In September 2002, I was assigned to cover a Mass at St. Gregory the Great Church on North Gilmor Street near North Avenue. I had never been to Mass at a predominantly black Catholic parish, and I had no idea what I was about to experience. Parishioners from northern Baltimore County’sRead More

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson is moving closer to completing its sale to the Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, which is expected to be completed this fall.Read More

UPDATED 11 a.m. St. Gregory the Great pastor put his heart and soul into his ministry.Read More

You may have been able to guess from my previous posts that I come from a fishing family. What you most likely didn’t know is that I have family near Ocean City, MD. Putting the two together I’ve come across a perfect “summer job” for myself. For the rest ofRead More

A funeral Mass for Sister of Mercy Helen Christensen, a longtime Loyola University Maryland mathematics professor, was offered Aug. 6 at Mercy Villa in Baltimore. Sister Helen died Aug. 2. She was 85.Read More

I write this from the road, winding through pines and rolling by silos as Highway 94 cuts across Wisconsin.Read More

     I had the blessing of reporting on the most decorated Olympian in history from 2000 to 2004, when Michael Phelps went from being a 14-year-old phenom to the star of the Games.The accompanying photo was taken in August 2000, at the U.S. Trials in Indianapolis, the night after Phelps finishedRead More

Two biology professors at Loyola University Maryland received a grant to purchase a laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM), which allows researchers to image cells and tissues in 3D and follow molecule movement and change in real time.Read More