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Dr. Barbara McGraw Edmondson, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, sent the following statement to families of Msgr. Slade School in Glen Burnie earlier today.

 Laura Hatcher and her husband, Brian, have two children, Olivia, 10, and Simon, 7, and are parishioners at Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Md. As we look ahead to Mother’s Day, I invited her to write a guest blog sharing how raising Simon, who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and hydrocephalus,

Last night as the boys and I were driving home, we passed a burning pickup truck. The front was completely engulfed in flames.“Mama,” Leo said, “if that happens to our car, I won’t worry about stepping on things on the floor. I will just get out of the car.”Our 5-year-old

Pope Francis with the Swiss Guards before today’s Swearing-In Ceremony at the Vatican (Vatican Radio) I have always been intrigued by the Pontifical Swiss Guards. I think their unusual uniform was what first got my attention when I was a teenager. This costume-like design from the Renaissance is said to have been created by Michelangelo. Standing guard

— 1 —Ever seen a Johnny Jump Up? I don’t think I even knew it was a flower. I thought it was something you bought and attached to a doorway for babies to jump in. Anyway, I saw my first one—or the first one identified as such—on our trip to Williamsburg.Isn’t it