ROME – For the past six weeks, I’ve had the privilege of participating in the station church pilgrimage of Lent, a Roman tradition that dates back to Christian antiquity. From at least the early fourth century, the pope celebrated Mass during Lent with his clergy and the Roman Christian community at a designated “station” church....Read More

Getting trapped for three days and four nights in a cramped 5-by-4 elevator is not most people’s idea of an opportunity for spiritual renewal. Then again, most people aren’t like Sister Margaret Geary.Read More

Michael Brower took an odd path to becoming a record-setting swimmer. A senior at St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, Brower chose a school that doesn’t sponsor football, a sport he longed to play at the interscholastic level. Playing soccer instead, he joined the swim team as a freshman just to improve his fitness.Read More

From answering the phones to gracing the children’s play area, School Sister of Notre Dame Margaret Marie Giblin does a little bit of everything at the Esperanza Center – all while in her 80s.Read More