Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

April 15, 2015

A friend, indeed

I had been caring for three sick boys for a week and a day, when my friend Gina sent me a message asking if she could do anything to help. I told her if I thought of anything, I’d let her know. Then, she offered to pick Collin up and

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April 14, 2015

The Blessed Mother is in the window: Praying for fine weather for my daughter’s wedding day

My youngest daughter is getting married in eleven days: How time flies. It seems like she was just a little girl running around the playground at St. Margaret School... But no... In what seems like a blink of an eye, she is now all grown up with a career as a

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April 14, 2015

Nonpublic schools come up short as 2015 legislative session closes

Although they came close to passing a long-sought state program benefitting students in Maryland’s nonpublic schools, supporters of the proposal were thwarted in the waning hours of the 2015 legislative session.

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April 14, 2015

Song, dance, speech: St. Matthew prays for victims of massacre in Kenya

“They more they attack, the more we pray and pray and pray,” said parishioner and Mercy High School student Malaika Wanjihia.

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April 14, 2015

Mutscheller, steady Baltimore Colt, was a ‘Catholic gentleman’

Former Baltimore Colts player Jim Mutscheller died April 10 of kidney failure.

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April 13, 2015

A pretty penny indeed: Special dolphin coin helps child fight cancer

On her family’s first trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore on Feb. 20, Katie Mays' son, Liam, received a souvenir penny.

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April 13, 2015

Pope says Year of Mercy will be time to heal, to help, to forgive

Mercy is what makes God perfect and all-powerful, Pope Francis said in his document officially proclaiming the 2015-2016 extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy.

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April 13, 2015

Term ‘genocide’ angers Turkey, while pope says memory leads to healing

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Pope Francis said atrocities from the past have to be recognized - not hidden or denied.

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April 13, 2015

Shopping for mac and cheese and feeling grateful to be a mother

As I reached for a few boxes of macaroni and cheese, I noticed a woman standing there staring at the grocery store shelves. Ah, I knew that look. She was overwhelmed by the choices, not sure where to begin.“What’s the difference?” she asked.“Some of them it’s just the packaging, or

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