Jon Ellwanger was the 100,000th person to go through a background screening in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More

Times have changed since my days in grade school in a Chicago suburb. Back then, our school was staffed by about a dozen nuns and a similar number of lay teachers. The parish was staffed by three or four priests at a time, including the one primarily assigned to ministry at the hospital within the...Read More

  As a mother of two boys who are 25 months apart, I feel for Jackie Harbaugh. We have an ongoing discussion in our house—who gets the bigger piece of watermelon, who gets more noodles in his soup, and which one gets to climb into the car first. I try to remain impartial,Read More

About 400 people attended a Jan. 20 Mass to begin St. Francis Xavier’s yearlong anniversary celebration.Read More

When the flu season struck the Baltimore area immediately after the holidays, the pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Parkton suspended the distribution of the Precious Blood during Mass.Read More

 I’ve been reading a ton of books and listening to audio programs on goal setting, personal development and priorities. It’s great stuff and I’m usually drawn to experts like Brian Tracy and Chalene Johnson.One of the audio programs I wanted to go back to was Chalene Johnson’s Car Smart series;Read More

  I have a confession to make. I am a Patriots fan. Please keep reading. I’ll explain. I grew up in Connecticut, watching the Patriots every Sunday; yes, even during those horrible pre- Belichick / Brady years. I move down “south” to attend graduate school at The Catholic University of America, fellRead More

As National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) winds down, it’s interesting to think about the face of vocations to the priesthood and religious life in the 21st century world in which we live. The annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States is dedicated to promoting vocations to theRead More