When then Minneapolis Fire Chief James Clack arrived on the scene of last year’s I-35W bridge collapse, he had a hard time believing it was real.
CHENGDU, China – Catholics joined other Chinese in observing three minutes of silence May 19 to pray for and mourn those killed by the earthquake that hit southwestern China a week earlier.
WASHINGTON – After the Rev. John Hagee, a San Antonio televangelist, sent a letter to the head of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights apologizing for any comments he made “that Catholics have found hurtful,” the league’s president, William Donohue, said that “the case is closed.”
The following is the third part in a seven-part series on the Mass. Of the articles I am writing for this series on the Mass, I am really excited about this one: the Liturgy of the Word.
Theologians, pastors, writers and religious leaders can engage in “radical reform” if they promote generosity as a fundamental component of a life of faith.
The actual origin of Memorial Day, once called Decoration Day, is unclear, except that at first it was most certainly a response to the terrible tragedy of the Civil War in which so many Americans on both sides died on and off the battlefields.
A 35-year resident of St. Martin’s Home for the Aged, Catonsville, which is run by the Little Sisters of the Poor, turned 100 years old. Imelda Smith commemorated the milestone birthday with the Little Sisters, residents, staff and friends in the St. Martin’s Home auditorium.
WASHINGTON – Competitive and territorial barriers that once kept Catholic agencies from working too closely together are slowly breaking down in communities across the country in favor of stronger collaboration to better serve clients in need, according to a national organization that promotes the benefits of cooperation among church-based ministries.
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of pilgrims from across the country joined the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., for the dedication of a life-size sculpture of their foundress, St. Mother Theodore Guerin, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 10.
IJAMSVILLE – Without uttering a word, nine teens from Central Maryland conveyed their love for their church using signs and gestures during a first-ever archdiocesan confirmation liturgy for the deaf community May 13.
A bond was made and a promise was kept when a contingent of parishioners from St. Jerome in Gonaives, Haiti, visited their financially and spiritually supportive American sister parish, St. Timothy, Walkersville, the week of May 12.
St. Matthew, Northwood, was recognized by the Arc of Baltimore May 7 at the organization’s annual banquet for implementing a Parents Day Out Program, an opportunity for respite for parents of children with developmental disabilities.
