Hundreds of women from Maryland (and beyond) spent three days of spiritual talks, fellowship and adoration at the 7th Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference.


Hundreds of women from Maryland (and beyond) spent three days of spiritual talks, fellowship and adoration at the 7th Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference.

Students from this Catholic School in Baltimore became an international sensation with their performance of “Rise Up.”

The leaders of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, which has its headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, said they “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America” to admit girls.

The Diocese of Santa Rosa “has been hit hard” and “is in an ongoing state of uncertainty” because of Northern California wildfires that began the night of Oct. 8, said Bishop Robert F. Vasa.

As many Catholics know, the Second Vatican Council famously referred to the liturgy as the “source and summit of the Christian life.” And following the prompts of the great figures of the liturgical movement in the first half of the twentieth century, the Council Fathers called for a fuller, more conscious, and more active participation in the liturgy on the part of Catholics. However, since Mass attendance in Europe, North America, and Australia has plummeted, it is not surprising that an extraordinary number of those who self-identify as Catholics in the West have very little idea what the Mass actually is.

Sister Evelina served as an educator in four states.

The papal Twitter accounts, in nine different languages, have grown by over 9 million followers in the past 12 months.

The leading edge of millennial-age believers is marrying and starting families. Parishes preparing for the future will evolve to meet the habits of this group.

Family, friends and supporters of Ss. James and John Catholic School in East Baltimore celebrated the 170th anniversary of the institutions’s founding Oct. 8.

McMurtry is one of a fistful of performers crisscrossing the western United States as part of the Lampedusa tour that benefits Jesuit Refugee Service’s Global Education Initiative

Two weeks ago when I was praying a novena to St. Therese, I asked her help on a number of things. I explained to her about our children’s transition to their new school.

The Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Congress, a week-long devotion of prayer with the rosary, concludes Oct. 13. Seven parishes participate.
