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
Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake calls the Maryland DREAM Act “right” and “fair” in an advertisement launched July 23 by the measure’s advocacy group, Educating Maryland Kids.Read More
As this issue of the Catholic Review goes to press, I am preparing to take part in the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus, which will be held this year in Anaheim, California.Read More
Good news on the Tommy Hannan/Olympian Park front.Marjorie Hampson, the director of the Baltimore County Office of Tourism and Promotion, saw my blog entry on Hannan, a Mount St. Joseph grad and gold medal swimmer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, being absent from the county’s Olympian Park in Towson.Hampson followedRead More
John Bauersfeld, Calvert Hall College High School’s head basketball coach, has been selected as an assistant coach for a college all-star team.Read More
Dr. Marc I. Leavey recently walked into an exam room at his Lutherville office to meet with a patient and found the man feverously typing on his laptop, unable to divert his attention.Read More
Even before our wedding, John and I were curious to learn more about natural family planning. What surprised us was that—despite the skepticism I encountered when I casually mentioned it to a few friends—it turned out to be straightforward and effective. There are sound, absolutely wonderful moral reasons for couples whoRead More
Nickels and dimes added up to big money at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City. Children participating in the parish’s Vacation Bible School July 9-13 raised $1,500 for its sister parish, Our Lady of the Nativity in Verrettes, Haiti.Read More