WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop Richard E. Pates of St. Paul and Minneapolis to head the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, and Father Anthony B. Taylor, a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, as bishop of Little Rock, Ark., April 10.Read More
Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, has named Dr. Karyl Leggio as dean of its Sellinger School of Business and Management and Dr. Peter C. Murrell Jr. as founding dean of the School of Education effective July 1.Read More
In an effort to support future leaders, The Catholic Daughters of the Americas provides scholarships for Catholic elementary students entering Catholic high schools. On April 6, the Maryland Court Catholic Daughters of the Americas sponsored “Tea by the Sea” at the Marriott-Annapolis Waterfront Hotel. The third annual tea benefited the Father Henry Hughes Scholarship Fund...Read More
Archbishop Valerian Okeke of Onitsha, Nigeria, will celebrate a special 12th anniversary Mass for the Nigerian Igbo Catholic Community of Baltimore on April 27 at St. Matthew, Northwood. The Mass will be followed by a reception beginning at 5 p.m.Read More
The Bon Secours Spiritual Center, Marriottsville, will hold its 40th anniversary celebration 2-4 p.m. April 20 at 1505 Marriottsville Road. Tours of newly renovated areas of the spiritual center, including hospitality centers and bedrooms, will be available from 1-2 p.m. and again following a talk by Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B. Participants may register for an...Read More
BANGALORE, India – With Sri Lankan forces closing in on the Marian shrine of Madhu in northwestern Sri Lanka, Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar, Sri Lanka, has appealed to government forces and the Tamil rebels to leave the area around the shrine a “zone of peace.”Read More
A funeral Mass was offered March 25 at St. Peter the Apostle in Philadelphia for Father William J. Harbison, C.Ss.R. Father Harbison died March 20. He was 72.Read More
Thirty-two teams descended upon the Loyola Blakefield, Towson, campus March 29 for the second annual outdoor track and field Loyola Spring Invitational.Read More
Thank you for the excellent article, “Connecting abortion and breast cancer” (CR, March 6), citing reasons for the high increase in breast cancer including, “induced abortions.”Read More
I remember the faithfulness of Monsignor James J. Cronin ( CR, Feb. 13). Every Sunday after Mass he would be standing outside our church ready to greet us to smile and say hello or to share something funny that would make you laugh.Read More
With a simple white apron cinched at his waist, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien washed the feet of 12 people during the March 20 Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland. The symbolic gesture – repeated in parishes throughout the archdiocese – was a re-enactment of Christ’s...Read More