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January 19, 2012

The face of Tio Pepe takes a seat

Francisco “Paco” Lobo got up from a seat near Tio Pepe’s bar to walk back to his station in the Mount Vernon restaurant. The longtime maitre d’ was stopped by a customer who came through the doors just as it opened.
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January 19, 2012

Calvert Hall alumni dies in medevac accident

The Calvert Hall College High School community is in mourning after hearing of the death of Mickey Lippy, a member of the class of 1992.
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January 19, 2012

What’s cool for pools this summer?

The kids are bored, it's hot and the pavement is scorching your feet but you have already been to the beach this summer, how do you stay cool? For many adults and children a pool is the best place to be on a hot and humid Maryland summer day. "One of the best things about...
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January 19, 2012

Hospice chaplain helps dying, their families find peace – and even joy

ROCKVILLE – The sounds of joyful singing fill the first floor of the suburban Washington home of Irma and Celia Nissen.
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January 19, 2012

Spalding student ready for Teen Jeopardy

Daddy-daughter time has always been unique at the Hosford home in Annapolis.
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January 19, 2012

Writer travels around globe to tombs of apostles

ROME – As a Peace Corps volunteer, Tom Bissell was hiking through a village in Kyrgyzstan one day, and an old Russian woman offered to take him to see the tomb of St. Matthew. “I remember thinking: ‘The tomb of Matthew? I thought he was buried in Jerusalem or Italy or somewhere like that,’“ Bissell...
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January 19, 2012

Media promote violence

With all the homicides in Baltimore, one has to question whether the media are contributors. The reporting of the Ravens/Steelers conflict and other sports coverage often includes terms of “killing” the other team, “annihilating,” “crushing.” It is a game when you boil it down, and of course spirited competition. Rooting for the home team is...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic proudly supports Obama

As a lifelong democrat, I am not happy that most representatives in my party are pro-choice. But then, I am not a one-issue voter.
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January 19, 2012

Sulpician guided St. Mary’s through exciting, turbulent times

By his own admission, Father Robert F. Leavitt, S.S., was an unusual choice to lead St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park. When the Connecticut native was named the 14th president and first president-rector in 1980, he was only 37. He didn’t have any administrative experience and had only recently become a member of...
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January 19, 2012

DREAM Act dies in Senate; immigrant advocates remain determined

WASHINGTON - The Senate’s inability to overcome a threatened filibuster Dec. 18 scuttled passage of the DREAM Act, prompting immigrant advocates to pledge to push forward on immigration reform next year with a new Congress and fight for what one immigrant leader termed the “respect we deserve.”
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January 19, 2012

USCCB, CRS urge presidential nominees to ponder world poverty issues

WASHINGTON – Representatives from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services in a telephone press conference Sept. 23 called on the major parties’ presidential candidates to lay out their foreign policy strategies in relation to the world’s poor and overseas assistance.
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January 19, 2012

Retreats offer break from everyday hustle

There are only so many hours in a business professional’s day and by the end of the week it’s nice to take some time away from the hassles of the workplace. At the Malvern Retreat House in Pennsylvania, a new retreat specifically developed to help individuals integrate spirituality with business will take place June 1-...
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