First through fourth-grade teachers at St. Thomas Aquinas School, Baltimore, were chosen as mentor teachers for College of Notre Dame of Maryland students in Baltimore for their 2009 Clinical Field Experience. Mary Cutter, Susan Smith, Madeline Coleman and Patti Latkowsky provided role modeling and guidance for college students Nicole Raymond, Katie Hauser, Maria Tannous and...Read More
Sean Ballard of Baldwin wants to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas this year and avoid the commercialism that has dampened her spirits during past holiday seasons.Read More
Ruth Bertuzzi is trained and experienced in noticing very small changes in patients at Good Samaritan Hospital, where she is a patient care manager. She knows that being alert to these changes can often make a significant difference in the patient’s outcome.Read More
It is frequently noticed that the Hispanic community prefers religious and prayer practices filled with lively songs and prayers where, in common, people respond, repeat or acclaim in unison, such as, for example, it is seen in the charismatic prayer groups. This has caused that the media identify this participating and festive style as the...Read More
St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, parishioner and Fallston High School student Emily McGraw is working with members of the school’s history club on a project to help soldiers in Iraq.Read More
Federal courts have made two recent rulings in favor of pro-life supporters. United States District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett ruled July 12 in Baltimore that local police violated the constitutional rights of seven pro-life demonstrators who held graphic signs along a Maryland highway as part of a “Face the Truth” display in 2008.Read More
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The African continent and the Catholic Church there have undergone tremendous changes since the 1994 Synod of Bishops on Africa, yet poverty, justice and reconciliation remain major issues for this October’s synod.Read More
The Stella Maris International Seafarer Center is recruiting additional ship visitors to donate four hours once a week for the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) ministry. Individuals, spouses, family or friends can team up as ship visitors who meet and greet seafarers from around the world.Read More
My thanks to Sharon Dougherty, a parishioner of St. Gabriel in Woodlawn and facilitator of its young adult group, Spirit of Truth Young Adult Ministry, for writing about the vocation to Catholic single life, often an untapped resource of valuable gifts and charisms for the parish and archdiocese in building the kingdom of God.Read More
The Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province lost money after entrusting part of their endowment to Bernard Madoff, according to a Feb. 13 letter published on the Redemptorists’ Web site by Redemptorist Father Patrick Woods, provincial superior.Read More
Junior Leon Kinnard, Loyola Blakefield’s multi-talented quarterback, confidently led the Dons to a share of first-place honors in the MIAA A Conference football league, ending their season with another routing of the Calvert Hall College High School Cardinals on Thanksgiving Day at M&T Bank Stadium by a score of 33-10.Read More
OXFORD, England – Greece’s Catholic Church faces disaster because the current economic crisis is forcing it to end vital social and charitable projects, said Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos of Athens.Read More