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January 19, 2012

Basketball Round-Up

It is hoop-heaven this coming week as the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association will wrap-up their boys’ basketball tourney Feb. 23 with the A Conference tipping off at 7 p.m. at Gilman School, Baltimore, while the B and C Conference finals will begin at 6:30 p.m. at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Log on to the...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican bars brother from post as U.S. superior of Maryknoll order

WASHINGTON – Disappointed about being barred by the Vatican from becoming regional superior for the United States of his religious order because he is not a priest, Maryknoll Brother Wayne Fitzpatrick said the decision raised concerns about the role of nonordained people in church leadership positions.
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January 19, 2012

Texan artist directs students in painting mural

In a wooden frame on a curved brick wall in the lobby of Our Lady of Victory School, Arbutus, a large mural of the community painted by method of pointillism is now visible when entering the building. Pointillism is the art of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that images...
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January 19, 2012

Priests essential for new evangelization, pope says to audience that includes Archbishop O’Brien

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Without well-prepared priests, “the new evangelization” of society will be just a slogan, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Pope says church grew with women’s contributions

VATICAN CITY – Highlighting the fidelity and responsibility of women in the early Christian community, Pope Benedict XVI said the church could not have grown and developed as it has without the contribution of women. “The history of Christianity would have had a very different development if it had not been for the generous support...
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January 19, 2012

Nuns, priests urged to reach out to young people to promote vocations

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. communities of women and men religious need to reach out to young Catholics to let them know about religious life and those communities also should have a full-time vocations director, said a Mercy sister involved in a new major study of vocations.
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January 19, 2012

Canada’s Liberal leader gets mixed reviews

OTTAWA – Liberal leader Stephane Dion gets mixed reviews from Canadian Catholic observers who like his emphasis on a sustainable environment and social justice but raise concerns about his highly individualistic notion of rights. They fear his approach as leader of Canada’s main opposition party could mean clashes down the road over group rights, especially...
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January 19, 2012

City family sees Catholic schools as priority

Every day, Margaret and Darryl Patrick attempt to make life work for their three children, as the family comes and goes from its row home in Baltimore City.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy forum helps women religious live healthy lives

Some 180 sisters of 13 different religious communities listened to experts speak about the topic “Taking charge of your health and wellness,” in the lobby of the Weinberg Center for Women’s Health and Medicine at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Jan. 27. During the forum the sisters were educated on five different topics: gynecologic health, exercising...
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore-raised U.S. bishop who headed Honduran prelature in ’60s, ’70s dies

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Bishop Nicholas D’Antonio, who once headed a prelature in Honduras but found safe haven in the Archdiocese of New Orleans during a Honduran government crackdown on religious activities, died Aug. 1 at age 93.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic presidential candidates abound

WASHINGTON – On any given day this January, a full 21 months before the 2008 election, it seemed that someone was announcing a presidential exploratory committee or launching his or her campaign for president. And there was a good chance that the candidate was a Catholic. When Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts bowed out...
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January 19, 2012

Knights gather in Phoenix to offer one another fraternal support

PHOENIX – More than 2,500 Knights of Columbus and their families from all over the world joined 80 bishops and eight cardinals for an Aug. 4 Mass inaugurating the Knights’ 127th annual supreme convention.
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