A funeral Mass for Sister Alice Catherine Rohe, O.S.F., (formerly Sister Raymond Therese), was offered July 23 in Assisi House, in Aston, Pa. Sister Alice died July 20; she was 78.Read More
The Calvert Hall College High School, Towson, Cardinals dominated the competition on Oct. 27 during the MIAA water polo championships. No one could touch them, making it seven straight MIAA championship titles since 2001.Read More
WASHINGTON – Haitian bishops were expected to agree Sept. 24 to the creation of a broad-based reconstruction program involving church partners from around the world that will guide how parishes and Catholic schools destroyed in the January earthquake are rebuilt.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien didn’t blink an eye as the hugs kept coming. He smiled as the participants of Camp GLOW (God Loves Our World) approached throughout the July 24 Mass he celebrated at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks.Read More
WASHINGTON – Catholic organizations expressed dismay over the Sept. 16 announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that the number of Americans living in poverty in 2009 rose to 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent of the population.Read More
After nearly four years of prayer, fundraising and labor, Catholic radio has hit the airwaves in Frederick County. Holy Spirit Communications made its first broadcast on Oct. 13 on FM 89.9 WMTB, the 100-watt radio station of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.Read More
Stephen Hawking may be a genius, but he’s not omniscient. Hawking has written a new book with Leonard Mlodinow titled “The Grand Design,” in which the physicists posit that the universe did not need anything to come into being from nothingness. That is, no outside factor – whether it’s called God, the Creator or any...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Understanding the roots of past conflicts can help Catholics and Mennonites heal their relationship and move toward a common witness of faith in Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More