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January 19, 2012

Jesus answered the question of salvation

I sat down today to read with interest Father Dietzen’s answer (CR, June 4) regarding salvation through faith or good deeds. I have had similar discussions with Protestant friends and Catholics who look to the Magisterium’s directives on Mass attendance and the receiving of Communion as being the means to salvation.
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January 19, 2012

EWTN’s CEO emulates Mother Angelica

IRONDALE, Ala. – While working as a successful lawyer and senior partner in his firm, Deacon Bill Steltemeier saw a flier on “sounding the call to holiness” at a church in the Chicago suburbs near a legal convention he was attending in 1978. Deacon Steltemeier, now CEO of Eternal Word Television Network, was tired and...
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January 19, 2012

Church officials take action as swine flu spreads throughout Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand – Students at St. Gabriel’s College school got a week off from classes because of an outbreak of the swine flu.
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January 19, 2012

St. Patrick parishioner honored by alma mater

John Hesterly, a parishioner of St. Patrick in Havre De Grace, has received many honors and awards in his lifetime, but on May 11 he was truly humbled and privileged to accept a Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, Henderson State University in Arkansas. “I was thrilled beyond words,” said Mr. Hesterly. “I’m still...
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January 19, 2012

Part Three: Shortly After Our Founding

The year of 1860 brought drastic changes to the lives and history of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. There was personal loss in the death of Sister Angelica, who had been in charge of the boys’ school since it opened. There was congregational loss when the Redemptorists had to give up their directorship.
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January 19, 2012

‘Great continental mission’ still elusive for bishops

APARECIDA, Brazil – More than halfway through a major meeting in which bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean are hammering out pastoral priorities, the “great continental mission” that several bishops predicted would emerge has not been a priority. “We haven’t discussed it, so we don’t know what it will be like or if it...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops and religious leaders sign letter

After death penalty abolitionists were stymied in their recent bid to ban the death penalty in Maryland, Catholic bishops of Maryland joined dozens of religious leaders throughout the state in signing an April 5 letter urging lawmakers to pass a ban next legislative session. Gov. Martin J. O’Malley had promised to sign a bill that...
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January 19, 2012

Reporting scandal: Media coverage of abuse helps victims, church

VATICAN CITY – The embarrassment and scandal raised by each new report of a case of sex abuse in the church also has a positive effect of giving other victims the courage to come forward and increasing the church’s commitment to ending abuse, said experts meeting at the Vatican.
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January 19, 2012

Surgeon tells of crucial miracle for Malta’s first saint

LONDON – A surgeon who testified about the miraculous healing of a baby at a British hospital said he remains mystified by the child’s recovery, the miracle that cleared the way for the canonization of Malta’s first saint. Dr. Anil Dhawan, professor of pediatric hepatology at King’s College Hospital, London, told Catholic News Service May...
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese offers counseling benefits to employees

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has begun offering a new benefit for employees and their dependents that will provide help addressing personal issues like problems with relationships, stress, anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Launched on Nov. 1, the "Employee Assistance Program" (EAP) is run through ComPsych Guidance Resources and provides no-cost confidential assistance.
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January 19, 2012

Seton Keough teacher passionate about education

When she was a sophomore at The Seton Keough High School in Baltimore 13 years ago, Jennifer Casey was unsure where her life was heading.
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January 19, 2012

Poll finds many Catholics unaware of abuse prevention

WASHINGTON – Only one-third of Catholics in a national survey said they had heard of the U.S. bishops’ policies to prevent child sex abuse and respond to abuse allegations, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate said May 16. Only one-sixth said they have heard of the abuse prevention programs in their own diocese,...
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