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January 19, 2012

New DVD informs NY Catholics about abortion proposal

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – A DVD produced in New York under Catholic auspices aims to educate Catholics statewide about Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposed Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act.
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January 19, 2012

Lent a challenge to make God the center of our lives

I can’t believe it’s Lent! Advent, my favorite season, goes so fast. Lent, my least favorite season, seems to last so long! In Advent, we’re filled with joy at the anticipation of the birth of our Savior. In Lent, we anticipate the death of our Savior.
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January 19, 2012

Death, resurrection of Jesus a defining moment

Early this month, I joined more than 30 bishops from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast on a five day spiritual retreat at Our Lady of Florida Passionist Retreat House in North Palm Beach.
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January 19, 2012

Same-sex marriage bill introduced in Maryland

House Bill 351, which would change the definition of marriage in Maryland to include same-sex unions, was introduced Jan. 25.
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January 19, 2012

Military families gain new shepherd

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Timothy P. A. Broglio was installed Jan. 25 as the Archbishop for Military Services, USA at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington.
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January 19, 2012

Religious order traces its beginnings to St. Martin

When Sister Marietta Russell, M.H.S.H., participated in the last regularly scheduled Sunday Mass at St. Martin, Jan. 27, she reflected not only on her last nine years as a parishioner and leader of a parish sewing group, she recalled that her religious order got its start in that very west Baltimore building 118 years ago.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal opens sainthood cause for Paulist founder

Paulist Father Isaac Thomas Hecker was “a real-life saint like you and me,” Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York said Jan. 27, describing the founder of the Paulist Fathers.
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January 19, 2012

Pope says almsgiving conquers temptation of wealth

VATICAN CITY – Almsgiving helps Christians conquer the constant temptation to become slaves to wealth and material goods, Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2008 message for Lent. The practice of almsgiving “represents a specific way to assist those in need and, at the same time, an exercise in self-denial to free us from attachment...
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January 19, 2012

Plight of Iraqi refugees shapes nuns’ visit to Middle East

WASHINGTON – A family of six Iraqis lives in a unheated, single room in Beirut, Lebanon – the adults unable to work legally, the teenager with diabetes unable to get medical care or attend school.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy beats IND in annual game

Magic-mania erupted as the buzzer sounded on Jan. 25 at the Towson Center, as the Mercy High School Magic outscored the Institute of Notre Dame 44-28 to take a 26-16 lead in this 42-year-old tradition called “The Game.”
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January 19, 2012

Sailors swim past McDonogh’s 51 consecutive wins

Talk about a whirlwind week for the Mount de Sales Academy swim team. To start the week, the Catonsville Sailors faced perennial power McDonogh School on Jan. 23 during their regular IAAM A Conference season and up-ended McDonogh’s 51-game winning streak for the win. The team took that momentum right into Jan. 27 and the...
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January 19, 2012

Parishioners focus on blessings, grace during last Masses

Sue Barnabae nearly skipped Saturday evening Mass at St. Peter the Apostle, Jan. 26, because she thought the last regular Mass at her longtime west Baltimore parish would be too sad.
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