The new boss stopped by the office yesterday.As archbishop of Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori is automatically chairman of the board of Catholic Review Media and publisher of the newspaper.Getting this visit on the calendar was no easy task. His days are all very full, with commitments in and around theRead More
Loyola University Maryland, long a dominant athletic program in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, will leave the MAAC and join the Patriot League at the start of the 2013-14 academic and athletic year.Read More
Salesians of St. John Bosco Brother Steven DeMaio, the son of Church of the Nativity in Timonium parishioners Steven and Theresa DeMaio, was one of three men who professed first vows Aug. 21 in New Rochelle, N.Y.Read More
The Caroline Center in East Baltimore received a $75,000 grant from the Baltimore Integration Partnership that will allow the School Sisters of Notre Dame charity to expand its current services to more underserved women.Read More
Father Mark Stewart Bullock, former associate pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Towson, was sentenced Aug. 22 to probation and will not serve any jail time after pleading guilty to a single charge of indecent exposure, according to a Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesman.Read More
I don’t know much about parenting. What I do know is that I have been given two basic responsibilities. First, I must help our sons get to heaven. Second, I must keep them safe and healthy so that, if possible, they only go to heaven after leading full, wonderful lives of serviceRead More
St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick has announced the settlement on the purchase of its new Buckeystown campus, which formerly housed St. Thomas More Academy.Read More
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty, celebrated a Red Mass, for members of the legal profession, in Dallas Aug. 26. The text of Archbishop Lori’s homily at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe follows.Read More
It was sort of a blind date. I had met a man on a Catholic dating website, spoken with him several times on the phone, and we were meeting in person for the first time. He suggested we meet at a midpoint between our homes. We settled on dining in downtown EllicottRead More