A funeral Mass for Father Ralph Ransom Jr., S.S.J, was offered June 12 at St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore. Father Ransom died June 7 at St. Joseph Manor; he was 76.Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. – A deal reached by the city of Portland, the local public school district and the regional mass transit company offers free bus rides to high school students in the city - but only if they attend a public school.Read More
Even before the first Family Fun Day was over, William Fleming was planning the next one. The coordinator of catechesis for persons with developmental disabilities for the Archdiocese of Baltimore was so pleased with the turnout of more than 80 people at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House, Sparks, he knew he and volunteer Debbi Dempsay,...Read More
Virginia E. “Ginny” Dauses, the campus minister at St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, will receive the Culture of Life Medal of Honor Oct. 4 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, where Cardinal William H. Keeler, archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will celebrate the Respect Life Mass at 11 a.m.Read More
This is the last in a seven-part series on the Mass. The Communion procession is over, the remaining Eucharist is reserved in the tabernacle, the vessels are put away and the Communion music is finished. What next?Read More
VATICAN CITY – In a cordial and festive visit to the Vatican, U.S. President George W. Bush met with Pope Benedict XVI in the lush Vatican Gardens for private talks, an informal stroll and a choral performance by the Sistine Chapel Choir.Read More
How interesting to follow your lukewarm article on Sen. Ted Kennedy with praise of a military priest “taking faith to troops on front” (CR, Sept. 3).Apparently it’s not OK for Kennedy to believe that the only course to follow legally in this pluralistic country, given the Constitution, is to allow women to choose how to...Read More
A celebrated and most valuable outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council has been the rise in the number of “apostolic movements” that have sprung up in the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Each centered in a unique spirituality, these movements nourish strongly committed laity with the teachings and sacraments of the Church,...Read More
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Lifelong bachelor Clair Adams, 95, of Clinton lived simply and was buried in a favorite red fleece jacket that cost $9 at Wal-Mart. What he didn’t spend on himself – an estate worth a little more than $1.4 million – he bequeathed to his parish, Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace in Clinton.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will participate in two major gatherings this month that are expected to touch on important issues including prayers in the liturgy, stem-cell research, clergy sex abuse and the Eucharist.Read More
WASHINGTON – As members of Congress returned to Washington after their summer recess, much of the focus for the hottest topic before them – health care reform – seemed to be farther north, in Massachusetts.Read More