As Patrick Nolan volunteered to help victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild, Mississippi resident Karen Parker said something to the teenager that he will remember forever. “You can get bitter or get better,” she told the Church of the Nativity, Timonium, parishioner.Read More

On a sweltering August morning, Matthew Walinsky leaves the sanctuary of the AIDS hospice at St. Wenceslaus, Baltimore, where he resides, to volunteer around the corner at the Missionaries of Charity summer Bible camp. Though he appears robust, the 50-year-old former altar boy from St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Pasadena, suffers from a host of...Read More

Approximately 275 Catholic teens and adults participated in the Micah Experience Work Camp from July 26-31, performing free repairs at the homes of 45 elderly, handicapped and low-income residents in the Baltimore area.Read More

ALONG THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL NEAR LURAY, Va. – The 40-mph winds were whipping around 23-year-old Chris O’Keefe and the wind chill was below zero as he tried to cross from Georgia to North Carolina on the Appalachian Trail.Read More

Carl Anderson told the Knights at the annual gathering that they gave more than $185 million dollars to charity last year, an $8 million increase from the previous year and one of the largest yearly increases in the organization's history.Read More

I. Introduction A. As we gather for this holy Mass, we stand in closest spiritual solidarity with our Holy Father Pope Francis, and with more than a million young people who joined with him in the celebration of Holy Mass at the Campus Misericordiae. During these past days, it has been our privilege to host...Read More

Trevor Lanham is a comforting presence to members at Crofton Care and Rehabilitation Center.Read More

Immaculate Conception, Towson, parishioners have been serving the poor and homeless at Our Daily Bread on the first Sunday of each month since Baltimore’s largest soup kitchen opened more than a quarter century ago. Fittingly, church volunteers were also present June 3 as they served 678 meatloaf dinners during the last supper at the Cathedral...Read More