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Saints and celebrities

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 with

Sister M. deRicci Baker, IHM, dies

A funeral Mass for Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister M. deRicci Baker will be offered Jan. 11 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa.

Mount seminarians learn inner workings of a Catholic school at Goretti

Pastoral field education places first-year theology students in Catholic schools or parish religious education programs.

You can say that again—and maybe next time I’ll understand you

A few weeks ago Daniel started saying something, and I couldn’t figure out what it was. He didn’t articulate it clearly, but he said it with absolute satisfaction. And, it came up often enough that I knew it was something very specific—and he assumed we understood. “Look, guys! A fire engine!” I’d

January 9, 2013

Curley men among students attending March for Life

The Baltimore all-male high school hopes to send 80 students to the march on the National Mall Jan. 25.

January 9, 2013

The Big Lie? Tax Dollars and Abortions Up for Planned Parenthood

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America came out with its 2011 annual report this week and unlike many struggling organizations in this battered economy, its numbers are trending upward and it is doing quite well, thank you. According to Planned Parenthood, its affiliated clinics performed 333,964 abortions in 2011, up 4,519

January 8, 2013

Baltimore archbishop makes house calls to help foster vocations

Archbishop Lori shares his story and answers questions for young men considering the priesthood.

January 8, 2013

Last-minute ways to trim your taxes

If you can dedicate a few minutes to review your benefits and tax paperwork, you might be able to shave hundreds of dollars off your 2012 taxes.

Bone-marrow drive to help Baltimore priest, others

Monsignor Arthur Valenzano requires a second bone-marrow transplant.

A helping hand

The man who opened the door was Monsignor Arthur Valenzano. He smiled, greeted me warmly and helped me with my luggage. He put me immediately at ease and made me and my priest secretary, Father Marcello, feel right at home. Before long we were talking, trading stories, and enjoying one another’s humor, almost as if...

Father Michael J. McGivney prayer

God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor.

Calvert Hall’s Louis Heidrick to retire after nearly 50 years at the Towson school

Calvert Hall College High School principal Louis Heidrick announced Jan. 4 he will retire at the end of the 2012-13 school year