Home Page

As we look with promise on the new year upon us, we might take a moment to reflect on the year that ended and the many ways in which God has blessed our Archdiocesan family.

So, did you get everything you wanted for Christmas? If not, I’ve got some good news. We’re still in the Christmas season! It doesn’t end liturgically until Sunday, Jan. 11, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The child grew fast! It’s not too late to get what you really want!

Everyone knows the Scripture story from the Gospel of Matthew when a wise man plans to build a house. His thoughts took him to build on solid rock instead of sand. The rock was meticulously chosen, because that wise man wanted a strong future in his house.

If sports is a metaphor of life, Barack Obama needs to take a look at the Washington Redskins. The Washington football team started out like gangbusters this year, but it swooned at mid-season and finished out of the NFL playoffs. Obama, beware.

Raynard Pinckney has spent the last six months unable to contain himself. If anyone could identify, it was the 30 Archdiocese of Baltimore alumni from the 2008 World Youth Day who surrounded him at St. Veronica’s parish hall in Cherry Hill Jan. 3.

James Connolly (CR, Dec. 11) believes abortion doesn’t necessarily trump every other issue in voting! Without supporting facts he says the one-issue approach has failed.

WASHINGTON – Closure of the military prison at the U.S. Army base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be getting renewed attention during a 100-day campaign designed to hold President-elect Barack Obama to his campaign pledge to close the compound.

WASHINGTON – With all that President-elect Barack Obama has facing his new administration regarding the economy, a coalition of religious, human rights and labor advocates hopes that one concern won’t be relegated to the bottom of the list: debt relief for the world’s poorest countries.