A friendship that began decades ago at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore is paying dividends for the students of Holy Angels Catholic School.Read More
WASHINGTON – A U.S. cardinal who has worked at the Vatican for 12 years harshly criticized President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 13, saying he has “an agenda and vision that are aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic.”Read More
Deacon Paul H. Dignan, a member of the first class of permanent deacons from Allegany County, died March 7 at age 80. Capuchin Franciscan Father Eric Gauchat offered a March 11 funeral Mass at St. Patrick in Cumberland – Deacon Dignan’s home parish and the faith community he served throughout his diaconate.Read More
Our Lady of the Fields, Millersville, parishioner Ligaya Quirk said it was a desire to thank men and women religious for their services that inspired the Archbishop Francis P. Keough Council Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary to host a luau in their honor.Read More
MINNEAPOLIS – A little bit of savvy Web surfing, combined with some diligent research, can keep media companies on their toes and accountable to the public they serve, according to Georgetown University law professor Angela Campbell.Read More
Eighteen years ago, Cornelia Ellis walked into Franklin Square Hospital and knew that she was about to be handed her adopted son, Chris. She looked at him and felt the weight of his future on her hands.Read More
Our role at the Catholic Center, where the offices for the central services of the Archdiocese are located, is to provide the support that will allow the outstanding work of our parishes, schools and other institutions to continue for the benefit of those we serve. I have been extremely impressed by the dedication of the...Read More
John Carroll boys’ basketball coach Tony Martin had one goal when he joined the Bel Air school in 2005: get his team into the prestigious Baltimore Catholic League.Read More
BALTIMORE – The Catholic University of America has had a record-breaking year for freshman enrollment and for national fundraising, its president, Vincentian Father David M. O’Connell, reported Nov. 10 to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Read More
A funeral mass for Father Ralph Ransom Jr., S.S.J, was offered June 12 at St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore. Father Ransom, who was 76, spent most of his priestly life in southeast Texas, but began it as associate pastor of St. Peter Claver in Baltimore. He died June 7 at St. Joseph Manor.Read More