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January 19, 2012

Catholic schools play vital role in African-American community

In 1878 the black enrollment had expanded at St. Michael’s in the Irish Channel, New Orleans, and this good nun, Mother Austin, built a larger school behind the white school since there was so much land in the area. With the new school, the sisters were able to start a sodality for the African-Americans. The...
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January 19, 2012

Edward Whitesell to be ordained a permanent deacon

Edward Whitesell calls it “the fulfillment of a dream.” At the same time Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien ordains three men to the transitional diaconate during a May 10 liturgy at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, the archbishop will also ordain Mr. Whitesell a permanent...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien hopeful that Nobel for Obama leads to “more serious dialogue” on nuclear arms

VATICAN CITY – News that U.S. President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was met with high hopes from the Vatican spokesman.
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January 19, 2012

Need a break? Try taking a mental health day

Remember Ferris Bueller’s famous day off from high school and his overly-dramatic plan to stop and smell the roses?
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January 19, 2012

New saints’ ministry embodies value of live

We encompass so many issues when we speak of respecting the “dignity of life” in all aspects. When Catholics and many others speak of respecting life from conception to natural death, abortion and euthanasia come to mind as key issues. We don’t wish to end a most vulnerable life even before the child has emerged...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic agencies assess humanitarian situation in Myanmar

WASHINGTON – Catholic aid agencies were assessing the humanitarian situation in Myanmar after a cyclone hit the Southeast Asian country and killed thousands.
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January 19, 2012

Families want to save Catholic schools

Meribeth Myers sees “a crisis” in Catholic schools.
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January 19, 2012

St. Luke’s reserves seats for parishioners on active military duty

U.S. Army Lt. Lynette Jefferson may be serving thousands of miles away in Iraq, but she is certainly present in the hearts and minds of the parishioners of St. Luke, Edgemere.
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January 19, 2012

Pope names couple from Archdiocese of Baltimore to Pontifical Council for the Family

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and five other U.S. Catholics to positions on the Pontifical Council for the Family.
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January 19, 2012

Displace Me Rally drums up awareness for crisis in Uganda

Imagine walking two miles to collect water, then two miles home, carrying 20 gallons on your head. Now imagine repeating the process for each person in your family over a rocky and hilly terrain.
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January 19, 2012

Overlea parishioner launches prayer campaign for priests

During his last daily Mass as pastor of St. Michael, Overlea, in June, Father James Proffitt encouraged parishioners to pray for priests.
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January 19, 2012

75 percent of Americans surveyed read Bible passage in last year

VATICAN CITY – In a survey conducted in nine countries in anticipation of the October world Synod of Bishops on the Bible, 75 percent of U.S. residents interviewed said they read a Bible passage in the previous 12 months.
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