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January 19, 2012

St. Elizabeth of Hungary feast day Nov. 17

Catholics and Protestants in Germany and other European countries celebrate 2007 as “The Year of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.” Numerous programs, Masses, pilgrimages, talks, presentations, conferences, exhibits, even a musical, have already taken place there, with the culmination in November when the feast day of St. Elizabeth will be celebrated Nov. 17.
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January 19, 2012

Father’s Day brings warm memories

Dad was recovering from a knee replacement he had undergone three weeks earlier, and was still undergoing physical therapy. I knew how much my parents enjoyed going to the Maryland Barbecue Bash, a two-day festival in Bel Air with over 60 barbecue vendors from several states. Realizing dad couldn’t get around, I offered to go...
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January 19, 2012

Senate urged to include unborn, immigrants in children’s health plan

WASHINGTON – Expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program should cover pregnant mothers and their unborn children, as well as legal immigrants who have not yet been in the country for five years, the head of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee told senators.
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January 19, 2012

Vespers service celebrates music, liturgical ministers

St. Cecilia Evening Vespers, which will include a blessing of liturgical and music ministers, will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Marikle Chapel at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Twin Franciscan brothers who died on same day had always been together

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Identical twins and Franciscan Brothers Julian and Adrian Riester – who were born seconds apart and died hours apart June 1 at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg – were remembered by friends, family members and colleagues for their constant companionship.
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January 19, 2012

Iraqi bishops seek synod to address exodus of Christians from Mideast

VATICAN CITY – Iraqi Catholic bishops called on Pope Benedict XVI to convene a synod to address the mass exodus of Christians from the Middle East and the lack of full religious freedom there.
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January 19, 2012

Bon Secours Spiritual Center offers calming effect

Some groups that visit the Bon Secours Spiritual Center (BSSC), Marriottsville, request the Rocking Chair Room.
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January 19, 2012

St. Anthony shrine hosts pilgrimage

The Conventual Franciscan Friars invite all to the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City June 11, for a Day of Pilgrimage to celebrate the shrine’s namesake, and again June 18, for a dinner concert.
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January 19, 2012

Faith rituals help students in crisis, priest tells campus ministers

ATLANTA – As the second anniversary of the largest mass killing on a U.S. campus approaches, the Catholic priest serving at Virginia Tech University said the church can help fearful and confused students through its mindfulness of community rituals.
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January 19, 2012

Parishioners give Archbishop O’Brien a rock-star’s reception

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien figured out a way to fill the pews during a regularly scheduled 8:15 a.m. weekday Mass at Our Lady of Fatima, Baltimore. He showed up.
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January 19, 2012

Famed Kentucky abbey part of Trappists’ effort to promote vocations

TRAPPIST, Ky. – Since the 1940s when acclaimed writer and contemplative Father Thomas Merton drew the world’s attention to the Trappists’ Abbey of Gethsemani in Nelson County, men have come from around the world to join in its ritual life of prayer and work.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien finds Vatican report on seminaries ‘positive’

A Vatican apostolic visitation team has concluded that U.S. seminaries are experiencing a greater sense of stability since the 1990s, but recommended increased attention to the formation of priests and greater involvement of diocesan bishops.
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