In the case of First Reconciliation, we just need to do the very best we can to prepare our children and trust that God will take care of the rest.

In the case of First Reconciliation, we just need to do the very best we can to prepare our children and trust that God will take care of the rest.

The overflowing congregation at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception hardly needed reminding to raise their “eyes to the heavens” during a dedication of the Trinity Dome Mosaic Dec. 8.

Adviento es un tiempo de esperanza. Es un tiempo de preparación para la venida del Señor, ya sea al final de los tiempos y en el tiempo de la Navidad. Por lo tanto, siempre queremos estar alerta y atentos.

A few years ago Daniel and I started making paper towel snowmen to give to people at Christmas.

The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary was conceived and born without original sin. The pope defined the day as “full of grace.”

The letter called for a reversal of the bill’s plan to gradually increase taxes on taxpayers in the lowest income brackets while maintaining tax cuts for higher earners, including the most wealthy.

Yes, goodness is on the rise, right here in Baltimore. Unfortunately that is a well-kept secret. I suppose that gloom and doom sells and thus we are living in an era of negative narratives – internationally, nationally, and locally.

To tell you the truth, I’m less than pleased when daylight savings time ends for the simple reason that it gets dark so quickly in the evening. But tonight the darkness outside serves a purpose for it is as a point of departure for reflecting on today’s feast, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

The 2017 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal has raised more than $9.5 million in gifts and commitments, surpassing its goal of $9.4 million by more than $100,000.

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which celebrates the dogma that Mary was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception, will be celebrated Dec. 8.

The permanent family housing has transformed the former parish school at Blessed Sacrament, two miles north of St. Ann Parish.

Supporters of legalized abortion used to agree that abortion should be “rare.” They don’t say it so much nowadays. Maybe they now realize that reducing abortions will require discouraging abortion.
