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January 19, 2012

More than 1,000 celebrate ordination of four priests

An hour before he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 38-year-old Hector Mateus-Ariza walked quietly to the spot in the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen where Pope John Paul II had prayed nearly 14 years earlier. There, he knelt and prayed to God to help him as he began his priestly journey.
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January 19, 2012

Benedictine sisters score needed funds during Super Bowl

PHOENIX – While the NFL and advertisers used Super Bowl XLII as a chance to further their enterprises and increase profits, some Benedictine sisters in Phoenix used the big game as an opportunity to further the work of the Catholic Church in spreading the Gospel.
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January 19, 2012

Sister Kathleen Feeley leaves legacy of learning for seniors

Sister Kathleen Feeley, 80 years young, remains a great influence, in Baltimore and around the planet.
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January 19, 2012

Married love about more than hearts, flowers and feelings

There’s an interesting transformation that happens in stores right after the Christmas holidays. As the sights and sounds of Christmas disappear, suddenly store shelves are filled with Valentine’s decorations, candies and gifts.
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January 19, 2012

Nuns use high-tech methods to spur vocations to religious life

WASHINGTON – With an estimated 184 million adults using the Internet and 75 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds having a Facebook or MySpace account, the Sisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus are going high-tech to spread information about their order and the call to a religious vocation.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. education secretary visits school in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS –The St. Peter Claver seventh-grade students were studying heredity and genetics when U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings dropped in for a visit Jan. 31. Teacher Rachel Pleis was using M&M candies in different colors to emphasize her points.
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January 19, 2012

Controversy averted at St. Dominic School site

About 200 concerned Hamilton-area residents breathed a collective sigh of relief as developers abandoned a plan to convert the vacant St. Dominic School into a low-income apartment building – instead constructing a mostly senior housing project. Residents of the Hamilton, Arcadia, Lauraville and Beverly Hills neighborhoods were prepared for a slugfest with developers, representatives of...
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January 19, 2012

Sick Zimbabweans turned away from South African hospitals

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Sick Zimbabwean refugees in Johannesburg are being turned away from South African hospitals, despite an official policy that outlaws discrimination against noncitizens, a priest said.
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January 19, 2012

Sister Dorothy Marie Hennessey, peace activist, dies

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Franciscan Sister Dorothy Marie Hennessey, a teacher turned activist who made national news at age 88 when she was sentenced to federal prison for trespassing at a Georgia military base, died Jan. 24 at the age of 94.
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January 19, 2012

Celebration of the Arts showcases students’ talent

Four Mercy High School, Baltimore, students gently touched the ivory keys on shiny, black, baby grand pianos, filling the lobby of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with music as hundreds of visitors viewed various works of art from aspiring young artists. On April 9, some 350 students from about 50 Catholic schools in the archdiocese...
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January 19, 2012

Daughter of Charity reflects on ministry

Sister Mary Catherine Warehime wasn’t yet Catholic when she first felt called to consecrated life.
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January 19, 2012

New DVD informs NY Catholics about abortion proposal

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – A DVD produced in New York under Catholic auspices aims to educate Catholics statewide about Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposed Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act.
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