Mother Mary Lange's remains were transferred from New Cathedral Cemetery to Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent Chapel.Read More

Over the past few weeks Daniel has seen a lot of butterflies. And he has set his heart on catching one.He runs and runs after them and never comes close. They dance away into the sky, far out of his reach. But that doesn’t stop him from trying.Then this morningRead More

It’s strawberry time! At last the strawberries are red and ripe. I can still hear the voice of the Arabber who used to bring his horse and cart through our Rodgers Forge neighborhood during the summer. He’d yell, “STRAW-berries! STRAW-berries!” He may have called out other words, but that’s the only one I remember. HeRead More

When we first started talking about adoption, the idea of an open adoption seemed daunting. How would we build an ongoing relationship with the birthmother—and possibly birthfather? If they were involved in our child’s life, would he or she be confused about whether we were his or her parents?We couldRead More

— 1 —Our 3-year-old son is a genius. At least that’s what he thinks. The other morning at breakfast he said, “Baba, I a genius.”“You’re a what?” John said.“I a genius,” he said, matter-of-factly.We just let it slide and moved on to another topic. We have no idea where heRead More

They all ate and were satisfied.And when the leftover fragments were picked up,they filled twelve wicker baskets. These are the concluding words of the Gospel reading this weekend from Luke on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, when we hear about Jesus feeding thousands of hisRead More

A Jesuit priest who is currently director of spiritual formation and professor of moral theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis has been named executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.Read More

Since I love to tell stories, I find that they have a way of finding their way to me. Recently my good friend, Monsignor Ed Miller, the wonderful pastor of St. Bernardine in West Baltimore, told me a couple of them. They are both about children.Read More