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January 19, 2012

St. John the Evangelist earns Blue Ribbon status

Sister Linda Larsen, S.S.J., sat in her office Sept. 8 and felt like dancing.
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January 19, 2012

Anti-smoking campaign earns awards for students at 20 Catholic schools

As 12-year-old St. Bernardine Catholic School, Baltimore, seventh grader Katrina Freeman developed her award-winning Tobacco Use Prevention Contest entry, she prayed her efforts would free her father from his decades-long cigarette habit. Though her mega-watt smile sparkled as she was given a $50 gift certificate May 30 in the parish center at the Cathedral of...
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January 19, 2012

Cristo Rey students learn of forgiveness, legacy of Len Bias from mother of late basketball star

A poster hangs inside the office of athletic director Tony Cole at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Fells Point.
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January 19, 2012

Man who died trying to rescue son recalled as devoted father, friend

ARLINGTON, Va. – A Virginia man who died while trying to rescue his son after he had fallen into a septic tank was remembered by friends and family as a loyal friend, volunteer and above all a devoted father and husband.
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January 19, 2012

Cumberland seniors keep church ‘spotless’

CUMBERLAND – As soon as the last words of the closing prayer were uttered at the end of a recent morning Mass at St. Mary in Cumberland, they descended like an earnest horde of bees. Carrying buckets, feather dusters, cloths, vacuum cleaners and more, a team of seniors ranging in age from 62-92, set to...
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January 19, 2012

Pope says Catholic newspapers have ‘irreplaceable’ role

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic press has an irreplaceable role in forming Christian consciences and reflecting the church’s viewpoint on contemporary issues.
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January 19, 2012

Give God the glory

This fall the church family of St. Ann is celebrating 135 years on the corner of Greenmount Avenue and 22nd Street and praising God that our anchor still holds secure! Besides our “Anchors and Ancestors Ball” and Homecoming Liturgy on the weekend of Oct. 10-12, we wanted to find a way to renew and rejoice...
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Wenski testifies on immigration reform

WASHINGTON – The problem that must be solved by immigration reform “is not the immigrants” but “the broken system,” the former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration told a House subcommittee. In testimony May 22 before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of...
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January 19, 2012

Dioceses boost efforts to stress importance of marriage in modern world

WASHINGTON – Despite a recent Pew Research Center survey that found a growing number of Americans – now 39 percent, up from 28 percent in 1978 – think marriage is becoming obsolete, family ministers across the country say they believe marriage remains a strong institution.
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January 19, 2012

Politics is about serving common good, pope tells Nicaraguan bishops

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The Catholic Church in Nicaragua must educate the country’s Catholic majority to recognize that politics is not about power, but about serving the common good, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Eastern Shore parishes welcome vacationing Catholics

Summer in Maryland means long drives to the Eastern Shore with the sunroof open and the windows down. Thousands of Marylanders migrate to the beach every summer for vacation, but what kind of effect do they have on the Eastern Shore parishes? According to Bishop Michael Saltarelli, who has been bishop of the Diocese of...
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January 19, 2012

Gun turn-in at two Baltimore parishes collects 70 weapons

Of the 26 guns collected at St. Gregory the Great Parish during a gun turn-in day Nov. 20, there were “some very serious revolvers,” according to Monsignor Damien G. Nalepa, pastor of the West Baltimore parish.
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