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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes; Catacombs of St. Sebastian

February 11, 2020

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

May I suggest that here at St. Sebastian we seek for the courage we need to be the Lord’s witnesses amid the opposition of the world around us, including, as Pope Francis puts it, the world’s “polite persecutions” and the bloody persecutions of Christians in many parts of the world.

St. Ambrose in Cresaptown offered its final Mass Jan. 25. (Courtesy Gregory Triantafillides/Our Lady of the Mountains Parish)

Closing Masses held in Cresaptown, Mount Savage

Catholic Review Staff

February 10, 2020

Local News, News, Western Vicariate

Our Lady of the Mountains Parish celebrated the final Mass at St. Ambrose Church in Cresaptown Jan. 25 and the final regular Mass at St. Patrick, Mount Savage, the following day.

John and Melissa D'Adamo are pictured with daughters Clare, left and Maxine. Courtesy Lauren Hauser Photography/D'Adamo Family)

They both passed the test

Paul McMullen

February 10, 2020

#IamCatholic, Feature, It's about love, Local News, News, Schools

Meet John and Melissa D’Adamo, the first couple we profile in our new “It’s about love” series.

Pope Francis is seated next to Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore and Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson of the Knights of Columbus during an audience with a delegation from the Knights of Columbus at the Vatican Feb. 10, 2020. A delegation led by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson and including the organization's board of directors was in Rome to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the organization's active presence in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Generous help of Knights counters culture of indifference, pope says

Carol Glatz

February 10, 2020

Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News

Pope Francis praised the Knights of Columbus for their charitable efforts and thanked them especially for helping Christians in the Middle East.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: BVM Votive Mass; Our Lady Help of Christians

Archbishop William E. Lori

February 10, 2020

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

Mary, help of Christians, teaches us both trust and fortitude. As Mary arrived at the house of her cousin Elizabeth, her cousin said of her, “Blessed is she who trusted that the Lord’s words to her would be fulfilled.”

The $8 bridesmaid dresses

Rita Buettner

February 9, 2020

Blog, Open Window

My mother and I still laugh about how she bought the dresses before we were even engaged—and without me or any of the hypothetical future bridesmaids there.

Our first dance: Can’t help falling in love with you

Rita Buettner

February 9, 2020

Blog, Open Window

You give your whole life, your whole self, to each other every day—and you accept the gift of your spouse in return.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Archbishop William E. Lori

February 9, 2020

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

We take part in Mass, the Paschal Sacrifice of the Incarnate Son of God, under the gaze of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Salus Populi Romani”. To return her gaze is not to avert our eyes from Christ but rather to contemplate our spiritual Mother who, in the power of the Holy Spirit, brings forth Christ in us.

How I met my husband, sickness in the house, brownies, family time, my cousin Sheila, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Rita Buettner

February 7, 2020

Blog, Open Window

Have I ever told you how I met my husband?

Pope Francis walks with then-First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez of Cuba after arriving in Holguin, Cuba, Sept. 21, 2015. New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is set to meet with Diaz-Canel, who is now president, during a Feb. 7-12, 2020, trip to the island nation, which includes a visit with the cardinal of Havana and other Cuban prelates. (CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters)

Cardinal Dolan to meet with Cuban president, church leaders during visit

Rhina Guidos

February 7, 2020

News, World News

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is set to meet with the president of the Republic of Cuba during a Feb. 7-12 trip to the island nation, which includes a visit with the cardinal of Havana and other Cuban prelates.

Noah Johnson, a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City and senior at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, won a Madden NFL 20 Challenge in Redwood City, Calif., Feb. 1. (Courtesy EA Sports)

Screen time pays off for product of OLPH School in Ellicott City

Erik Zygmont

February 7, 2020

Local News, News

Between worship at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, three AP classes at DeMatha, a spot on the Stags’ baseball team, Howard County rec league basketball and entertaining his younger sister, Ava, Noah Johnson found the time to, as he put it, “perfect my craft” and become the youngest-ever winner of Madden NFL 20 Challenge.

Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken attended Sacred Heart in Glyndon as a child and later become its pastor. (Courtesy the Archdiocese of Baltimore)

Monsignor Aiken, who oversaw transformation of Glyndon parish, dies at 75

Paul McMullen

February 7, 2020

Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken, who spent most of his priesthood at Sacred Heart in Glyndon, the parish of his youth, died at Stella Maris Hospice Feb. 5, a year to the day after informing the people he served that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

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