Distinctive Scholars Convocation names winners

For 16 years, the Division of Catholic Schools has taken the opportunity to call together students for the Distinctive Scholars Convocation.
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Archbishop urges justice, not death for Iraqis on trial for genocide

ROME – An Iraqi archbishop said justice should be served, but no death sentence should be handed down to eight defendants facing charges of genocide in Iraq.
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Historical Stone Chapel offers a holy, spiritually enriching atmosphere

Brimming with history, the Stone Chapel at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, has welcomed worshipers since 1866. Once a mission of St. Ignatius in Hickory, this quaint and authentic stone structure served area Catholics for 98 years before St. Francis de Sales became a parish in 1964. In 1992, with more than 3,500 parishioners, St....
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Web site chronicles Catholic High Schools from long ago

NEW YORK – If you’re a 1943 graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy in Davenport, Iowa, and you lost your class photo, you’re in luck. Rita Piro has a copy.
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Manchester parish to celebrate traditional Latin Mass on Pentecost

It was during a trip to Poland more than 15 years ago when Father Michael Roach last celebrated the traditional Latin Mass – only the third time in his 37-year priesthood he had celebrated the liturgy he knew from his youth.
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Baltimore members encouraged to attend NACAR conference

The North American Conference of Associates and Religious (NACAR) will meet May 30-June 1 at the Sheraton Premier at Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, Va., for their annual conference.
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John Carroll lecture reveals history of Catholicism in U.S.

As part of an ongoing celebration of the 200th anniversary of the elevation of Baltimore to archdiocesan status, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien introduced the John Carroll Lecture series April 22 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore. The series focuses on the history and heritage of...
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What drives Catholics to sit with God other than Sunday?

The only obligation Jerry Frank felt driving downtown to St. Jude Shrine, Baltimore, was an obligation of heart.
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Give thanks to dedicated priests

With the visit of our Holy Father to this country, we are once again reminded of the “clergy abuse” scandal.
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Tri-state wins push the Friars to the head of the class

“Every day I coach is better than the day before,” said longtime head coach Gene Hoffman of his running and track programs at Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore.
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Traditionalist society says it’s not time to reconcile with Vatican

ROME – The head of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay, said the time is not right for reconciliation with the Vatican, despite expanded freedom to use the Tridentine rite.
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Dignitaries moved by papal visit

Among the throngs of Catholics who greeted Pope Benedict XVI during his papal visit to the United States were scores of government officials, institutional leaders and other dignities.
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