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You want to make a difference, give back, and, yes, get out of the house. Volunteering is the obvious solution. But before you sign up at the first place that asks, or the one nearest to your house, consider what will fulfill you and how that commitment will fit with the rest of your life.

When 54 volunteers recently planted trees on the campus of the Jenkins Senior Living Community in Baltimore, young folks weren’t the only ones who lent a helping hand. Ten of the seniors who live in the Jenkins community served as hosts and hostesses – greeting guests and encouraging them in their work.

SAN ANTONIO – A new initiative is under way in the San Antonio Archdiocese to provide financial assistance to parents who want a Catholic education for their children but cannot afford it.

Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services President Ken Hackett formally thanked Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore for nearly $18,000 in recent contributions to fund aid for people in impoverished parts of the world.

NEW YORK – There is no “conclusive evidence” to back up allegations that crucifixes sold in the gift shop at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and other religious goods stores were made in Chinese sweatshops, the Archdiocese of New York said in a Nov. 21 statement.

The Maryland bishops launched a campaign Nov. 19 urging the state’s 1 million Catholics to engage in a faith-filled dialogue on immigration.