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January 19, 2012

Pope prays for scouts

VATICAN CITY – Greeting an international group of Scouts on the 100th anniversary of Scouting, Pope Benedict XVI prayed that the movement would continue to promote “human, spiritual and civil formation in every country of the world.”
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January 19, 2012

Men’s fellowship conference inspires newcomers

TOWSON – It was natural for Jon Oberst to attend the annual conference of the Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland. A 23-year-old parishioner of St. Ursula in Parkville, he is the grandson of Gil Hoffman, the Maryland chapter’s president.
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January 19, 2012

Telling the tale Black Catholics in Baltimore

The coming of the Mill Hill Fathers to Baltimore was a landmark in the administration of Archbishop Martin Spalding. This group of priests was founded outside London by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan for the purpose of missionary work. On arriving in Baltimore, the black parish community of St. Francis Xavier was transferred from the care of...
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January 19, 2012

Balancing school work and activities requires time management

Marge Steele’s two high-schoolers think they have too much homework – most students do. Mrs. Steele agrees with her sophomore and senior sons who attend Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore. “Our biggest issue is that they play sports and the days they have games they get home very late,” said the mother of Ryan...
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January 19, 2012

Fargo bishop urges seminarians to exercise Christ’s authority in priesthood

PHILADELPHIA – Seminarians must not be afraid to exercise the priestly authority of Christ upon their ordination to the priesthood, Bishop Samuel F. Aquila of Fargo, N.D., told an assembly of seminarians in Philadelphia.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops’ pro-life official, other pro-life leaders honored

NATICK, Mass. – Richard P. Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Office of Pro-Life Activities in Washington, was named one of six winners of the inaugural Life Prizes awarded by the Gerard Health Foundation in Natick.
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January 19, 2012

Father Gilbert Seitz celebrates his 25th anniversary

While growing up at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baynesville, Father Gilbert Seitz said he met some very inspiring priests including Cardinal James F. Stafford, Monsignor Robert Armstrong, Monsignor James McGovern and Monsignor Arthur Bastress.
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January 19, 2012

Charity not a government function

Tony Magliano (CR, March 24) suffers from hubris, because he presumes that he can determine the stains on the souls of others. His denunciation of not increasing taxes on the rich ignores easily observed facts. As a group, homeless people do not hire employees. Increasing taxes decreases tax revenue. For example, Maryland’s millionaire’s tax resulted...
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January 19, 2012

Catonsville family adopts three Chinese children with special needs

Six years ago, a mother in a remote corner of China laid her baby along a roadside and walked away. Suffering from a cleft palate and unable to nurse, the little girl was left alone for an unknown period of time before a passerby discovered the starving child and took her to an orphanage filled...
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January 19, 2012

Ripken heads to Cooperstown and Hall of Fame

He’s a blue-collar baseball man through and through, with a work ethic and drive that has proven to be second-to-none. He is the pride of Harford County and the entire state of Maryland and on July 29, Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. will enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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January 19, 2012

Pope appeals for suspension of fighting in Libya

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed for a suspension of fighting in Libya and the immediate start of a serious dialogue aimed at restoring peace to the North African country.
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January 19, 2012

New Orleans youth leader challenges young people

OCEAN CITY – Scott Miller walked over to Ansel Augustine Nov. 23 and planted a kiss on the top of his forehead.
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