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January 19, 2012

Vicariates named after saints with Baltimore ties

The two new vicariates in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been named after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. John Neumann, the archdiocese announced.
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January 19, 2012

St. Rose

St. Rose was born in 1586 in Lima, Peru, to Spanish immigrants. She took a vow of chastity, and she lived in a garden where she prayed and grew vegetables to help support her family. She also did embroidery to help her family and the poor living around her. This mystic and visionary is said...
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January 19, 2012

Worker arrested in connection with murder of Polish priest in Tunisia

WASHINGTON – A man who worked at the Salesian mission where a young Polish missionary priest was found murdered was arrested in connection with the death.
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January 19, 2012

PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

For the second time, St. Pius X School, Baltimore, received the School of the Year Award from the Maryland Center for Character Education for the school’s Character Education program. This program promotes values and ideals to help students achieve their fullest potential and future success and to become better Christians and citizens in today's challenging...
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January 19, 2012

Guardian angels

Today is the feast of guardian angels. The belief is that each soul has an angel who guides the soul through life and to God.
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January 19, 2012

Faith leaders bring personal testimony to Texas dialogue on death penalty

HOUSTON – Religious leaders, including Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, brought personal testimony and the beliefs common to their faiths to a recent dialogue on the death penalty.
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January 19, 2012

Unaccompanied migrant and refugee children a U.S. and global issue

FAIRFAX, Va. – David Siegel takes a highly personal view of his job as acting director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Department of Health and Human Services.
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January 19, 2012

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was born Aug. 29, 1769, in Grenoble, France. As young as age 8, she knew she wanted to evangelize in America because she’d heard a Jesuit discuss his missionary work there. In 1788, she joined the Visitation nuns in Grenoble without her family’s knowledge. Her convent was closed in 1792 during...
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January 19, 2012

Don’t stop at Catholic classrooms

I would like to take issue with a statement made by Archbishop O’Brien in “Thoughts on Our Church” (CR, Jan. 27). He wrote, “Those of us close to Catholic education can well attest to the many benefits of our schools, whose graduates: Pray better and more often …” I have my doubts that it is...
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Keeler sees prayer garden as ‘holy ground’

As construction workers arranged yellow fall annuals and wiped down a wrought-iron fence at the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden, Cardinal William H. Keeler surprised them.
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January 19, 2012

St. John Cantius

St. John Cantius was born in Poland in 1390. John was a priest and professor of theology at the University of Cracow, Poland. After attacks by his associates, John left the university to work in a parish. However, he later returned to the university and taught Scripture. He died in Poland in 1473. St. John...
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January 19, 2012

Obama names 12 to White House faith-based advisory council

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has named replacements for half of the one-year positions on his Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
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