Beverly A. Carroll, a parishioner of St. Peter Claver, Baltimore, received a lifetime achievement award July 21 during The National Black Catholic Congress XI in Indianapolis, Ind.Read More
With films set in London, Barcelona and Paris under his belt, quintessential New Yorker Woody Allen extends his European tour in “To Rome With Love” (Sony Classics). His farce follows various couples around the Eternal City as they search for romance, happiness, and - all too frequently - sin.Read More
On Friday night, two hours before the Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies, my husband and I dug our tiny TV out of storage and plugged it in, hoping beyond hope that somehow we would get a signal. Of course, we didn’t, since the thing is a relic from those analog days ofRead More
One day last week John pointed out to me that there was a pile of leaves stuffed inside the stroller we have been keeping on our porch. I hadn’t noticed the leaves, most likely because when I am on the porch, our two boys are leaping off the porch toRead More
Guess how much media the average teenager consumes every day. You might want to sit down for this one. According to a study by The Kaiser Family Foundation, the answer is ten hours and 45 minutes! My first thought is how is this even possible? Excluding time at school andRead More
As the world celebrates the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, I wonder how many will remember that it is also the 40th anniversary of the Munich Massacre. If this was before your time, at the Munich Games in 1972, Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 members of the Israeli OlympicRead More
A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Christina Bryce was offered July 25 at the Chapel at Villa Assumpta, Baltimore. Sister Christina died of congestive heart failure July 20. She was 89.Read More