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January 19, 2012

Concern about marriage is overdue

At last we have something concrete to support the obvious (CR, Feb 21). As a result of a recent study of 1,008 married couples, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz was able to conclude that “We must find ways to offer couples a more integrated, continuous, and varied ministry that will help them grow in happiness and...
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January 19, 2012

Sister helps bring peace to former child soldiers in Uganda

With the Middle East prominent in the news, it is easy to overlook other violent conflicts taking place across the globe. One of them is northern Uganda, where Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services is lending a hand to those affected.
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January 19, 2012

Rosary makers close in on 300,000

Pat Evans had big dreams when she helped coordinate a rosary-making campaign for U.S. servicemen six years ago at St. Mary in Annapolis.
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January 19, 2012

God is the healer of hearts

“You can’t be Irish and not know that eventually life will break your heart.” I’ve always attributed that quote to Pierre Salinger, the press secretary for President John F. Kennedy, on the occasion of Kennedy’s assassination.
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January 19, 2012

British court: Church can be held liable for crimes of clergy

MANCHESTER, England – A British court has ruled that the Catholic Church can be held legally liable for the crimes of abusive clergy.
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January 19, 2012

Obama nominates New York Latina to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court; if she is confirmed, the New York native of Puerto Rican descent would become the first Hispanic to serve on the high court.
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January 19, 2012

Priest, youth minister go “stomach to stomach” in contest

Similar to television’s version of “The Biggest Loser,” a priest and a youth minister are going head to head – or in this case stomach to stomach – in the St. John’s Largest Loser weight-loss contest not only to benefit charities of their choice, but their health and wellbeing as well.
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January 19, 2012

Centennial story brings flood of memories

I read with great interest (CR, Sept. 22) of the 100th anniversary of Blessed Sacrament Parish. My grandparents, William and Mary Ellen Kailer Dunn were founding members of the parish. She directed the choir there for many years; he opened the church for Mass and was a daily attendant for all the years of my...
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January 19, 2012

Gibbons’ cricket team embarks on historic quest

On an overcast morning of May 16, as players from The Cardinal Gibbons School took the field, the familiar sounds of the game rolled across a sea of green grass: the crack of the bat, the slap of the ball hitting a leather glove, the click of bails being knocked off stumps …
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January 19, 2012

‘Women’s’ disease poses threat to men

One in two American women will suffer a fracture caused by osteoporosis, but men need to be worrying, too. One out of every four men older than 50 will suffer an osteoporosis-related fracture, but unlike women, men aren’t as aware of the disease and don’t take steps to prevent it.
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January 19, 2012

Korean War vet finally gets his Purple Heart

As he approached his 80th birthday, Alfred Stracke recalled “the hell” that was Pork Chop Hill, the site of two Korean War infantry battles fought during the spring and summer of 1953 while the U.S. and the Communist Chinese and Koreans were negotiating an armistice.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy doctor performing, teaching new technique

As the head of Mercy Medical Center’s Minimally Invasive Surgery unit, Dr. Thomas J. Swope is always looking for ways to be at the forefront of treatment for his patients.
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