Soccer, lacrosse and basketball players in middle school and high school can explore the Mount Saint Mary’s University campus while they are focusing on their lacrosse, basketball and soccer skills this summer.Read More

When the Angel Gabriel brought news of an “unexpected pregnancy” to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the young woman responded with a humble “yes” to bringing a new life into the world. In “Welcome the Child,” a newly released Christmas CD that features the music of area parishes, the decision of modern-day women to choose life...Read More

Catholic laypeople have been fasting in India's capital for nearly two weeks to end discrimination against Christian dalits, or low castes without equal rights.Franklin Thomas, coordinator of the National Council of Dalit Christians, spoke to Catholic News Service about the hunger protest. The activists are reigniting the demand for Christian rights while the Indian Parliament...Read More

It is nearly impossible to recognize Danny Cahill, the Oklahoma land surveyor, in NBC’s Biggest Loser. But if you look closely, you can see him in the corners of his smile and the familiar glimmer in his blue eyes – hints of the former man, eight months and 239 pounds ago.Read More

WASHINGTON – The New Jersey Senate “stood for the truth of marriage as a bulwark of the common good” with its recent vote to defeat a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage.Read More

St. Angela Merici was born March 21, 1474, in Italy. At the young age of 15, she became a Franciscan tertiary and had a vision that she would inspire women in vocations. While making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she became blind. Instead of going home, she continued on her pilgrimage. Afterwards, Angela Merici...Read More

St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was born in 1838 in Assisi, Italy. After a youth spent in society and chasing women, Our Lady led him to the Passionist Order. He devoted his life to prayer, devotion to Our Lady and contemplation of her sorrow over the suffering of Jesus. Pope Benedict XV lifted...Read More

When Kayla Cservek was studying theology at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, some of her friends in the on-campus seminary occasionally teased her about her birthday.Read More