NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Results of a survey conducted by the Knights of Columbus and the Marist Poll show that 86 percent of Americans would significantly restrict abortion.Read More
As the Calvert Hall College High School band played “Take me Out to the Ballgame,” standing behind the soon-to-be-dedicated pitcher’s mound, the student-body entered the $1.8 million Carlo Crispino Baseball Stadium and gathered behind the band. It was a proud day for the Calvert Hall community as April 6 marked the official opening of this...Read More
WASHINGTON – Although many of the more than 49,000 comments received by the National Institutes of Health on their draft guidelines for embryonic stem-cell research are repetitive, some offer a poignant glimpse into the lives of Americans who don’t want to see embryos destroyed in an effort to cure diseases.Read More
NAPLES, Fla. – The towering, $24 million Ave Maria Oratory that is the focal point of Ave Maria University and the town being built around it was dedicated March 31 as a quasi-parish to provide pastoral care for students, faculty, staff and residents.Read More
Communication is what it’s all about for couples attending Catholic Engaged Encounter. Designed to draw couples closer and build stronger relationships, the weekend retreat encourages engaged couples to explore all aspects of married life in an open and honest way.Read More
WASHINGTON – Keeping a pro-life sensibility during hard economic times can actually help a society through those trying years, Pope Benedict XVI said in his third encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”).Read More
WESTMINSTER – In a year when only one man will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien praised the parishioners of St. John, Westminster, for having three of their own currently enrolled as seminarians for the archdiocese.Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Daniel Pink, an author of books on the changing work world, told Catholic educators March 27 at the National Catholic Educational Association convention in Indianapolis they need to prepare students differently to succeed in today’s work force.Read More
Loyola College in Maryland’s community is coming to terms with the death of Kelly Murray, associate professor of pastoral counseling, and her 7-year-old daughter, Sloane.Read More
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. – A funeral Mass was scheduled for March 27 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis for Jon Hassler, an award-winning novelist and a professor emeritus of fiction at St. John’s University in Collegeville.Read More