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January 19, 2012

Immigration 101: A Lesson in Compassion and Mercy Values

As the nation and Congress prepare for another round of debates about comprehensive immigration reform, I have been reflecting lately on the intersection between how we embrace immigrants in the United States and the Catholic values that I learned at Mercy High School, Baltimore. Leviticus 19:33-34 says “When an alien resides with you in your...
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore parishioners pray for peace in neighborhood beset by violence

While violence on the streets of Baltimore has taken a toll on many residents, some are using their faith to show that they have had enough.
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January 19, 2012

Healing ministry helps

I believe it was Dante who referred to Luke as “the scribe of God’s gentleness.” In the garden of Gethsemene, when Jesus is praying before his execution and sweating blood, only Luke’s Gospel has an angel come to comfort him. In our darkest hours, God will send angels to us to comfort us.
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January 19, 2012

Chicago archdiocesan foster care program to end

CHICAGO – Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago has begun dismantling its foster care program after announcing that it will stop providing foster care services as of June 30. The decision, which Catholic and state welfare officials called “tragic,” came after Catholic Charities was unable to get liability insurance for its foster care program.
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January 19, 2012

Supreme Court term starts with case over church school employment

WASHINGTON – The constitutionally thorny question of where the line lies between a church school’s religious autonomy and the legal rights of its teachers comes before the Supreme Court Oct. 5, two days after the term starts.
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese says judge needs to have say before list released

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has disputed recent media reports that it is “unwilling to publicly disclose the names of priests accused of abuse” over the past 50 years.
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January 19, 2012

St. Mary’s Seminary and University dedicates addition

St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Roland Park, the nation’s first Roman Catholic seminary, dedicated a new room in its library April 18 highlighting Pope John Paul II’s contributions to Catholic-Jewish relations.
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January 19, 2012

Question of balance

When attending school as a youngster, some of the material in history was then incomprehensible. Going forward after the Ten Commandments, tribes fighting each other and still later in the days of the Caesars of Rome and the brutal demonstrations in the Coliseum, one might have expected over the centuries that society and man would...
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January 19, 2012

The choice between assimiliation and counterculturalism

For people whose view of history extends beyond last week, the furor over Notre Dame’s decision to invite President Barack Obama to be its commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree is simply the latest chapter in an old story by the name of “Americanism.” Notre Dame is a paradigmatic institution – flagship of the...
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January 19, 2012

Pending graduates counseled on dealing with finances

When St. Ursula, Parkville, parishioner Susan Livingston graduates from College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, in May and enters the workforce, she will suddenly be responsible for her own finances. The 22-year-old Parkville resident has had a few job interviews, but no concrete offers for when she earns her bachelor’s degree in history with...
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore backs bishops’ aim to mobilize Catholics to guard consciences on contraception

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops are working to mobilize Catholics across the country to tell the Obama administration that contraception and sterilization do not constitute preventive care for women and must not be mandated as part of health reform.
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January 19, 2012

New Catholics overwhelmed by experience of joining church

Lisa Russell stepped gingerly into Sacred Heart’s baptismal font April 11 and knelt in the warm water before the pastor, Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken.
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