“This song was written for me.” How many times have you felt that way or heard someone else say that? You know it isn’t the literal truth. Not every 15-year-old girl hangs out with Taylor Swift. I’ve never met anyone who has Adele’s phone number. And Sir Paul McCartney doesn’tRead More

Saints made a special appearance Nov. 1 at Our Lady of Hope in Dundalk.Read More

The recent national poll of Catholics indicating the laity has more concern over economic and poverty issues than non-negotiable moral issues should be a wakeup call to American bishops that either they failed to adequately communicate the “social doctrine” of the Church or the laity and some theologians have decided to ignore it in favor...Read More

St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore opened the Father Joubert Boarding House for Boys Oct. 21. The house is a stone’s throw from the East Baltimore school. There are 11 boys living in the house, which had been home to the Christian Brothers, who had a mission at St. Frances. The homeyRead More

As October ends and November is upon us, there has been no shortage of opportunity for Catholics to begin strengthening our faith muscles as the “Year of Faith” moves into full swing.Today is Halloween, better known as the national holiday of candy. Little ghouls and goblins will likely be flooding theRead More

It is tragic that it qualifies as national news when one Catholic bishop in Green Bay unabashedly urges his flock to vote according to the Church’s teachings on abortion and gay marriage: clearly stating that it’s sinful to vote for those who support those atrocities.Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori released a statement Oct. 31 on the teaching role of priests.Read More

 Our neighborhood used to be a thick pine grove before being developed in 1999. Some of the remaining pine trees border the back yards at the end of our court. As I watch the tall trees on the hill in our backyard garden dance and sway with the winds ofRead More