Alayna Albertie looked around the 2009 OppenheimerFunds/NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York Oct. 7 and noticed something very quickly. She was the youngest competitor by five years.Read More

Severna Park resident Keith Chase is well aware he has an understanding and supportive wife.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said his April 15-20 visit to the United Nations and the United States was an opportunity to give – and to receive – a witness to the power of hope and faith.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee made some progress toward a more affordable health care reform plan but failed to address concerns about abortion, conscience rights and the health of immigrants, officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said after the committee finished its work on its proposal Oct. 2.Read More

ST. MARY’S CITY – Maryland’s status as the birthplace of religious freedom in the United States became tangible Sept. 20, as an estimated 1,000 people witnessed the unlocking of a reconstructed brick chapel in St. Mary’s City.Read More

Richard Horwitt is a very busy guy. The 64-year-old retiree works three days a week driving an adult day care center van. He tutors English for the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) at Catholic Charities’ Hispanic Apostolate in Fells Point. He’s involved with the Service, Justice and Life Commission in his parish, St. Joseph, Sykesville. He’s...Read More

For the second year in a row, Dan Collins, senior director of media relations for Mercy Medical Center, and longtime friend, teacher and sport advocate Ray Gordon took part in the Chesapeake Fencing Club’s second annual Megabout, a fundraising effort for the Sisters Academy of Baltimore.Read More

The No. 19 ran along Harford Road, stopping in front of St. Dominic Parish. That line is also the origin of the small shelter just north of St. Francis of Assisi Church.Read More