The following is the third part in a seven-part series on the Mass. Of the articles I am writing for this series on the Mass, I am really excited about this one: the Liturgy of the Word.Read More

WASHINGTON – Paulist Father Frank Desiderio sensed something was happening at the very first public screening last year of his documentary feature on forgiveness, “The Big Question.”Read More

How does St. Aloysius Schwartz sound to you? Who, you may ask, is Aloysius Schwartz?Read More

EMMITSBURG – Holding her black graduation cap in one hand and gently dabbing a tissue to her eyes to stave off an allergy attack, Lola Jemibewon was filled with mixed emotions as she stood in line waiting for her May 11 graduation procession to begin at Mount St. Mary’s University.Read More

Most people don’t recognize the plain, nickel-plated bracelet that circles the right wrist of Sister Stacy Gunnip, S.S.N.D. They think it’s an ID bracelet.Read More

Michael St. Martin is dreading David Arnold’s final game in a Mount St. Joseph soccer uniform.Read More

Pope Benedict XVI has named two parishioners of St. Ignatius in Ijamsville to serve on the Pontifical Council for the Family.Read More

Unimaginable suffering brought Mazen Faraj and Rami Elhanan together. A desire to end the decades of violence that inflicted such pain is what drew Mr. Elhanan, 58, and Mr. Faraj, 32, to downtown Baltimore in early May to participate in Catholic Relief Services’ Peace in the Holy Land speaker tour.Read More