I was talking with Father Matt Buening, pastor of St. Paul's in Ellicott City, this morning about movies. He asked me what I thought about Pixar's new movie, Brave, which we've both seen. Yes, two guys in their 30s spent part of their morning talking about a Pixar animated movie.WhatRead More

  What’s in a name? For parents – everything. Your child’s name is the first thing you give him or her – but will it be a gift or a punishment? Our name is the first thing we share about ourselves. Even without our permission, our name can travel around withoutRead More

The other morning we were walking toward our car, carrying the dozen bags or so we always seem to pack for our day away from home, when Leo stopped suddenly. “Look!” he said. “A flower!” There, beside our sidewalk, just feet from our front door, was a bright yellow flower. Its longRead More

Nearly 200 people gathered for a July 2 prayer service for Jack Levee at St. Margaret in Bel Air.Read More

Father Paul Sparklin can identify with the patients he visited at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It wasn’t long ago that he was a patient himself.Read More

Storms June 29 affect parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More

This is the first letter I have ever written to the Catholic Review.Read More

Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire recently expressed concern about some national groups in the church turning the issue of religious liberty into a political fight and about Rep. Paul Ryan’s federal budget curbing increased government spending on welfare programs.Read More