Seventh-graders at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Baynesville, were nominated by St. Vincent’s Center for the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award. For over three years, students have helped to brighten the lives of the children at St. Vincent’s through art projects to brighten holiday meals, and organizing collections for clothing, school supplies and personal items.Read More

In the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams,” Kevin Costner’s character hears a voice that assures him, “If you build it, they will come.” These words affirmed the baseball-loving character’s leap of faith in digging up the Iowa corn fields that provided his living and replacing it with a baseball field on which past legends...Read More

WASHINGTON – Seeing President Barack Obama’s first federal budget proposal in his still young administration, Catholic Charities officials and others committed to meeting the needs of the poor are breathing a bit easier.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Two days after San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer requested that a Catholic parish cancel a scheduled performance of a gay-themed play by high school students, the University of San Francisco stepped in and allowed the play to be performed on its campus.Read More