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January 19, 2012

Speed stacking club increases hand-eye coordination in kids

The fifth-grader placed his small hands on each side of the timer joined to the oblong blue rubber StackMat on the table. When he lifted them, the numerals rapidly ascended as Colin McCabe’s hands skillfully handled a dozen plastic blue cups. He up-stacked. He down-stacked. After 15.98 seconds he returned his hands to the StackMat...
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January 19, 2012

Monsignor McGovern retires after 42 years of priesthood

Few aspects of his priesthood have given Monsignor James O. McGovern greater joy than being with the people he serves. It’s been an honor, he said, to be present for special moments in their lives.
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January 19, 2012

Indian reservation’s church destroyed in wildfires

SAN DIEGO – A Catholic church on an Indian reservation was one of the casualties of the ongoing wildfires that have hit Southern California.
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January 19, 2012

Schools close, but legacies remain

The memories came back to Stephanie Avery June 7, as she walked around the hall of Catholic Community School of South Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Pelotte reflects on his recovery

GALLUP, N.M. – In a letter posted on the Diocese of Gallup Web site Oct. 18, Bishop Donald E. Pelotte spoke philosophically about his health problems after he was injured in a fall at his home July 23.
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January 19, 2012

Parishioner wants 103rd birthday to benefit her church

When Anne Morrissey celebrates her 103rd birthday May 13th she wants family, friends and well-wishers to take the money they would have spent on gifts and donate it to the restoration fund of St. Peter the Apostle, Libertytown – her beloved parish of 71 years. The feisty Libertytown centenarian with the slight Irish brogue said...
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January 19, 2012

Regensburg Diocese warns excommunication looms for Lefebvrist priests

OXFORD, England – Officials in the Diocese of Regensburg, Germany, have said plans by the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X to ordain new priests without Vatican consent at a local seminary will lead to their excommunication.
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January 19, 2012

BRAC families will ‘invade’ Maryland

Expect more people in the pews in 2011, thanks to the base realignment and closure (BRAC) initiative, which will bring an estimated 28,176 new households to Maryland. Business managers from Baltimore-area parishes and schools filled an Archdiocesan workshop Oct. 18 that featured speakers from Harford, Baltimore a
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January 19, 2012

No in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

A bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates died in a Maryland Senate committee on the final day of the Maryland General Assembly’s 2007 session. Though the bill passed in the House of Delegates in March, Senate Republicans threatened a filibuster if it actually made it to the floor of...
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January 19, 2012

Detroit archbishop praying for those affected by GM bankruptcy

DETROIT – Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit said he was praying for those affected by the General Motors Corp. bankruptcy.
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January 19, 2012

Pole dies day before he was to be named cardinal

WARSAW, Poland – Retired Polish Bishop Ignacy Jez of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, a Nazi-concentration-camp survivor, died just one day before he would have been named a cardinal.
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January 19, 2012

Sister helps bring peace to former child soldiers in Uganda

With the Middle East prominent in the news, it is easy to overlook other violent conflicts taking place across the globe. One of them is northern Uganda, where Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services is lending a hand to those affected.
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