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By Craig GouldDirector of youth and young adult ministry for the Archdiocese of Baltimore“Jesus Christ, you are my life. You are my life, Alleluia.”Only the Church can do this. Only the Church can gather the world, raising banners from every nation to sing these words to God. Only the Church

Our sons are too big to carry. I know it. They know it. Anyone who sees their gangly legs dangling from my hips knows it.But, even though they are 6 and 8—and approaching 7 and 9—I can’t seem to stop.The truth is someday very soon I won’t be able to

By Maureen CromerAfter a very much needed full night’s sleep, our journey to Kraków continued on Saturday morning with Mass in the park celebrated by Father Matthew Buening, chaplain of the Towson University Newman Center.Father Matthew Buening celebrates Mass outdoors. (Courtesy Matthew Himes)Following Mass, we headed to the Warsaw Old Town,

By Tyler KlineSeminarian for the Archdiocese of BaltimoreAfter a quick breakfast, we loaded onto the bus departing for Czestochowa so we could celebrate Mass with other pilgrims in front of the Icon of the Black Madonna. Tradition holds that this image was painted by the hand of St. Luke. The

By Maureen CromerWe made it through our first day – well, technically, two days.Yesterday morning, 40 pilgrims from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore met at Dulles International Airport ready for departure to Kraków, Poland – the site of World Youth Day 2016.After 14 hours of traveling, a layover in Frankfurt

By Patti Murphy DohnTheir bags are packed, boarding passes are printed, and all those passports are ready to be stamped as our young pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and other dioceses around our nation head to the airport.The occasion?World Youth Day 2016 in Kraków, Poland, the homeland of

By Patti Murphy DohnTheir bags are packed, boarding passes are printed, and all those passports are ready to be stamped as our young pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and other dioceses around our nation head to the airport.The occasion?World Youth Day 2016 in Kraków, Poland, the homeland of