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Harford County parishes come together for events small and large

Harford Area Youth join together for BYCC and other faith activities.

Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard visits Calvert Hall

Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard invigorated students and staff of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson Nov. 20 when he spoke at the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Turkey Bowl Breakfast. About 100 students gathered in the school’s Carlo Crispino Center to listen to the 27-year old Baltimore Raven

‘Tis the season comes earlier than ever

I was in Ocean City last weekend to cover the Baltimore Youth Catholic Conference, which attracted about 450 adults and youths from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Driving down Coastal Highway in Ocean City, the weekend before Thanksgiving, I was surprised to see hotels and condominiums already decorated for Christmas. “Happy

Oh, when the saint books come marching in…

When I was a child, we celebrated saints throughout the month of November. Every night at dinner one of us would read a story about a saint aloud. One year my mother even gave us a saints exam. Fortunately she was an easy grader. As we grew older, we moved our

Black Thursday and the death of Thanksgiving

Do you remember gathering around the dining room table for Thanksgiving dinner? Sadly, the next generation will not. In the coming years, Thanksgiving will slowly, but surely, be gobbled up by Black Friday, turning the day designated for giving thanks to God into a shopping bonanza.Over the past few years,

A Time to Recharge Batteries and Truly Give Thanks

I don’t know about you, but I really NEED Thanksgiving this year.No, I don’t mean the commercial Thanksgiving weekend, replete with desperate, delusional Black Friday shoppers who begin plotting their Christmas shopping strategy on Thanksgiving. You know, those folks that battle tooth and nail, give up precious hours of sleep

MOVIE REVIEW: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

This film is the finale of the Twilight series.

At the beach, Archdiocese of Baltimore young people strengthen their faith

Some 450 teens and adults participated in the weekend event.

The birds and the bees and things that fly

Leo doesn’t miss much. So when I asked my mother what time Aunt Treasa and Uncle George were flying home from their honeymoon, I expected our 5-year-old’s ears to perk up. What surprised me was his question. “Mama,” he said. “Will they have children?” For a moment I thought Leo had joined the

November 18, 2012

Sunday Snippets—A Catholic Carnival

I'm joining other Catholic bloggers in posting links from my blogs over the past week at RAnn's Place. Because my sister and brother-in-law got married last Saturday, this week was not a typical one for me, and the posts are not as focused on our children and immediate family as they usually

November 18, 2012

Answering questions about adoption: Since you asked…

When I invited you to send me your questions about adoption, I wasn’t sure what kind of response I’d receive. I wasn’t overwhelmed with questions, so perhaps the people who usually strike up conversation with me in public are not reading this blog. Still, I received two particularly thoughtful questions that

November 16, 2012

Lessons Learned from Pneumonia

It all started two weeks ago with nagging back pain during the days that Hurricane Sandy hit Maryland. Intense aching in my back, with increasingly intense coughing, and pounding headaches which developed over the next few days. Something was definitely not right.Sandy closed schools in Harford County that Monday through