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January 19, 2012

Crabbing on bay inspires lead meteorologist

Richard Kane’s love of weather began when he was a teenager crabbing the Chesapeake Bay’s Hart-Miller Island. In order to maximize his catch for the day, which paid his tuition at Baltimore’s Archbishop Curley High School, Kane had to vigilantly monitor tides, winds and approaching storms.
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January 19, 2012

St. Sabinus

St. Sabinus lived in the third century. He was the Christian governor of a place in Egypt called Hermopolis. St. Sabinus was arrested during the persecution of Christians under the Roman Emperor Diocletian. A beggar St. Sabinus had helped was the one who turned him in. St. Sabinus died for his faith around 287 along...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops call for vigilance as new Philippines president takes office

MANILA, Philippines – Church leaders have tempered their welcome to new President Benigno Aquino III with a call to the Filipino people to remain vigilant while presenting the new leader with a 13-point agenda focusing mostly on social issues.
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January 19, 2012

St. John Baptist de la Salle

St. John Baptist de la Salle was born in 1651 in Rheims, France. The first child in a noble family of 10 children, he studied in Paris and was ordained in 1678. He founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers) in 1681 to establish academic education for boys. St. John...
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January 19, 2012

A brief history of the development of the Roman Missal, from Vatican II to the today.

Sacrosanctum Concilium – 1963 Dec. 4, 1963 Second Vatican Council promulgates “Sacrosanctum Concilium” (“Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy”).
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January 19, 2012

St. Matthias the Apostle

St. Matthias the Apostle replaced Judas Iscariot. For more than three decades, he preached the Gospel in Egypt, Judea and Ethiopia. St. Matthias preached about the necessity of mortification of the flesh regarding its desires. Around the year 80, he was stoned to death for his faith. St. Matthias is patron saint of reformed alcoholics.
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January 19, 2012

Pope blesses famous statue of Mary in Rome, visits cloistered nuns

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI blessed a 30-foot-high statue of Mary to celebrate its restoration eight months after a gust of wind knocked it off its perch on a hillside overlooking Rome.
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January 19, 2012

St. Barnabas the Apostle

St. Barnabas the Apostle converted to Christianity soon after Pentecost. He is often mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles although he is not one of the original twelve. St. Barnabas worked with St. Paul in Cyprus and Asia, and he evangelized the people in Cyprus with St. Mark. Additionally, he founded the church in...
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January 19, 2012

Scout retreat brings together multiple faiths

WHITEFORD – After trustworthy, kind and clean, the last of the 12 ideals in the Scout Law is reverent.
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January 19, 2012

Ss. Processus and Martinian

Ss. Processus and Martinian worked as guards at a prison in Rome. They guarded Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles, while they were in prison in Rome. Ss. Peter and Paul converted and baptized Ss. Processus and Martinian. The newly converted Christians were martyred in Rome. Ss. Processus and Martinian are mentioned in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum,...
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January 19, 2012

Nuncio calls Kyrgyzstan situation ‘absolute humanitarian catastrophe’

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican ambassador to Kyrgyzstan described the situation in the country as chaotic as ethnic violence increased the number of refugees and displaced people.
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January 19, 2012

St. Martha

St. Martha was a friend of Jesus and a hostess to him while he was in her house. St. Martha complained that her sister, St. Mary, was sitting at Jesus’ feet listening to him speak while she did all of the work in the house. Jesus told Martha that Mary had chosen better than she...
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