I agree that it is disrespectful to stand on a U.S. flag (CR, Oct. 11), but it was a throw blanket. There are no grommets on the blanket to raise it on a flagpole. I guess if I have a throw blanket with the image of the Sacred Heart, I’m not allowed to stand on...Read More

During the past 40 years, the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Roland Park, has seen its enrollment more than quadruple and its current faculty represents several creeds.Read More

For the fourth consecutive year, Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville has been recognized by the Catholic High School Honor Roll as one of the “top 50” Catholic schools in the country – the only all-girls school in the nation to be included on the list four years in a row. For the third year,...Read More

Information on applying for Knott elementary and secondary scholarships is now available. These are four-year, full-tuition scholarships awarded primarily on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. To apply, the student must be Catholic, in grade four or grade eight, and reside in and be a member of a Catholic parish in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel,...Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is publishing a collector’s edition of documents on the Knights Templar, the medieval crusading order that became the focus of legends and mysteries.Read More

Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington was one of four Maryland schools to receive $84,000 in grants from the Kensington-based Catholic Coalition for Special Education, Inc.Read More

I just saw the photograph on page 3 of the Oct. 11 edition of The Catholic Review. How can anyone attending such a spiritual event as the Mass on the Grass show such disrespect for our national symbol? The American flag is not even supposed to be on the ground, let alone stood upon. Shame!Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate the 49th annual Red Mass Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. The Mass will be preceded by an interfaith service and will be followed by a reception at the Engineers’ Club of Baltimore.Read More