of a chimpanzee in late January. The odd thing about this chimp was that he was urbanely dressed in a sweater, tie and straw hat and looked as if he might be striding across the lawn at Oxford.
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January 19, 2012

Youth’s rape only tip of the iceberg of prison horrors

LIMA, Peru – Late last year, a 15-year-old girl was locked up for 24 days with adult men in a police holding cell in Abaetetuba, Brazil, where she was raped repeatedly and burned with cigarettes and lighters.
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January 19, 2012

N.Y. Giants’ coach has ties to parish in Rochester Diocese

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Mayor Ted Young of Waterloo sees a link between the success of the New York Giants and St. Mary Parish in his Seneca County village.
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