WASHINGTON – On any given night Sister Betty Adams knows that usually she will see five or six women in the shelter she oversees for women fleeing domestic violence in Sierra Vista, Ariz., 80 miles southeast of Tucson.Read More
The reverence that exuded from St. Casimir, Canton, was invigorating as some 1,135 pilgrims sang and praised the Lord before parading down the streets of Baltimore in the 14th annual Youth and Young Adult Pilgrimage, the largest in archdiocesan history, on March 31. “Today the community of Baltimore will see Christ in the faces of...Read More
Two years ago, Emily Moesner didn’t know what to expect as she headed to Kansas City, Mo. For the National Catholic Youth Conference. By the end of the first night there, she was transformed.Read More
When Patricia Fetcho of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, Woodstock, called her daughter’s mobile phone Oct. 17, 2007, with slurred speech, she wasn’t sure what was going on.Read More
Every third Tuesday of every month Arthur Jasmin and a few of his fellow parishioners from St. Gabriel, Woodlawn, feed the hungry in Baltimore City. For the last 15 years, Mr. Jasmin, 63, has been coordinator of the Our Daily Bread volunteers from the parish. To his surprise, he was asked to head the group...Read More
An estimated 400 fifth-grade students from Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic schools file into LeClerc Hall on the campus of Notre Dame of Maryland University Oct. 27, and Sister Patricia Dowling just smiled.Read More
NEW YORK – A group of prominent U.S. rabbis involved in interfaith relations praised Pope Benedict XVI May 12 for his remarks at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem that drew criticism from several Israeli politicians and journalists.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The teaching of the bishops and unity with the pope guarantee that one’s faith truly is the faith taught by Jesus to his apostles, Pope Benedict XVI said. “The true Gospel is that imparted by the bishops, who have received it in an uninterrupted chain from the apostles,” the pope said March...Read More
When a young mother named Jennifer McWhorter Thomas was dying of melanoma earlier this year – just 37 and beautiful, her family beyond panic but not tears – she asked her father for a favor.Read More
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. – In his new book, “A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop,” retired Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee details aspects of his life from birth to retirement.Read More
Pope Benedict XVI has recognized the exemplary ministry of three priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by conferring on them the honorary title of monsignor. Cardinal William H. Keeler made the surprise announcement during a March 22 dinner at his Charles Street residence with the new monsignors –Read More