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January 19, 2012

St. Vito

St. Vito was born to a pagan senator, but his tutor (St. Modestus) and his nurse (St. Crescentia) converted St. Vito to Christianity when he was 12 years old. Angered, St. Vito’s father had the three arrested and imprisoned, but the saints were released by angels. After helping the emperor’s son, St. Vito refused to...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien welcomes former Episcopal order of nuns into church

Ten members of a formerly Episcopal order of nuns made history Nov. 1 when Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien received their religious community into the Catholic Church as a diocesan priory.
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January 19, 2012

Religious honored for decades of service at jubilee Mass

At the conclusion of Mass May 23, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien looked out into the first few pews of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, and observed 46 clergy and religious celebrating milestone jubilees.
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January 19, 2012

St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria

St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria was born in Italy in 1502. After working with the poor, he felt he had a calling to a religious life. He gave his mother his inheritance and was ordained when he was 26. He established two congregations while in Milan: the Society of Clerics of St. Paul (the Barnabites) for...
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January 19, 2012

Ireland to close embassy to Holy See, but diplomatic relations continue

DUBLIN – Ireland will close its Embassy to the Holy See in what has been described by officials as a cost-saving measure.
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January 19, 2012

Curley dedicates $4 million arts building

Saying Baltimore’s Archbishop Curley High School was following in a long Catholic tradition, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien helped break ground on the school’s $4 million arts facility May 19.
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January 19, 2012

St. Eusebius of Vercelli

St. Eusebius of Vercelli was born in Sardinia in 283. He was a priest in Rome who became the bishop of Vercelli, Italy, Dec. 16, 340. The saint fought against Arianism, a heresy which denied Christ’s divinity. At one point he was exiled to Palestine due to his battle with the heresy. Friends of St....
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January 19, 2012

Deacon Misulia’s passion lifted Libertytown

Nothing was going to keep Deacon Michael Misulia from assisting Masses – not illness or age – at St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic commencements draw high-profile speakers, award recipients

WASHINGTON – Though the University of Notre Dame’s May 17 commencement with President Barack Obama’s speech dominated news coverage of U.S. Catholic college graduations, other Catholic institutions of higher education have sent their graduates off with memorable ceremonies as well.
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January 19, 2012

St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo was born Nov. 13, 354, in North Africa to St. Monica and her husband. Although he was born a Christian, he wandered from his faith and lived wildly. He was a Manichaean for a number of years before he converted; St. Ambrose of Milan baptized him. After his mother’s death, he...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops reaffirm doctrinal concerns with Fordham theologian’s book

WASHINGTON - The nine members of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine have reaffirmed their concerns that a 2007 book by Fordham University theologian Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson is “seriously inadequate as a presentation of the Catholic understanding of God.”
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January 19, 2012

Vocations summit held in Libertytown

It’s no accident that St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown has five men in formation to become archdiocesan priests and one woman preparing to take her vows as a Daughter of St. Paul.
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