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Mount St. Mary’s students participate in Hunger Dinner

Emily Rosenthal Alster

November 15, 2017

Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

Students at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg learned first-hand about hunger and social justice.

Mrs. Kelly Fick
(St. Joseph School, Cockeysville)
Encouraging a Love of Learning

Lauren Robinson

November 15, 2017

Year of the Teacher

Mrs. Fick has taught at St. Joseph School for 15 years, and is currently teaching Kindergarten. Mrs. Fick exudes positive energy to help her students and their families as well as her fellow teachers. She loves to laugh and share an optimistic word, and her students and colleagues know her to be kind, trustworthy, and reliable. […]

Beatification will see ‘Jesus planting his cross’ in heart of Detroit

Mike Stechschulte

November 15, 2017

Faith, Feature, News, World News

Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey will be beatified Nov. 18 at the home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, the largest venue Detroit could find.

Week in My Life 2017: Tuesday

Rita Buettner

November 14, 2017

Blog, Open Window

A stuffed cow and his owner crawl into my bed to wake me up, and I realize the morning is already getting away from us.

Week in My Life 2017: Monday

Rita Buettner

November 14, 2017

Blog, Open Window

I’m chronicling our ordinary, but extraordinary, life every day this week. Here’s Monday.

U.S. bishops’ predecessors read ‘signs of the times’ in founding USCCB

Julie Asher

November 14, 2017

Feature, News, World News

The USCCB began as National Catholic War Council, founded in 1917 to coordinate Catholic response to the war, including recruitment of military chaplains and a focus on displaced people and child welfare.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond listens to a speaker Nov. 13 during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

U.S. Bishops elect new secretary and chairman of Committee for Religious Liberty

Dennis Sadowski

November 14, 2017

News, Risk Management, World News

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, was elected over Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki of Milwaukee as chairman of the Committee on Religious Liberty by a 113-86 vote.

Coffee & Doughnuts with Erich March

Paul McMullen

November 14, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Coffee & Doughnuts, Commentary, Feature, Local News, Urban Vicariate

The Catholic Review sits down with Erich March, president of King Memorial Park cemetery, vice president and COO of March Funeral Homes, and parishioner of St. Ann in Baltimore.

Take action against gun violence

Christopher White

November 13, 2017

Commentary, Guest Commentary

This year alone, over 13,000 people have died as a result of gun violence in this country. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 93 Americans is killed by guns each day based on data from the past five years.

Father Carlos Francis Mendez, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Las Marias, Puerto Rico, blesses a woman outside her home Oct. 24 in a remote area outside the town. Father Mendez and parishioners distributed relief goods to her home and others in the poor area who were affected by Hurricane Maria. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Civility must guide debate on social challenges, USCCB president says

Dennis Sadowski

November 13, 2017

News, World News

Contemporary challenges are great, but that they can be addressed without anger and with love Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in his first address as USCCB president during the bishops’ fall general assembly.

Catholic Church sometimes has been part of racism problem, says Bishop Murry

Rhina Guidos

November 13, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

Though the Catholic Church has responded to racism for many years, some leaders and church institutions have at times been part of the problem, said a bishop who is heading a committee against racism.

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