Moments before an 80-foot crane hoisted the second story of a new townhouse into its permanent position along Caroline Street in East Baltimore, Julia Matthews stood on the sidewalk and smiled.Read More

Father Jesse Bolger, associate pastor of St. Margaret in Bel Air, and Deacon Bob Herzog will offer a men’s retreat on Oct. 31 to those struggling with alcoholism. This men’s retreat will begin with morning Mass at 8:30 a.m. in the St. Margaret Parish Chapel, 141 Hickory Ave., Bel Air, MD 21014.Read More

The Baltimore City Council is apparently very concerned about full disclosure by health care providers. A bill has been introduced aimed at one particular category of health facilities: nonprofit pro-life pregnancy counseling centers. The stated goal is to provide accurate information for women who approach a clinic, intending to visit an abortion clinic or seeking...Read More

EMMITSBURG – Even before their son was born, Robert and Joanne Berg read to him every night. Sitting side-by-side, the husband and wife took turns tenderly poring over passages from two books about the love between a family and a child: “Guess How Much I Love You” by Sam McBratney and “Just in Case you...Read More

HONOLULU – Theological consultors to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes have ruled that the cancer cure of a Hawaiian woman was due to Blessed Damien de Veuster’s intercession, Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva announced April 29.Read More

I remember it as yesterday. My mother let my brothers and me have it. She was a gentle woman, rarely angry, usually smiling, but that day... In the middle of her angry tirade, the phone rang. Since she was standing next to phone, she reached over and answered. Her greeting was worth an Oscar! She...Read More

Alayna Albertie looked around the 2009 OppenheimerFunds/NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York Oct. 7 and noticed something very quickly. She was the youngest competitor by five years.Read More

To kick off Archbishop Curley High School’s capital campaign, Father Michael Martin, O.F.M. Conv., stepped up to the microphone on April 25 to tell a story about his grandfather’s vision.Read More