They’ve taught in schools, worked among lepers, ministered to the sick, prepared Catholics for the sacraments and toiled in mission fields across the globe. And that doesn’t even begin to include all their many varied ministries that have touched the lives of countless people.Read More
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Long before there was the hit television program “Glee,” Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne was laying the groundwork for show-choir invitationals.Read More
MILWAUKEE – Quoting Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II, Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki issued a statement Feb. 16 that came down squarely in favor of workers’ rights in the face of efforts by Wisconsin’s new governor to restrict those rights.Read More
FREDERICK – Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien encouraged 30 confirmation candidates from St. Katharine Drexel in Frederick to take a stand for their faith during an Oct. 26 Mass.Read More
In a private meeting Nov. 8 at the Catholic Center in downtown Baltimore with Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, Father Raymond D. Martin was asked to resign his position as pastor of the Catholic Community of South Baltimore Nov. 8 because of violations of archdiocesan pol¬icy and canon law.Read More
Ernie Tyler was the Iron Man before Cal Ripken Jr. The Orioles longtime umpire attendant, who worked 3,819 consecutive home games at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards between 1960 and 2007, died at the age of 86 Feb. 11.Read More
In mid-October my wife Marilyn and I attended our second week-long course on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). Why would a couple married for 36 years, with four adult children, and no academic background in theology spend so much money, time, and energy learning about such an esoteric subject?Read More
DETROIT – Avid outdoorsman and hunter Father Joe Classen, associate pastor at Holy Spirit Parish in Maryland Heights, Mo., has a permit to carry a concealed weapon.Read More