HYDES – Nineteen parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore adopt sister faith communities in the Diocese of Gonaives in Haiti, to the north of Port-au-Prince.Read More
Yellow leaves are a familiar October sight, and so, too, are the yellow aprons worn by the Knights of Columbus during their annual Tootsie Roll fundraiser.Read More
VATICAN CITY – People have been pleading for help in digging loved ones out from under the rubble while others have fled to the hills for fear of tsunamis, said the Vatican’s nuncio to Haiti.Read More
BERKELEY, Calif. – The future of the Catholic Church as a global force depends on shared power and mutual respect between the church’s historic center in Western Europe and its fast-expanding population base in the Southern Hemisphere, Georgetown University theologian Father Peter Phan told an audience in Berkeley Oct. 6.Read More
Wielding a pair of oversized scissors, a smiling Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien snipped a golden dedication ribbon with one decisive cut Oct. 7 – officially dedicating a brand-new $3.6 million parish center at Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown and marking the first of what is likely to be many dedication ceremonies as Baltimore’s 15th...Read More
The Baltimore Catholic League, one of the premier high school boys’ basketball conferences in the nation, will reconsider expansion, its postseason tournament format and the regular-season schedule.Read More
California faces a tough uphill battle to reform its health care delivery system, but the growing need and the mounting pressure to address the issue may sway the Legislature and the voters to act, said panelists at a recent gathering on health care.Read More
Kevin Walling, director for special projects for the Archdiocese for the U.S. Military Services, has worked closely with Baltimore’s new archbishop.Read More
DAYTON, Ohio – With the purchase of 115 acres, the University of Dayton plans to move its expanding research institute into a building that formerly housed the world headquarters of a global technology company.Read More
In one of his last acts as head of the U.S. military archdiocese, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien dedicated a building he hopes will be a lasting monument to the service and sacrifices of American military personnel and the chaplains who minister to them.Read More