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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Keeler discharged from hospital

UPDATED Following his June 25 release from The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Cardinal William H. Keeler is back at his downtown residence and will undergo outpatient rehabilitation at Mercy Medical Center, according to archdiocesan spokesman Sean Caine. Although the cardinal’s seven-day hospital stay following a June 18 surgery to drain an accumulation of cerebrospinal...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops gather at national shrine in Washington for jubilee Mass

WASHINGTON – The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception – the largest Catholic church in the United States and one of the largest Catholic churches in the world – is celebrating its 50th anniversary but it is still a work in progress, as are the people who worship there, said a West...
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January 19, 2012

What do teachers do all summer?

This is the first summer in four years that language arts teacher Marilyn Donahue can concentrate better on two things – schoolwork and relaxation. The 14-year veteran of St. John the Evangelist School, Hydes, soon will head to Ocean City, where she can take pleasure in her newly renovated beach house. The past four summers...
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January 19, 2012

They came for convenience, found each other

Lesley Pierce chairs the music enrichment committee at Blakehurst Retirement Community.
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January 19, 2012

Cumberland outreach helps clothe children

CUMBERLAND – Standing next to piles of neatly folded children’s shirts and dainty toddler’s dresses hanging overhead on hangers, Ellie Mantheiy was pleased with the quantity and quality of the apparel. “It’s mostly used clothing donated by parishioners,” said Ms. Mantheiy, coordinator of the children’s clothing outreach program at St. Mary, Cumberland. “Some of it...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops OK marriage pastoral with many changes, some opposition

Despite the concern voiced by some bishops about the document's pastoral tone and content, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a pastoral letter on marriage Nov. 17.
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January 19, 2012

New edition of Holocaust survivor’s book on Pope John Paul II issued

WASHINGTON – After Polish-born poet, author and Holocaust survivor Lena Allen-Shore had her first private meeting with Pope John Paul II in 1996, her younger son, Jacques, told her, “You have to write an article. The title of the article should be ‘Building Bridges.’“
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January 19, 2012

Congressman urges Obama to raise issue of forced abortions in China

WASHINGTON – A U.S. congressman urged President Barack Obama to raise the issue of forced abortions with Chinese leaders and not allow human rights to take a backseat to economic issues when the president traveled to Beijing.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Ricard joins religious leaders for service focusing on hunger

WASHINGTON – Religious leaders, including Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., gathered at the Washington National Cathedral June 11 to reaffirm their mutual commitment to end hunger.
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January 19, 2012

What can we change before life changes us?

Recently, I bought a birthday card. On the top it read: “When I was young, I had long hair, took acid, and went to hip new joints.” On the bottom of the card it read: “Now I long for hair, take antacids, and am waiting for my new hip joint!”
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January 19, 2012

Papal patience causes chafing among some Vatican bureaucrats, media

VATICAN CITY – More than two years into his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI has proven to be a very patient decision-maker – so patient that even some of his Vatican bureaucrats are chafing a little.
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January 19, 2012

Pledges to Archbishop’s Annual Appeal top $8.4 million

At the first of four receptions thanking volunteers who worked on the 2009 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, everyone agreed: The appeal works.
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