After a punishing winter storm buried Baltimore in mounds of snow several years ago, Angelo M. Boer knew Our Daily Bread soup kitchen would need some help. With its normal corps of volunteers shut in, the director of development and communications for Catholic Charities set out at 6 a.m. to help prepare the day’s free...Read More
NEW YORK – At first blush, the scene seemed typical. In one of Manhattan’s trendiest neighborhoods, models strutted down the aisle amid flashing bulbs, pulsating music and a Chardonnay-sipping crowd. The designer promoting this fashion line was clad in New York-requisite black.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The relative ease with which groups of Anglicans can be welcomed into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church owes much to the unique history of the Anglican Communion.Read More
St. Bernadine, Baltimore, isn’t afraid of change. It embraces it Throughout its existence, the now-predominantly African-American church has come to be known as the flexible backbone of the Edmondson Village community.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision not to continue a stay on the release to newspapers of Diocese of Bridgeport documents in settled sexual abuse cases doesn’t quite close the door on the issue.Read More
New Year’s may typically be a time for fresh starts and new goals, but when it comes to leading a more healthful lifestyle, there’s no time like the present.Read More
When the Kreiner family was looking for a private high school for their youngest daughter, Kristen, The Catholic High School of Baltimore was their third choice – until they visited the all-girls’ school.Read More
WASHINGTON – Long-term development and humanitarian assistance, protecting civilians and dealing with the root causes of terrorism should be among the guiding principles of how the United States deals with problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.Read More
WASHINGTON – With the two major parties’ nominees for president apparently decided and attention turning to their vice-presidential choices, an old question inevitably arises in certain circles – how to corral the “Catholic vote” in November.Read More
Three high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore received their re-accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Secondary Schools in 2009.Read More
The story is told of a wise professor who constantly probed the knowledge of his class by asking questions and seeking responses. It would not be uncommon for the professor to ask a student to explain a concept. On one occasion when the professor posed a question to a student, the student began a response...Read More