School Sister of Notre Dame Dorothy Catherine Arthur died Feb. 8. Her ministry ranged from secondary education to colleges to helping lead her order.

School Sister of Notre Dame Dorothy Catherine Arthur died Feb. 8. Her ministry ranged from secondary education to colleges to helping lead her order.

Catholics wishing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with corned beef may do so this year, even though March 17 falls on a Friday of Lent.
Father Doyle answers reader questions about changing the names of churches and thanking high donors.

Our Lady of Grace School in Parkton will discontinue grades first through eighth at the end of the current school year, and will expand its pre-school options in 2017-18, to include pre-kindergarten for 2-year-olds, in addition to its current pre-K-3, pre-K-4 and kindergarten levels.

Jalen Smith of Mount St. Joseph swept the Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Joe Breschi, a Towson native and the men’s lacrosse coach at the University of North Carolina, sits down with the Catholic Review.

Father Leo R. Tittler, who died Feb. 18 at 82, was remembered as a caring and generous priest.
For weeks I have been reading blogs full of ideas of what to do for Lent. Almost every single one offers a new take on how to incorporate prayer and fasting and sacrifice into each day. Part of me wants to try every single idea.By now I should almost certainly
Indifference, fueled by populist rhetoric, fans the flames of rejection that threaten the rights and dignity of migrants, Pope Francis said.

Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff “Jane Roe” in the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, died Feb. 18 at an assisted-living facility in Katy. She was 69.
All our plans, all our meetings, all our writings and strategies – all of this will profit us nothing unless we heed the call to discipleship in its most radical form as presented for us in today’s Gospel.

Forgiveness, the pope said, is the path toward holiness and toward peace.
