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Charles Village resident Rick Spriggs loves spicy food, but worries his passion for fiery fare will aggravate his unpredictably queasy stomach.

The first Don hit the water at 9 a.m. on Dec. 20. Thirty hours later, and 50 swimmers strong, the Loyola Blakefield Dons met their 100-mile goal, raising more than $10,000 in the process.

Dr. Barbara D. Nazelrod, president of The Catholic High School of Baltimore, recently completed an eight-month leadership development program sponsored by Leadership Maryland.

In the season celebrating Christ’s birth, Catholics will have two holy days of obligation, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Canon law requires Catholics to attend Mass Dec. 25 for Christmas and Jan. 1 for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God – each falls on a Tuesday.

In Syria, Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo is telling us how displaced Christian Iraqis are being mistreated in Syria and fear returning to Iraq because of the mistreatment they expect to receive there from Moslem Iraqis (CR, Dec. 13).

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has advanced the sainthood cause of a 6-year-old Italian girl who wrote letters to Jesus in the final stages of her illness. If she is eventually canonized, Antonietta Meo would become the youngest nonmartyr saint to be recognized under modern saint-making procedures.

Dr. Barbara D. Nazelrod, president of The Catholic High School of Baltimore, recently completed an eight-month leadership development program sponsored by Leadership Maryland.

Jason Evert, a national chastity speaker, has had to cancel all of his talks in the Baltimore area this week due to a family emergency. He was scheduled to speak in the evenings at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City; Mount de Sales Academy; Mount St. Joseph High School; Our Lady of the Fields, Millersville; St. Stephen, Bradshaw; and at 10 area Catholic schools during the school day. The talks will be rescheduled later this year.