Pope Francis gets so much mail — about 30 large mail sacks a week — that the Vatican has set up a special office to sort through and read the overflowing stacks.Read More
The first time it snowed this year it was magical.Even the second time was pretty amazing.Since then I've lost track.Yesterday—with the help of a kind neighbor with a snow blower—we (meaning John) got to this point.Only to wake up to this scene this morning.You might think Leo and Daniel wouldRead More
— 1 —Our boys are planning to build an igloo or a fort or a snowman today because we are enjoying about 20 inches of snow—our biggest storm of the year so far. By saying “so far,” I am not implying that I am hoping for another. I just don’tRead More
Over a foot of snow greeted us this morning at our home in Barrington in Bel Air (Photo by Patti Murphy Dohn) The snow started last night as Winter Storm Pax made its way up the I-95 corridor into DC and Maryland. Everyone knew what to expect for days in advanceRead More
We are in the calm before the storm... a huge snowstorm. And they are calling it Pax. How ironic is that? Naming a storm the Latin word for peace brings a chuckle to those who are familiar with religious uses of the word. Pax Christi? When did they start namingRead More
The Oblate Sisters of Providence and members of the Mother Mary Lange Guild were among 400 worshipers at the former’s chapel in Arbutus Feb. 2Read More
A funeral Mass for Sister of Mercy Mary Jacinta Robson is to be held Feb. 13 at Mercy Villa’s chapel in Woodbrook. She died Feb. 7. She was 88.Read More