St. Cecilia Evening Vespers, which will include a blessing of liturgical and music ministers, will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Marikle Chapel at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore.
St. Cecilia Evening Vespers, which will include a blessing of liturgical and music ministers, will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Marikle Chapel at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore.
WASHINGTON – A recent series by The Associated Press illustrating the “widespread” extent of sexual abuse in the nation’s public schools and the failure of those in authority to stop it is a serious wake-up call for the nation say some officials.

PACHACUTEC, Peru – Higinia Rupay remembers her terror as the ground began to heave and bricks from the neighbor’s wall crashed through the flimsy roof of her home.
DETROIT – Chaldean Catholic Bishop Ibrahim N. Ibrahim credited the support of Chaldean Catholics in metro Detroit for the success of a boycott of Miller Brewing Co. products that he said resulted in the company pledging to never again support events that insult and offend religious sensibilities.
TORONTO – If globalization is necessary and inevitable, then economic progress everywhere is connected ethically to development in countries like Zambia, said a prominent U.S. Jesuit.

UNITED NATIONS – A Vatican official said he hoped the 2008 Olympic Games in China would help promote international peace and respect for human rights.

PISCO, Peru – At first glance, Freddy Sanchez appears to be one of the lucky ones. When a magnitude 8 earthquake struck this fishing port, his house remained standing while many of his neighbors’ homes and the church across the street collapsed.
VATICAN CITY – While Christians should hope that their deceased loved ones are in heaven, they must pray for them in case they are in purgatory, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.
Asserting that traditional marriage is radically threatened by some courts and legislatures intent on legalizing same-sex marriage, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien called the defense of marriage “an urgent necessity to ensure the flourishing of persons, the well-being of children and the common good of society.”
When Father John Bauer, C.Ss.R., celebrates Mass on Veterans Day Nov. 11, at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Highlandtown, he’ll not only dress in his camouflage vestments, he’ll reminisce about a Veterans Day 38 years ago, the date he was sworn into the U.S. Army.
Listen to your feet. If they’re screaming, or even whimpering, your shoes might be to blame. High heels get a bad rap, but flipflops aren’t any better. And no matter what style shoe you’re wearing, it’s probably not wide enough.

VATICAN CITY – Holiness is not a privilege reserved to a few people, but is a call that all men and women are meant to answer, Pope Benedict XVI said.
