It’s not every day that Bishop W. Francis Malooly is compared to a record-breaking Olympian.Read More

HOPELAWN, N.J. – When young men are discerning the vocation of priesthood, it is important that they have a quiet place for prayer and reflection while learning about the life that would come with being a priest. Through the work and support of many individuals, the Metuchen Diocese has created such a setting for those...Read More

Every now and then, Bishop W. Francis Malooly surprised callers to his Catholic Center office by picking up the phone himself. Expecting to hear the voice of Katherine Williams, his longtime administrative assistant, the callers were bewildered at hearing the bishop greet them with a cheery “bishop’s office.”Read More

Instead of asking for presents for her seventh birthday, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Edgewater, parishioner Sophie Smith asked her friends to help sponsor a child in Haiti. Sophie, her brother Sam Smith and other young people have taken the lead in raising money for Our Lady of Perpetual Help’s new sister parish, St. Elizabeth...Read More

Regarding the letter from James M. Althoff (CR, Aug. 14) in which he states that the lives lost in Iraq are “volunteer soldiers encircled in body armor, armed to the teeth and often in the cocoon of a Humvee,” I would ask him about the 100,000 plus Iraqi casualties, many, if not most of whom...Read More

FUSHUN, China (CNS) -- Ninety-year-old Sister Peter has worked in a bus factory, built houses, reinforced river embankments and spent time in jail and a mental institution. Bishop Pius Jin Peixian of Liaoning, 83, spent 10 years in prison and later was sent to a work farm. In 1966, at age 19, Cecilia Tao Beiling...Read More

HAGERSTOWN – When Pope John Paul II named Bishop W. Francis Malooly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the new bishop immediately got in his white Honda Accord and made a whirlwind tour of some of the parishes of his assigned vicariate in the western part of the state. For the next seven...Read More

Memorial Day may be the kick off of the summer season, but for many aging veterans it will be a time to journey to the Maryland World War II Memorial to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice many in the state gave during that conflict. As spectators attend the Memorial Day ceremony at the Ritchie Highway...Read More