Most Americans think of Gaza as a place of suffering and militancy, but the reality is that Gaza is home to some of the most inspiring and creative people in the Middle East. For the past two years, as the area’s representative for Catholic Relief Services, I’ve traveled there as much as I can. I...Read More
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – A Vietnamese Christian Brother drowned while trying to rescue a 15-year-old girl who fell into a river in Cambodia.Read More
Students might not know who Thaddeus Stanislaus Blusiewicz Jr. is, but everyone knows Ted. Mr. Blusiewicz drives one of the shuttle buses at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, a job he’s enjoyed for the last 10 years.Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Deb Brunsberg, 52, of Coon Rapids still feels a bit woozy from the wild roller-coaster ride her life has been lately. Two years after a devastating divorce set her spiraling into the depths of despair, an 11-day trip to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina shot her at breakneck speed to the height of...Read More
A grandmother was showing pictures to her little grandson. “This was grandmom when I was a little girl,” she said. The little boy looked at the picture, and looked at her. Looked back at the picture, and looked again at his grandmother and asked: “What happened?”Read More
As John Bauersfeld looks back on his first season as head coach of the Calvert Hall College High School Cardinals varsity basketball program, he feels good about the competitive manner in which his team played this season.Read More
The Knights of Columbus of Maryland is participating in a North American effort paying special tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, through the Silver Rose Program.Read More
With at least 42 different nations represented in the congregation at St. Matthew, urban vicar Bishop Denis J. Madden has asked the pastor of the Northwood parish to chronicle his multicultural ministry cultivation.Read More
BHOPAL, India – Church leaders have welcomed a letter by U.S. Congress members asking Dow Chemical Co. to address the needs of victims of a 1984 chemical leak that killed thousands, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.Read More
Get the popcorn. Encouraged at his high school to use Web 2.0 tools to better interact with the “digital generation,” a teacher at Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, is using YouTube – a leader in online video – to promote an elective course for juniors and seniors.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – The world of cyberspace is causing real-world problems for a growing number of married couples, according to research conducted by ACCORD, the Irish bishops’ agency providing care and support for marriage.Read More