ALEXANDRIA, Va. – They greet each other as family inside the small chapel at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, with warm hugs, a “Comment ca va?” and three kisses on alternating cheeks.Read More
A grey Friday morning, foretelling the storms of the weekend suggests the mood of the women silently boarding the bus whose destination is Charlotte, N.C. Servant women weary from the Gospel work, which includes service to parish, family and community.Read More
Dina Nagdimunova admits that much of what she learns in her finance textbooks at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, is forgotten soon after exams. That’s why she thinks it’s important to apply what she studies in class in real-world situations. Ms. Nagdimunova, a 21-year-old senior who was born in Russia, serves as a paid intern...Read More
CHICAGO – The sunrise was invisible, but the hundreds of people who showed up at Masses and prayer services on five South Side beaches in the early morning Aug. 21 took it on faith.Read More
As governor of Maryland, St. Francis of Assisi, Baltimore, parishioner Martin J. O’Malley works long hours in a high-pressure job that health experts say can lead to chronic health problems if he doesn’t balance his professional life with other activities.Read More
There’s a new sheriff in town. How we want him to succeed! Father John Hurley, a Paulist Priest, heads the newly formed Department of Evangelization.Read More
The Office of the Propagation of the Faith is inviting teens ages 16 to 18 to apply for a service journey to El Salvador, July 22-29. “I want to expose the youth of the archdiocese to another culture while assessing the needs both spiritually and physically of the people of the Diocese of Chalatenango,” said...Read More
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said it was horrified at the intimidation of doctors and teachers by striking protesters and at the neglect of patients and pupils during an intensifying public sector strike.Read More
Cardinal Gibbons School’s head track coach, Donald Davis, is in his sixth and final season at the Baltimore school with a team that he has built from scratch. The nuts and bolts of the football and track programs, Davis has been a mainstay for the Crusaders and looks to lead his track team to yet...Read More
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve a drug labeled as an emergency contraceptive is a “dangerous step toward erasing any meaningful distinction between contraception and abortion,” said the U.S. bishops’ pro-life spokeswoman.Read More
Serving as host of the National Catholic Educational Association’s 104th convention and exposition brings a lot of benefits to Baltimore, according to Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Not only will the archdiocese get to showcase its rich educational history and experience April 10-13, Baltimore teachers will be...Read More
Tony Magliano (CR, Aug. 5) questions the morality of the mass killing of so many in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There is a moral question in killing so many civilians; can that be resolved outside the context of what was happening at that time?Read More