ROANOKE, Va. – Deacon Michael J. Ellerbrock of St. Mary Parish in Blacksburg had just wrapped up his 9 a.m. class at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg April 16 “when it all happened,” he said. A gunman, later identified by police as student Cho Seung-Hui, shot and killed two people in a residence hall and then...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Department of Catholic Schools continues to take shape with the appointment of three key administrators in recent months.Read More

Fallston resident Marge Rupp sees no reason to end her 40 years of work at St. Michael the Archangel School, Overlea, just because she recently celebrated her 80th birthday.Read More

Baltimore Ravens kicker Bill Cundiff and reserve running back Matt Lawrence visited Baltimore City’s Archbishop Borders School Nov. 29 and had a message for the student body: value your education.Read More

SYDNEY, Australia – The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Solomon Islands have made many fearful of widespread disease and hunger among the coastal communities sheltered on high ground. Fresh-water tanks have spoiled, increasing the risk of water-borne diseases that could spread among the thousands of people who lost their homes in the April 2...Read More

Jamuri Simms and Makalyn George heard the Thanksgiving call to help others and answered.Read More

Lutheran minister Rev. Karen Brau’s animated reflection on how to bring peace in the war zones in Iraq and the streets of Baltimore had more than 50 Catholics, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians and Baptists listening intently during a March 28 Lenten service at Ss. Philip and James in Baltimore. The Churches of Charles series of Lenten...Read More

How providential that the Church gives us November to honor the souls of the dead – and for two reasons. First, to commend our loved ones to the mercy of God, thanking the Lord for the lives we’ve shared with them and commending them to God for their good works while they were among us.Read More