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January 19, 2012

St. Paul the Hermit

St. Paul the Hermit was born in Egypt circa 230. He fled when Decius began persecuting Christians. St. Paul lived in the desert as a hermit for the rest of his life. He wore leaves and ate fruit and water to survive. He died in 342. St. Paul the Hermit is patron saint of weavers.
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January 19, 2012

Papal trip to Cyprus will shine spotlight on Middle East

VATICAN CITY – Just 13 months after he visited the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI will give Christians in the Middle East his full attention again as he visits Cyprus June 4-6.
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January 19, 2012

St. Conrad of Piacenza

St. Conrad of Piacenza, born to nobility, mistakenly started a fire which spread to forests and villages. A peasant was condemned to death for the fire, but St. Conrad confessed to save the man’s life. After paying for damages, he joined a group of Franciscan hermits and was known to have the gift of healing....
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January 19, 2012

Bounty in Emmitsburg

It was one of those beautiful days right after Easter. My friend – and mother of my cats– and I decided to make a pilgrimage to Emmitsburg.
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January 19, 2012

St. Zachary

St. Zachary became the 91st pope in 741, and he was the first pope after St. Gregory the Great who did not look for imperial confirmation after his election to pope. St. Zachary helped bring about peace between the Greek empire and the Lombards. He also restored many churches in Rome. Additionally, he encouraged St....
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January 19, 2012

Curley man through and through, Father Martin ready for next phase

When an eighth-grader at Most Precious Blood named Michael Martin took his high school entrance examinations in the mid-1970s, his father made a simple command.
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January 19, 2012

St. Benedict Joseph Labre

St. Benedict Joseph Labre was born in March 1748 in France. He tried to join the Trappists, Carthusians and Cistercians, but he was rejected by all three orders. For years, the impoverished saint wandered around Europe, spending his time in adoration in cathedrals. St. Benedict Joseph Labre begged and would give anything extra to others...
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January 19, 2012

Trip to Lourdes inspires St. Joseph’s emergency department head

As head of the emergency department at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Dr. Gail Cunningham has always worked hard to show compassion to her patients. A recent trip to Europe has inspired her to take that empathetic care to a new level.
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January 19, 2012

St. Pascal Baylon

St. Pascal Baylon was born on May 24, 1540, in Spain. He was devoted to the Eucharist as a child, and he eventually became a Franciscan lay brother, usually serving as a cook. A man of great humility, St. Pascal Baylon was very charitable toward the poor. In France he defended the presence of Jesus...
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January 19, 2012

Media ‘panic’ over pedophilia mars prevention, says Jesuit journal

ROME – A lack of expert opinion in media coverage of the clerical sex abuse scandal has led to a climate of “moral panic,” which does nothing to help people understand the tragedy of abuse or keep children safe, said an influential Jesuit journal.
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January 19, 2012

St. Methodius

St. Methodius of Constantinople was born in Sicily in the eighth century. He built a monastery on an island named Chinos. The saint then worked with the patriarch of Constantinople to help oversee the diocese. Together, the two men worked against the iconoclasts, who did not believe in the use of images in worship. St....
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January 19, 2012

Church’s impact on youth more important than ever

Anyone who needed indication that all is not lost with the youths in Baltimore City would have gotten their fair share of reassurance at a church in northwest Baltimore recently.
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