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And they’re having a tough time doing it. Every time the Patriots look like they are going to stretch a lead, St. Frances puts together a run. John Carroll doesn’t seem to be shying away from the spotlight of their first BCL championship game. They aggressive down low. R.J. Williams is really pushing the St. […]

Despite some cold early shooting, St. Frances is still very much in the game. At the end of the first quarter, John Carroll is up 13-9. John Carroll is having success inside and the guards are penetrating well. St. Frances has converted several John Carroll turnovers into baskets.

We’re an hour from tip-off here at Loyola University’s Reitz Arena. Should be a good one between John Carroll and St. Frances. St. Frances is already out on the court shooting and getting loose.

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien had people buzzing Feb. 26 in his homily during the ordination of transitional Deacon Warren Tanghe. In speaking to Warren, he casually announced that the former Anglican priest would be ordained a Catholic priest June 25. No one new it was coming, including Deacon Tanghe. More to come on CatholicReview.org…

Sister Cecilia Adorni (Left) dances on her 103rd birthday (credit: CBS 2) Born into a Polish and Czech family, I’ve danced plenty of polkas in my life.  I’m hoping I’m as good as Sister Cecilia Adorni when I’m 103. The Connecticut nun just celebrated her 103rd birthday by dancing a lively polka at the nursing […]

Father Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest, took a step closer to sainthood this week when Chicago Cardinal Francis George announced that the priest’s sainthood cause has been introduced in the Archdiocese of Chicago. According to an archdiocesan press release, the cardinal will appoint a historical commission to assemble the facts about Father Tolton’s heroic virtues. Some time […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops’ Office of General Counsel said the Obama administration’s decision to no longer support the Defense of Marriage Act in legal challenges ahead “represents an abdication” of its “constitutional obligation to ensure that laws of the United States are faithfully executed.”

Charlestown residents are on the go! In May of 2000, I interviewed the now deceased Father Bernard S. Bak about his role as a retired priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. “Retired? You mean re-hired!” quipped the then 78-year-old priest. The clergyman’s point was that even in retirement, he was as busy as ever, celebrating […]

One of the underappreciated jobs for those of us in the news business is writing headlines. Sometimes it’s fun, as when we get to write clever little puns, such as “Love and Loyola go hand in hand,” over a story about Loyola University alums renewing their marriage vows; it accompanied a photo of couples holding […]