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January 19, 2012

St. Agnes presents Caritas Award

The St. Agnes Foundation will honor Albert “Skip” and Margie Counselman by presenting them with the Caritas Award at the annual spring gala, March 24 at M&T Bank Stadium. The award is given each year to a couple who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to St. Agnes Healthcare and the Baltimore community.
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January 19, 2012

Knights of Peter Claver elect youngest supreme knight, CEO ever

NEW ORLEANS – F. DeKarlos Blackmon, 34, of Huntsville, Ala., has been elected the youngest supreme knight and CEO in the history of the century-old Knights of Peter Claver.
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January 19, 2012

Priests, seminarians to kick off soccer championship

ROME – Students at Pontifical North American College are among those competing in the first Clericus Cup, a soccer championship exclusively for priests and seminarians in Rome. Seminaries and pontifical universities have fielded 16 teams for the championship series, with 311 players coming from approximately 50 countries. The series is to open Feb. 24 when...
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January 19, 2012

Magisterium backs Magliano

With so many negative responses to Tony Magliano’s Aug. 5 column, readers of the Catholic Review are apt to walk away with the clearly erroneous belief that the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be justified within the Catholic moral tradition. I respectfully insist that the Catholic Review dispel any such misconception. Without wanting...
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January 19, 2012

Pray for politicians’ courage

An Irish Catholic governor (CR, Feb. 8), a Polish Catholic U.S. senator, an Italian Catholic Speaker of the U.S. House . . . all Catholic educated, and all pro-abortion. To be sure, Catholic education emphasizes social conscientiousness. Even in the 1950s at Ss. Philip and James, we knew what it meant to be socially responsible....
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January 19, 2012

Report: Catholic leaders moved Northern Irish priest after 1972 bombing

DUBLIN – An independent inquiry has cleared church leaders in Northern Ireland of any “criminal intent” in the case of a priest accused of a 1972 Irish Republican Army bombing in Northern Ireland.
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January 19, 2012

Death penalty foes hail Tennessee governor’s moratorium

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Death penalty opponents in Tennessee are applauding Gov. Phil Bredesen’s decision to temporarily halt state executions to study the state’s protocol for carrying out death sentences, but they say it “doesn’t go nearly far enough.” Alex Wiesendanger, associate director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, called the move “a great...
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January 19, 2012

Miller to lead Youth and Young Adult Ministry

The young church has its leader. D. Scott Miller, who served as interim director of the Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry during the last year, will permanently have the role starting Sept. 1.
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January 19, 2012

A 3-2 Maryvale win deflates five-time defending champion IND

Before the start of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland indoor soccer championship game Feb. 9, Maryvale Preparatory School, Brooklandville, athletic director, Terri Moeser walked into the Clarence Du Burns Arena, Canton, carrying the IAAM B Conference Traveling Championship Bowl secured last season. When he left, the athletic director was carrying the Traveling Championship Bowl...
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January 19, 2012

LCWR members urged to maintain ‘hope in the midst of darkness’

DALLAS – Contrasting events of the last year that have both spotlighted the accomplishments of women religious and focused broad attention on challenges facing the Catholic Church, the outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious urged the organization to maintain hope that the Gospel will guide members to articulate their mission with “inclusive...
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January 19, 2012

Holy Land conflict: bringing the issue home

As Catholic Relief Services’ former director for the Middle East, Christine H. Tucker saw firsthand the conflict-ridden borders of Palestine and Israel. This February, the St. Louis, Clarksville, parishioner is bringing the issue home, via Howard County television. Ms. Tucker, who serves as the Mid-Atlantic regional director for CRS, shares her knowledge of the escalating...
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January 19, 2012

Schools in Western states must meet new standards to comply with church teaching

SAN FRANCISCO – Catholic elementary and secondary schools in nine states and Guam will be required to meet new and more detailed standards showing they are educating students in the Catholic faith and tradition, as well as nurturing the faith of the total school community.
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