Though Monsignor James V. Hobbs resisted a celebration of the half century anniversary of his ordination, parishioners of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary insisted and the spotlight shown on the rector of the nation’s first cathedral May 20. Born in Thurmont, Monsignor Hobbs was educated by...Read More
I believe it was Dante who referred to Luke as “the scribe of God’s gentleness.” In the garden of Gethsemene, when Jesus is praying before his execution and sweating blood, only Luke’s Gospel has an angel come to comfort him. In our darkest hours, God will send angels to us to comfort us.Read More
ROME – Digital worlds where viewers can interact with each other and create vast social networks carry several risks, but they also might be grounds for evangelization, said an influential Jesuit magazine.Read More
WASHINGTON – The constitutionally thorny question of where the line lies between a church school’s religious autonomy and the legal rights of its teachers comes before the Supreme Court Oct. 5, two days after the term starts.Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has disputed recent media reports that it is “unwilling to publicly disclose the names of priests accused of abuse” over the past 50 years.Read More
As Sam Torres begins his new role as principal of Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland, the parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland said he is looking forward to a new approach to the curriculum the school will introduce this year.Read More
When attending school as a youngster, some of the material in history was then incomprehensible. Going forward after the Ten Commandments, tribes fighting each other and still later in the days of the Caesars of Rome and the brutal demonstrations in the Coliseum, one might have expected over the centuries that society and man would...Read More
For people whose view of history extends beyond last week, the furor over Notre Dame’s decision to invite President Barack Obama to be its commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree is simply the latest chapter in an old story by the name of “Americanism.” Notre Dame is a paradigmatic institution – flagship of the...Read More
Making St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis more widely known is at the top of the agenda for Richard Bayhan, the school’s new principal and a parishioner of St. Mary, Annapolis.Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops are working to mobilize Catholics across the country to tell the Obama administration that contraception and sterilization do not constitute preventive care for women and must not be mandated as part of health reform.Read More
Lisa Russell stepped gingerly into Sacred Heart’s baptismal font April 11 and knelt in the warm water before the pastor, Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken.Read More