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

Students at Resurrection-St. Paul School share a few weeks of learning with 10 students from South Korea.Read More

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

  Just as I was wrapping up my work for the day, the phone rang. It was Daniel’s preschool teacher. He had fallen off of a chair and hit his head hard on the tile floor. He had a big bump and was crying. She sounded worried. I was at the school within 10Read 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