There’s one amenity in our new Bolton Hill apartment that will mean a big change for our life as a couple after we move next month. It’s not the 11-foot ceilings, the abundance of natural light or the wood-burning fireplace, although they are big perks. It’s having an actual bedroom. My husband andRead More
A few weeks ago Catholic Charities asked us to make an appearance at an information session for people considering adoption. At one point, one of the men in the audience asked whether adopting was easier the second time around.I sort of shrugged and said that all we had skipped wasRead More
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Baltimore will host a 7 p.m. Mass June 21 to open the Fortnight for Freedom.Read More
I am a farmer’s daughter who is nearing the point where half of my life will have been spent living in a city. I moved from southwest Minnesota to St. Paul for college, and I worked in the Twin Cities for several years before relocating to Washington, D.C. Now I’mRead More
As leaders of the world's economic powerhouses meet at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains this weekend, parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thurmont are putting out the welcome mat.Barbara Anderson, pastoral life director of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg, sent meRead More
Calvert Hall proved to be the best boys’ lacrosse team in the state with a 17-3 victory over Loyola Blakefield in the MIAA A Conference championship.Read More
UPDATED May 21. Even the toilets are tiny in the new Larry and Debbie Beck Infant and Toddler Center at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore.Read More
In March, atheists from across the country gathered on the National Mall, claiming their event, the Reason Rally, was the largest secular gathering in world history. Organized by 20 of the leading secular institutions, it was dubbed as the national coming out of the atheist movement in America, yet onlyRead More