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January 19, 2012

Toronto Catholic high schools work to eliminate bottled water

TORONTO – Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Toronto are working to create “bottled water-free zones” within their schools.
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January 19, 2012

Oblate Sisters of Providence break ground on new facility

They devoted their lives to educating and ministering to others, often in some of the most troubled urban areas of the country. Now the retired and infirmed Oblate Sisters of Providence are getting a state-of-the art retirement facility that will allow others to minister to them.
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January 19, 2012

Father Boisvert named first pastor of Frederick parish

Now that St. Katharine Drexel in Frederick has been elevated from an independent mission to full-fledged parish status, Cardinal William H. Keeler has named Father Keith Boisvert the faith community’s first pastor effective July 1.
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January 19, 2012

General Assembly preview: Maryland legislators face major public-policy decisions

It’s becoming a familiar problem in Annapolis: an empty checkbook. One year after lawmakers dealt with a $2 billion budget deficit, they are facing another enormous shortfall – this one projected at more than $1.4 billion.
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January 19, 2012

Local surgical teams heading to Peru

A dozen health care professionals from Good Samaritan Hospital, headed by orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Harpal S. Khanuja, will be among a contingent of 56 from Operation Walk Maryland that were to head to Peru Oct. 9.
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January 19, 2012

Deacon Walter Shipley dies at 91

A funeral Mass for Deacon Walter Shipley was offered June 25 at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, Rosedale, where he served for 20 years. Deacon Shipley died June 20. He was 91.
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January 19, 2012

Alaskan bishops share priests across diocesan lines

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Due to an acute shortage of priests in Alaska, the life experienced by Father Nelson Marilag may become the norm as the practice of sharing clergy across the boundaries of Alaska’s three Catholic dioceses becomes more common.
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January 19, 2012

New book, report assess status of abortion at state level

CHICAGO – A new book by constitutional scholar Paul Benjamin Linton assesses the legal status of abortion in each of the 50 states, concluding that more than half the abortions performed in the U.S. would remain “constitutionally protected” if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
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January 19, 2012

Carolina fire chaplain mourns loss of nine firefighters

CHARLESTON, S.C. – As chaplain of the South Carolina Firefighters’ Association for the past 23 years, Monsignor Joseph R. Roth has made a habit of writing to the families of each of the 80 or 90 members who die each year. But he never expected to have to write to nine families at once, as...
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January 19, 2012

Milwaukee Archdiocese files for bankruptcy protection over abuse claims

ST. FRANCIS, Wis. – A year to the day after his installation as the 11th archbishop of Milwaukee, Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki announced Jan. 4 that he had directed archdiocesan attorneys “to file a petition for a Chapter 11 reorganization of its financial affairs under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.”
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January 19, 2012

Blind swimmer competes in Paralympics

Phil Scholz arrived late for the fall semester at Loyola College in Maryland, but not without some experiences that he can incorporate into his combined major of global studies and communications.
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January 19, 2012

Father Peterson celebrates 60 years as a priest

After celebrating his 60th anniversary as a priest on June 10, Father Casimir Peterson, 86, said his service as an altar boy and the guidance of the sisters who taught him at Our Lady of Pompei, Baltimore, were inspirational in his discernment to the priesthood.
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