St. Joan of Arc School celebrated its 60th anniversary May 30, the feast day of its namesake.Read More

—1—As we were driving to preschool one morning, I heard Daniel sigh happily in the backseat.“Oh, Mama, look,” he said. “There’s one of my favorite things.”With our 4-year-old and his broad interests, it could be almost anything. A baby bird? A freezer pop? An acorn? An electric guitar?“It’s a pickax!”Read More

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) in Baltimore on May 30, 1996"Any man, woman or child feeling unloved with nowhere to go is welcome to come here... I have no gold or silver to give you, but I'm giving you my sisters."--Mother Teresa at the 1992 dedication of her MissionariesRead More

Cardinal O'Brien, the only American on the pope's journey to the Holy Land, answered questions for Archbishop Spalding juniors.Read More

As a failure at my own elementary school field days, I had never looked forward to attending one before I signed up to volunteer at Leo’s. But it turned out to be a fantastic day.Here are just a few of the things I learned:1. Field Day is a real workout.Read More

“Inside every Christian, there is a Jew.” --Pope FrancisThis weekend’s pilgrimage of Pope Francis to the Holy Land to pray for peace comes fifty years after the historic visit to Jerusalem of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople in 1964. Historic meeting on Jan. 8, 1964, on the MountRead More

In less than four years, Father John A. Williamson, an Archdiocese of Baltimore priest, has twice been told he has cancer.Read More

Lifelong Catholic Lucy Colletti feels residents of Charlestown, a retirement community in Catonsville, are making a difference by welcoming home U.S. troops.Read More