Easter in the Catholic Church 101

Want to know what the role of chrism oil is during Holy Week? Or how about what the Easter Triduum is? Find your answers here.
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At lock-in, teens prepare for annual pilgrimage ushering in Holy Week

Teens from Immaculate Conception, St. Cecilia and other area parishes attended a lock-in before the annual pilgrimage.
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Holy Week Schedules

See the Holy Week schedules for the Archbishop of Baltimore and auxiliary bishops.
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Only God can make a tree

We moved into our new home last fall, so we are watching spring bloom with special excitement this year.I have no green thumb, but I do love to watch the trees and flowers burst into color, and over the past few weeks I have been watching one tree in particular.First
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Buon giorno, Italia Journal Day 3 from Florence, city of faith and fashion

Greetings from Florence (Firenze), the capital city of Tuscany. We arrived here last night just in time for dinner and some quick explorations around town in foot under the beautiful moonlight. Our weather has been perfect, thanks be to God!!Here are some photos which include our Friday evening overview and
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Buon giorno, Italia Day 2: See you again, Venice!!

We had a glorious day on Friday in Venezia (Venice) and then departed for Florence.See you again:There is no word for good-bye in the Italian language. "Arrivederci" is used  often and it simply translates "see you again." And having fallen in love today with the beautiful city of Venice, I
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10 ways to help your young children enjoy Mass

A few weeks ago I received an email from a mother of two.“Do you have any tips for helping kids to like church?” she asked. “I just can't tell if taking my son to church more frequently gets him more used to it, and therefore comfortable with the experience, or
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Thawing the new evangelization

Father T. Austin Murphy didn’t have to do much prodding to get a group of children to tell him the story of “Frozen.”
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Buon giorno, Italia Journal: Day 1

Our John Carroll group departed on a Lufthansa flight from the Philadelphia airport yesterday afternoon for Milan and the start of our week-long Italian tour.  The brief layover in Frankfurt, Germany gave us a few hours to explore what has been ranked as one of the ten largest airports in the world. Our 70-minute flight
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Holocaust survivor and poet says Blessed John Paul II man of compassion

Lena Allen-Shore, a Holocaust survivor, learned from her friend Blessed John Paul II, through various letters.
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You don’t have to be a pope to be a saint

“The pope must feel the deepest satisfaction with the first 12 months on the papal throne. His prestige among the faithful is immense.
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Inside Sports: St. Mary’s lacrosse legacy spans generations

Almost one-third of St. Mary’s students play lacrosse for the school. Some cradled a lacrosse stick before they were out of diapers.
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