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April 18, 2011

Youth and Young Adults Pass The Faith Test

How far would you go for your faith? That was the question facing Archdiocese of Baltimore young people April 16, as they embarked on the 18th annual pilgrimage. They walked several miles through Baltimore City streets through storms and the threat of a tornado, carrying a cross. The Catholic youth and young adults showed that...
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April 16, 2011

VIDEO REPORT: Baltimore remembers the first bloodshed of the Civil War

Last Thursday's issue of The Catholic Review reported on the 150th anniversary of the Pratt Street Riot in Baltimore, a bitter conflict that resulted in the first blood spilled in the Civil War.The city officially commemorated that event with a procession along Pratt Street this morning.  I had a chance
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April 16, 2011

How your tax dollars are really spent

Ever wonder how your federal tax dollars are really spent? Third Way, a Washington think tank, has come up with a “Federal Tax Receipt Calculator” to help taxpayers discover where their money goes – right down to the last penny. It’s an absolutely fascinating idea. You simply enter your federal tax bill and an instant...
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April 15, 2011

Pope earmarks Holy Thursday collection for disaster relief in Japan

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has decided the collection taken up at his Holy Thursday evening Mass will be used to help those affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan.
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April 14, 2011

First blood of the Civil War spilled in Baltimore 150 years ago

Days after Confederate forces in South Carolina captured Fort Sumter without any casualties, the first bloodshed in the Civil War happened in Baltimore on April 19, 1861.
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April 14, 2011

Father Joe Breighner could have written a book about Molly

On April 15, 2010, I completed an eight-night stay in St. Marc, Haiti, with Rodrigue Mortel, deacon, obstetrician and local hero to the children of The Good Samaritans School and their families. On my first morning there, ebullient to be in the presence of a man who embodies the living faith and the hundreds he inspires, I dashed...
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April 14, 2011

Maryvale launches iPad program

In the next few days you’ll see a story on CatholicReview.org, site of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s newspaper, about Maryvale Preparatory School implementing a new Apple iPad program in which students will be getting an iPad 2 in the fall. For now, check out this video of the presentation that took place April 13. Pretty...
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April 12, 2011

R.I.P., Father Dietzen

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Father Dietzen, Question and Answer columnist (CR, March 31). I sometimes passed over articles by archbishops and even the pope himself, but I would never think of discarding the latest issue of The Catholic Review without first reading Father Dietzen’s column. He was that good! On...
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April 12, 2011

Young People and Distracted Living

Father Brian Nolan As some of you know, I’m working on a series of articles for The Catholic Review (The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s newspaper) on the Millennial Generation. The first story served as an introduction to the Millennials, an often misunderstood group once called Generation Y. The next part in the series is slated to...
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April 10, 2011

Transgendered teacher takes on Catholic school district

Further evidence that we live in unusual times: A Catholic school district in Canada is in trouble for firing a transgendered teacher who intends to ‘transition’ from female to male.? Jan Buterman (CBC Photo) A transgendered teacher fired by a Catholic school district is rejecting a settlement offer because it would require him to keep quiet and drop a...
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April 10, 2011

Baseball cards get nun hooked on national pastime

NPR has a story about nun who’s crazy about Dodger baseball. Sister Vincent Cecire, a 94-year-old Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has been rooting for the Dodgers ever since they won their first World Series in 1955. It seems that third graders with baseball cards are responsible for getting Sister Vincent excited...
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April 8, 2011

Immigration crisis in Italy puts church teaching to the test

VATICAN CITY – The new flow of North African immigrants into Italy is putting the Vatican’s teaching on immigration to the test.
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