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As we were driving to Mass this morning, discussing what we were going to do as a family on this Father’s Day, my five-year-old son asked aloud: “Mom, is there a Kids Day?” I knew what was coming. My mother-in-law, God rest her soul, had fielded this question from my wife when

— 1 —When I came across this scrub in a store attached to a restaurant in Lancaster, Pa., last weekend, I had to have it. Because I don’t use non-stick pans, I often resort to using steel wool, especially when I’ve been scrambling eggs for the boys. But this! I

Last month, for Mother’s Day, I shared with you some of the wisdom my mother has passed on to me and my sisters and brother.This month, I’ll share the comedy stylings of my father. Although he passed away in February 1998, his zany memories are still alive and well!Petty Officer

Why do you go to a particular church? Maybe it’s for convenience or old time’s sake, but sometimes we are recruited. I was reminded of that May 25, at the funeral of Sharon Bialek at the Shrine of the Little Flower on Belair Road. I had visited the church previously,

My cousin, Kathy, bought Frank an awesome birthday present, “My Little Prayer Buddy.” He’s a stuffed lamb about the size of a large rabbit, covered in tufted velour fleece, with brightly colored ears and legs.  When you push his front foot, a sweet little voice recites one of three prayers, “Our Father,” “Hail

Last week, I was privileged to preside, along with Bishop John H. Ricard, bishop emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee and former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, at a moving and historic ceremony marking the transfer of the mortal remains of Servant of God, Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, from New Cathedral Cemetery, where her remains had been buried since 1882, to the Oblates’ motherhouse in Arbutus.

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