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Monsignor John L. FitzGerald, director of Apostleship of the Sea Baltimore, is presenting a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation to Knights of Columbus councils across the state. First offered to more than 300 Knights during their mid-term meeting late January in Perry Hall, many grand knights and other officials indicated they enjoyed it so much, said Joe Buccheri, chaplain and deputy director of AOS, that they asked Monsignor FitzGerald to visit individual councils (there are 130). This way, the entire membership could view the challenges seafarers face while at sea, understand their lifestyle, and learn of the many positive changes taking place in the maritime industry to help make life at sea safer.

Catholic Health Initiatives, the parent company of St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, invested $10 million in Calvert Social Investment Foundation (Calvert Foundation) Community Investment Notes in March.

I’ve always been touched that the first words the risen Lord spoke to the Apostles in the upper room were: “Shalom! Peace!” In my humanness my first words might have been something like: “Hey, where were you guys? Weren’t you the ones who said you would stay with me, even if it meant dying with me?”

At the beginning of Lent, I was sent a moving account of the recent funeral procession of a young American soldier, which took place near his hometown in the South. The most striking section read as follows:

The last several years, as each very special Chrism Mass approaches, I have found food for the soul in a 2002 Chrism Mass homily offered by Baltimore’s proud native son Bishop Victor Galeone of St. Augustine. I thought I should share it with you and am grateful to my good friend, the Bishop of St. Augustine, for permission to do so:

The St. Agnes Foundation hosts its annual spring gala, Caritas, on April 5 at the home of the Baltimore Ravens, M&T Bank Stadium.

BEIRUT, Lebanon – An unprecedented wave of Christian emigration from Lebanon is upsetting the country’s demographic balance, said participants at a conference of Christian leaders.

Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming apostolic journey to the United States will soon make headlines, locally, nationally and internationally. How will we, the Catholic faithful, welcome and celebrate the presence of the successor of St. Peter among us? Why do we look forward to the pope’s April 15-20 visit to Washington and New York as so much more than a media event? How might this papal visit become an occasion of grace for each one of us personally and for the Church in America – a moment of intense faith, greater charity and renewed hope?