Students and staff at Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, will enjoy cooler building temperatures thanks to Jeff Wivell who helped Jake Ford install a replacement air conditioner in the Media Center using a forklift. Mr. Wivell actively volunteers in the school though his childreRead More
As reported in last week’s Catholic Review, we are moving full speed ahead with a process for parish planning in the Archdiocese. Though it will be vastly different from the process undertaken for the reorganization of Catholic schools, it may have many asking where we are with the implementation of the schools plan and, most...Read More
On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States. Since this infamous decision, more than 50 million American pre-born children, innocent victims, have died by abortion. Abortion is the deliberate killing of a child in the womb of his or her mother.Read More
Since the announcement of my new appointment as pro-grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem (and eventual departure from the Archdiocese of Baltimore), there have been many questions asked about how this news impacts my plans and priorities, specifically those related to the reorganization of parishes.Read More
When the summer sun and the thermometer rise, heat-related illness increases, especially for seniors, the very young and people who are overweight, ill, or working or exercising outside. These illnesses can become serious or fatal if not treated, according to the American Red Cross. Heat can affect older adults differently than younger people, and factors...Read More
“We of Catholic Charities are a people of many faces – united by our belief in the infinite worth of every person and a singular commitment to cherish the Divine within us all.”Read More
Resurrection eggs tell the story of Jesus’ life from Palm Sunday to Easter and give children the opportunity to visualize the story of the Passion and resurrection.Read More
WASHINGTON – Here is the Vatican text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks to the U.S. bishops at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception:Read More
Pope Pius IX died in 1878. The longest-reigning pope in history spent the last eight years of his pontificate as the self-styled “prisoner of the Vatican, as the anticlerical forces of Italian reunification had incorporated the ancient Papal States into the new Kingdom of Italy. (Pius had instructed his army to fire one volley, “for...Read More