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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary

June 10, 2017

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

The most consequential of angelic visits was to a humble maiden in Nazareth. This time it was not Raphael who visited but rather the Archangel Gabriel. He delivered the message that Mary was to be the Mother of the Messiah, whose name would be Jesus, because he would save the people from their sins.

Rita Buettner's son enjoys a game of baseball.

Thoughts during an evening at baseball practice

Rita Buettner

June 9, 2017

Blog, Open Window

I can’t tell whether he’s one of the better players on the team. That doesn’t matter. I know he’s right where he needs to be right now. And so am I.

Fortnight for Freedom 2017

Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 8, 2017

Feature

“The Second Vatican Council gave the world, ‘Dignitatis Humanae,’ a document that explains why religious freedom is important. First, it speaks agains government coercion. It makes an even more important point that the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the inherent dignity of each person; and that each person, endowed with reason and […]

Fortnight for Freedom 2017

Timothy Murphy

June 8, 2017

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Monsignor Arthur Bastress, longtime pastor of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, is retiring after 66 years of ministry. (CR File)

Amen: On a humble man, and famous last words

Erik Zygmont

June 8, 2017

Amen, Commentary, Urban Vicariate, Vocations

As a priest, Monsignor Bastress was in fact enlisted to act “in persona Christi” – in the person of Christ – throughout various aspects of his ministry.

Monsignor Arthur W. Bastress, former pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, is shown in 2009 admiring the restoration of stained glass at the church. (CR Staff)

After nearly 66 years in ministry, Monsignor Bastress retires

Erik Zygmont

June 8, 2017

News, Parishes, Urban Vicariate

Pastor of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore since 1998, Monsignor Bastress has ministered throughout the archdiocese since his May 19, 1951, ordination at the Baltimore Basilica.

A myth of neutrality

Richard Doerflinger

June 7, 2017

Commentary, Respect Life

Is human life a gift to be revered, or something to be discarded when it seems unproductive or inconvenient to others? There is still time for all of us to help choose the answer.

Rita Buettner (right) prepares for her sister's 2012 wedding. (Courtesy Rita Buettner)

Here comes the bridesmaid

Rita Buettner

June 7, 2017

Commentary, The Domestic Church

God doesn’t care whether we’re immaculately dressed in fancy clothes or wearing an old bathrobe with sausage grease on the sleeve.

Oliver Avaritt, a parishioner of Ss. Philip and James in Baltimore, is working with the Labouré Society to pay down his student debt before he enters the Dominicans. (Erik Zygmont/CR Staff)

The big payback: Aspiring priest tackles student debt

Erik Zygmont

June 7, 2017

Local News, News, Vocations

With a degree in neuroscience and a job as a research assistant at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Oliver Avaritt had his life pretty well in order when he decided to hand it over to God and join the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph.

Knights begin campaign to raise funds for Christians in the Middle East

Josephine von Dohlen

June 7, 2017

Feature, News

The Knights of Columbus has begun a nationwide television and digital ad campaign to spread awareness of the situation of Christians in the Middle East and raise funds on their behalf.

Pence addresses religious freedom at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

Josephine von Dohlen

June 6, 2017

News

Vice President Mike Pence and other speakers addressed securing religious liberty and protecting the sanctity of human life both in the United States and worldwide, particularly in the Middle East, at the 13th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington June 6.

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