Father Edward C. Connelly, former longtime pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Crofton and an advocate for social justice, died Aug. 18 at age 80.
Father Edward C. Connelly, former longtime pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Crofton and an advocate for social justice, died Aug. 18 at age 80.

St. John, Westminster, parishioners Alex Belk and John Richards were pretty jazzed about the results of a dance fundraiser they held to collect funds for Tender Care Pregnancy Centers.
If a Catholic doesn’t receive Communion at a wedding ceremony in a Protestant church, does that mean the Catholic does not support the newlywed couple?

The PRIDE program provides options for parents of children who have special needs or a learning disability.
When you are waiting to adopt your child, you focus so much on one moment—the moment you will hold your child in your arms for the first time.Will he scream?Will he smile?Will he cry?Will he feel like my son?Will I feel like his mother?You read and ask questions and pray.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori addressed hundreds of educators at the Convocation of Catholic Schools.
There were certain things I expected as our family headed out of town recently for a week-long vacation in the Midwest. First, there was the long drive to central Illinois – 13-plus hours of pounding the pavement on the highways and byways of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. After three days,

Tech and trends expert Brett Larson looks at products and trends for this year’s back-to-school shopping.
I had imagined taking Leo with me on his school supplies shopping trip, happily skipping through the aisles together as we selected crayons and markers. But I thought it might be tedious for our new kindergartner, so I decided to go alone.Then I got to the store, looked at the
I. Introduction In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us he came into the world to light a fire. So let me talk a little about fire – fires that aren’t so good and the fire that was lit by Jesus and is fanned by the Holy Spirit … with our participation, of course, because we are […]
I. Introduction: Msgr. Rohlfs’ First Rector’s Conference Many years ago, I and another seminarian were driving from the Mount down to Washington. While we were on I-270 we began to discuss what the future would be like. We wondered what kind of parish we would be assigned to, how we would get along with our […]
Earlier this week, Bishop Denis Madden, whose vicariate includes Baltimore City, and Spiritan Father Evod Shao, Pastor of St. Edward’s Church in West Baltimore, led a prayer walk through the violent streets surrounding the parish. They were joined by a number of parishioners and others from the neighborhood who have recently watched the violence on […]
