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Week in My Life 2017: Saturday

November 18, 2017

Saturday starts as all Saturdays do, with children who bound out of bed before their parents do—a good sign since we were at the pediatrician’s office yesterday.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Knights of Columbus Mid-Year Meeting, Chaplain’s Remarks

Archbishop William E. Lori

November 18, 2017

Archbishop Lori Homily

As we approach the end of the year, let us take stock of our blessings. Our fraternity in Christ is one of the greatest gifts and blessings in our lives and so we should never let a day go by without thanking God and asking for the grace to strengthen our fraternity as also to extend it to others.

Week in My Life 2017: Friday

Rita Buettner

November 17, 2017

Blog, Open Window

Our children are off today, so the morning starts with a sense of calm. There are no lunches to pack, no last-minute homework assignments to do, no field trip forms to forget.

Birthday celebrating, toy shopping, and doing more holy things today (7 Quick Takes)

Rita Buettner

November 17, 2017

Blog, Open Window

I’m chronicling our daily lives on the blog this week in the Week in My Life challenge, so I could probably have given myself a break from 7 quick takes.

Joe Ryan, left, proofreads pages with Christopher Gaul in an undated file photo. (CR File)

Goodbye to one of the good guys

George P. Matysek Jr.

November 17, 2017

Blog, The Narthex

After decades of producing stories that go into a depth not found in some other outlets, and after many years managing newsrooms, editing pages and mentoring others, Joe Ryan is hanging up his red pen.

Supreme Court to hear case on free speech and crisis pregnancy centers

Carol Zimmermann

November 17, 2017

Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case examining freedom of speech at crisis pregnancy centers.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Friday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time; Knights of Columbus Mid-Year Meeting

Archbishop William E. Lori

November 17, 2017

Archbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

When we are afflicted and God does not seem to answer our prayers, we do well humbly to admit that we may not know what to pray for but let us also be consoled by the thought that God never forgets us.

Week in My Life 2017: Thursday

Rita Buettner

November 16, 2017

Blog, Open Window

Morning comes quickly. As I get things ready for the day, I keep in mind that I will be at a work event late into the evening.

Third Order Regular Franciscan Father M. Gerald Gordon died at 76 Nov. 10.

Father Gordon, T.O.R., who served in East Baltimore, dies at 76

Catholic Review Staff

November 16, 2017

Local News, News, Obituaries

Third Order Regular Franciscan Father M. Gerald Gordon died at 76 Nov. 10

Why poetry matters

John Garvey

November 16, 2017

Commentary, Guest Commentary

Richard Wilbur died last month. He was, Dana Gioia said, the finest poet of his generation and the greatest American Christian poet since Eliot.

Legacy of caring: Sisters of the Good Shepherd leaving Baltimore

George P. Matysek Jr.

November 16, 2017

Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News

Sister Mary Carol called it a privilege to serve some of the most vulnerable people in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. As much as the sisters extended mercy to them, Sister Mary Carol said, the girls showed mercy back.

Sister Elise Mary, S.S.N.D., served 58 years in Baltimore schools

Catholic Review Staff

November 16, 2017

Local News, News, Obituaries

School Sister of Notre Dame Elise Mary Saydah, who for 58 years served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore as an educator and administrator at St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore and Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, died Oct. 15.

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