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St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ijamsville, parishioner Maureen Ritcey DeGrange said that for the longest time, her oldest daughter, Kathryn, had only one tooth.

There was no question about it. When Amanda and Nick Barrick married in April 2007, they were ready to begin a family.

The following advice was compiled from mothers at St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ijamsville, who are currently going through the teething process with their children.

Dogs don’t bite Jeanie Mossa Kraft. That’s because the licensed herbalist and acupuncturist is like “Dr. Doolittle with needles. I’ve had people tell me that,” she said. “They know what I’m doing is going to help their pet.”

By the dawn’s early light on Nov. 5, two distinct Americas hove into view. The two Americas are not defined by conventional economic, ethnic or religious categories; it’s not rich America vs. poor America, black America vs. white America, or Catholic America vs. Protestant America. No, what this year’s election cycle clarified decisively is that the great public fissure in these United States is between the culture of life and the culture of death.

Every six years our Redemptorist General Chapter chooses a special theme for the following six years. The purpose of this theme is to help us deepen our spirituality as Redemptorists as well as our apostolic zeal. A few years back, the theme was: To evangelize the poor and to be evangelized by them. This theme certainly stimulated some interesting conversations – and questions. Were not we the evangelizers? How could we be evangelized by the poor? What theology did they know? What could we learn from them? I do not pretend to speak for others; I can only tell of my reality.

The unsung heroes of life are mostly found in the obituaries! I read the ‘front’ pages of the newspaper to learn the bad news – financial disasters, political challenges and stories of murder, mayhem and misery. But the obituaries contain the stories of the people who really do make the world go round. Here I find the life stories of veterans and veterinarians, of people who build bridges and people who are members of bridge clubs, of those who are pipe fitters and those who sell pipes. Here are the stories of people who live their lives, quietly make their contributions and then move on. The world doesn’t always notice their presence, but the world is most often better for their having been here. I pray for those whose stories are there and for all the ‘faithful departed’ on a daily basis. November is not the only time to pray for the deceased.

In order to better appreciate the devotion and dedication of black Catholics to the church, it is necessary to be aware of the political, social and religious environment which people of color had to endure and overcome.

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Catholic Church will resist any moves to legalize abortion in Kenya, said Cardinal John Njue of Nairobi.