St. Norbert was born circa 1080 in Xanten, Germany. He joined the Benedictines as a career move while working for Emperor Henry V. However, he started taking his vows seriously after a near-death experience. Later, he began a religious order which later became known as the Norbertines. St. Norbert reformed members of the clergy in...Read More

WASHINGTON – The American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium, will close at the end of this academic year because of the small number of seminarians and difficulties in obtaining qualified priests for its faculty.Read More

Ss. Peter and Paul are early leaders of the church. St. Peter, born with the name Simon, was a fisherman and an Apostle of Christ. Jesus named him Peter, which means rock, because Peter would be the foundation or “rock” of the church. St. Peter was a miracle worker who became the first pope. He...Read More

St. Joseph of Cockeysville sixth-grader Brendan Fritz recently made a Christmas ornament that features a person diving into a pool.Read More

Ss. Joachim and Anne are the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandparents of Jesus Christ. The two saints were elderly when their only child, Mary, was born. It is believed that Ss. Joachim and Anne gave Mary to the service of the temple when Mary was 3 years old. St. Joachim is...Read More

It’s been a long road to the 2010 Turkey Bowl for Loyola Blakefield senior Kevin McKeown.Read More

St. Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland Jan. 7, 1894. Although he was a rather mischievous child, his life changed when he had a vision of the Virgin Mary when he was 12. He took his final vows for the Conventual Franciscan Order Nov. 1, 1914. He received a Doctor of Theology in 1922, taught...Read More

The primary building at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore was planned in 1959, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House.Read More