If you want a meditation for enjoying a summer day, it would be hard to improve upon this bit of verse by e.e. cummings:Read More

Farewell to Florence:John Carroll took Florence by storm on Friday and Saturday, enjoying the sites, sounds, and shopping, along with the great food and live music in all the piazzas. It was a bit of a luxury to be in the same place for two nights, as living out ofRead More

An impoverished presentation of marriage is the principal problematic aspect of "The Five-Year Engagement"Read More

Greetings from Florence (Firenze), the capital city of Tuscany. We arrived here last night just in time for dinner and some quick explorations around town in foot under the beautiful moonlight. Our weather has been perfect, thanks be to God!!Here are some photos which include our Friday evening overview andRead More

The state’s drug fatality rate was nearly three times higher than the national average.Read More

Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated his last chrism Mass in Baltimore at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen April 2.Read More

I woke up early on Saturday morning and drove more than two hours to Front Royal, Va., to attend a conference for Catholic women bloggers.Because I was alone, I didn’t have to pack juice boxes or Funyuns. I didn’t stop once for someone to use the bathroom. No one caredRead More

Dr. James F. Conneely, the first man to serve as president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, succeeds President Mary Pat Seurkamp.Read More