News

At odds: Brother supports McCain; nun-sisters oppose war in Iraq

ST. PAUL, Minn. – While K.J. McDonald supported his party as a delegate at the Republican National Convention, his four sisters protested the war outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, where the convention was held.
Read More

Rectory serves as home for men considering priesthood

HOPELAWN, N.J. – When young men are discerning the vocation of priesthood, it is important that they have a quiet place for prayer and reflection while learning about the life that would come with being a priest. Through the work and support of many individuals, the Metuchen Diocese has created such a setting for those...
Read More

Where do research funds go?

I applaud the efforts of the many people who raise funds for the cure of breast cancer and the research needed to achieve that. I have lost my mother, aunt and grandmother, all to breast cancer. I also understand that Susan G. Komen (Race for the Cure) funds Planned Parenthood, the largest promoter/provider of abortion...
Read More

Towson parishioners rebuild after tragic loss

John and Gat Meredith planned on marking the first anniversary of their daughter’s death quietly.
Read More

Parishes benefit from Haiti partnerships

Instead of asking for presents for her seventh birthday, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Edgewater, parishioner Sophie Smith asked her friends to help sponsor a child in Haiti. Sophie, her brother Sam Smith and other young people have taken the lead in raising money for Our Lady of Perpetual Help’s new sister parish, St. Elizabeth...
Read More

Calvert Hall’s Amos ready for Dons, prime time

When Adrian Amos and his classmates entered Calvert Hall three years ago, its football program was near the bottom of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference
Read More

St. Peter Claver is 120 years strong

St. Peter Claver Parish can rightfully be called “The Mother Parish” of West Baltimore African-American Catholics. Founded in 1888 by the Mill Hill Josephite Fathers, this church, specifically for African-Americans, was the first of its kind in West Baltimore.
Read More

Chinese Catholics struggled to keep faith alive

FUSHUN, China (CNS) -- Ninety-year-old Sister Peter has worked in a bus factory, built houses, reinforced river embankments and spent time in jail and a mental institution. Bishop Pius Jin Peixian of Liaoning, 83, spent 10 years in prison and later was sent to a work farm. In 1966, at age 19, Cecilia Tao Beiling...
Read More

Us and Them

Last week, I wrote about the various vocations that are crucial to the fulfillment of the Church’s mission, focusing on the Sacrament of the Holy Order of Deacon. The vocations of our permanent deacons, as with priests, are visible to the Catholic community. You see their generous labors at Masses, Baptisms, funerals, weddings, hospitals, prisons...
Read More

Mexicans protest increasing kidnap rate

MEXICO CITY – Manuel Ramirez last saw his daughter Monica in December 2004, shortly before she was kidnapped in this sprawling metropolis of more than 20 million people.
Read More

Maryland supported World War II at home and abroad

Memorial Day may be the kick off of the summer season, but for many aging veterans it will be a time to journey to the Maryland World War II Memorial to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice many in the state gave during that conflict. As spectators attend the Memorial Day ceremony at the Ritchie Highway...
Read More
1 1,298 1,299 1,300 1,301 1,302 1,758
En español »