In the quaint fenced courtyard at the entrance to the friary at St. Casimir in Canton, the sweet chirping of birds can be heard, seemingly from the surrounding trees.Read More
When I walk to work each day tears often come to my eyes. I see our children being led astray by a demonic mentality that would make even the strongest man or woman cringe. We see a culture where many of our young people can barely read or write and have adopted profanity as the...Read More
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Cross International, a Catholic relief agency based in Pompano Beach, was awarded a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. government for a new program to prevent the spread of AIDS in Haiti and provide care to orphans and children.Read More
The memory of Saturday, June 26, 2004 will be with me forever as a special day. It was the day of my priestly ordination at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. I remember promising respect and obedience to Cardinal Keeler and his successors as Archbishop of Baltimore. I remember my hands being anointed with sacred...Read More
The baseball team from Bishop Walsh School, Cumberland, put it all together May 24 in Potomac, defeating The Heights 13-0 to capture its third state title in the school’s history.Read More
As he was being wheeled out of the hospital room for one more test, he said to his wife, “I don’t want to die.” Despite her tears and prayers, he did die.Read More
In a yearlong celebration titled The Seton Legacy of Charity, the Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg province, will kick off the bicentennial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Jan. 4, 2009.Read More
LANSING, Mich. – An official of the Michigan Catholic Conference called on Gov. Jennifer Granholm to sign legislation banning partial-birth abortion, saying the state legislation “mirrors the constitutionally sound federal ban.”Read More
SAN DIEGO – When Dennis Quaid agreed to star in the new film “Soul Surfer,” it represented a career first: the only time the actor had ever accepted a role before reading the script.Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Four years ago, Carmen Dean couldn’t have imagined the crowd that would fill her church, Risen Savior in Burnsville, to celebrate the Dec. 12 feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas.Read More