The gleaming gold-leafed statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that soars over Emmitsburg finally has her May crown.For the first time since the statue was erected a half century ago, the much-loved figure was adorned with a gigantic wreath of silk flowers hoisted 120 feet by a crane during aRead More

People with developmental disabilities gather once a month at St. Katharine to enjoy meeting people in the wider community.Read More

When the Great Baltimore Fire ripped through the city’s downtown business district, Thomas J. O’Neill sought divine intervention.Read More

The ultrasound technician who gently swept a probe across my wife’s gel-covered belly spoke hardly a word.Read More

When Father Milton A. Hipsley Jr. was pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden in the 1980s, a visiting priest took note of stacks of unopened correspondence from the Catholic Center that seemed to be accumulating in the rectory. He asked Father Hipsley if he was worried about the unread letters.“IRead More

Father Milton A. Hipsley Jr., a former longtime pastor and beloved Cumberland-area prison chaplain, died Dec. 17.Read More

For an audience to believe Alan Gephardt is Francis Scott Key, Gephardt has to believe it.Read More

Sylvia "Cookie" Harris, one of the leading pro-life advocates in Maryland died suddenly Aug. 28.Read More