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February 9, 2012

What Makes a Catholic Hospital Catholic

Several times each year, patients suffering from rheumatic fever come to a Baltimore-area hospital for open heart surgery to repair their damaged hearts. They receive world-class medical care at no cost to them and they and their traveling companions are given complimentary hospitality until the patient is able to return home. St. Joseph Medical Center...
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February 9, 2012

Our Christmas challenge

Several years ago, I was celebrating Christmas Eve Mass in a far-off land, one which I can’t remember. As usual, for Christmas, the chapel was full. I welcomed those in attendance for the celebration, and made a point to especially acknowledge the presence of our non-Catholic friends who were joining us, as well as our...
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February 9, 2012

What’s Old is New Again

“What’s old is new again.” This well-known expression sums up the vast majority of the comments I’ve heard since our Church began using the new translation of the Roman Missal, the prayers we say each week at Mass, Nov. 26-27.
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February 9, 2012

The cardinal Down Under

George Weigel writes about his visit with Father George Pell, the cardinal archbishop of Sydney.
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February 9, 2012

More matters that matter; ready for Operation Faith Lift?

St. Ambrose "angels" are just one example of how black Catholics take evangelization to heart.
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February 9, 2012

A hard-hearted approach to immigration

“If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.” “ It is a psalm sung in Catholic churches the world over, and a charge – our charge as Christians and followers of Christ for how we should treat others. “ Too often, however, we fail to heed this simple command. This is especially true...
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February 9, 2012

Reflections on youth programs

In the forward to “What We Have Seen and Heard: Essays and Stories from Black Catholics in Baltimore,” Cardinal William Keeler opened with a quote from the Acts of the Apostles 4:20, which read, “Peter and John said, ‘It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.’ ”
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February 9, 2012

Harambee presses on for 25 years

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once gave an important insight in regard to achievement. “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Even a superficial look at history reveals that no social advance rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering and the tireless exertions and passionate...
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February 9, 2012

Red Hat: One Size Fits All

Gibbons, Shehan and Keeler are names synonymous with the history of Catholicism in Baltimore. The only Cardinals to head this historic Archdiocese over its long and storied history were each recognized for his own unique gifts and service to the Church. Vastly different men separated by years and the challenges of their day, all three...
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February 9, 2012

Love advice from third graders

Want a lesson on love? Ask the third graders of Ss. James and John School in Baltimore City.
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February 9, 2012

Take a look at history while walking forward

On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. He is the first African-American to earn the highest honor in the United States of America. On Jan. 4, 1899, 120 years ago, black Catholic men from all over the nation convened on Washington, D.C., for a four-day...
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February 9, 2012

Part two: Black Catholicism has roots in St. Mary’s County

St. Clement in St. Mary’s County holds a unique position in the history of the Catholic religion and the origin of black Catholicism. When the colonists arrived in 1634, St. Clement was known as Heron Island. The newcomers gave it the name of St. Clement. They also gave Point Lookout the name of St. Michael...
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