A funeral Mass for Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia Joan Griffin will be offered Jan. 18 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Joan died Jan. 13. She was 86.Read More
One of the most awesome and overwhelming actions of God is the miracle of you. The creation of you was not by happenstance, nor an aimless action. You are the result of God speaking in this world. You came into the world, at just the right time for just the right purpose.Read More
The other day I fished a plastic sour cream container out of the garbage can. It and its expired contents had been inadvertently tossed during a post-holiday fridge-cleaning frenzy, but I, being the tree-hugger I am, scrubbed it up and added it to the recycling bin.Read More
By the time you read this column, the Christmas season will be mostly over. It officially ends, not with the Feast of the Epiphany, but with the Baptism of the Lord by John the Baptist. We see the babe in Bethlehem now grown to adulthood in Judea.Read More
It’s been a little over two months since hurricane force winds heaved a tree into my home. We are still displaced, but are fortunate enough to be staying with my parents while construction continues. This wasn’t the ideal time for us to be making major changes to our home, butRead More
As the Maryland General Assembly begins its 2013 session Jan. 9, the Maryland Catholic Conference anticipates facing several important issues.Read More
At the end of every December, media outlets put out lists recalling the major events of the year. After seeing the top celebrity breakups of 2012, hottest couples of 2012, major scandals of 2012, celebrity babies of 2012, and numerous other such lists, I realized how obsessed we are withRead More