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Pastor encouraged spirit of giving

In September 2002, I was assigned to cover a Mass at St. Gregory the Great Church on North Gilmor Street near North Avenue. I had never been to Mass at a predominantly black Catholic parish, and I had no idea what I was about to experience. Parishioners from northern Baltimore County’s

The perfect summer job

You may have been able to guess from my previous posts that I come from a fishing family. What you most likely didn’t know is that I have family near Ocean City, MD. Putting the two together I’ve come across a perfect “summer job” for myself. For the rest of

‘Fortnight’ did not go far enough

The Catholic Church’s “Fortnight for Freedom” did not go far enough because more than religious freedom is under assault.

Monsignor Nalepa, longtime pastor, dies at 70

UPDATED 11 a.m. St. Gregory the Great pastor put his heart and soul into his ministry.

Calvert Hall alumnus receives Bronze Star Medal

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Collin J. Goldsmith, a 2005 Calvert Hall graduate, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Aug. 3.

Sister Helen Christensen, R.S.M., dies at 85

A funeral Mass for Sister of Mercy Helen Christensen, a longtime Loyola University Maryland mathematics professor, was offered Aug. 6 at Mercy Villa in Baltimore. Sister Helen died Aug. 2. She was 85.

St. Joseph Medical Center on track for final sale in fall

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson is moving closer to completing its sale to the Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, which is expected to be completed this fall.

Sister Mary Cortona Owens, S.S.N.D., dies at 93

Sister Mary Cortona Owens, who spent most of her life as a teacher serving in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died July 28.

Michael Phelps, in the beginning

I had the blessing of reporting on the most decorated Olympian in history from 2000 to 2004, when Michael Phelps went from being a 14-year-old phenom to the star of the Games.The accompanying photo was taken in August 2000, at the U.S. Trials in Indianapolis, the night after Phelps finished

What do Gabby Douglas’ gold medals really mean?

The world watched as Gabby Douglas led the US Women’s Gymnastics Team to its first team gold medal since The Magnificent Seven at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta. Though not the team captain, Gabby, nicknamed “the flying squirrel,” came in first place at the Olympic Trials and, thus,

Loyola University Maryland to acquire high-tech microscope

Two biology professors at Loyola University Maryland received a grant to purchase a laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM), which allows researchers to image cells and tissues in 3D and follow molecule movement and change in real time.

AIDS remains an epidemic in US, especially in minority communities

The general mentality of Americans is that AIDS is not a problem here, said Father Dennis Rausch, founder of the HIV ministry of the MIami Archdiocese.