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On Dec.13 a fundraiser will be held at Bob Evans at 14 Belair South Pkwy. from 4 to 9 p.m. to support the charitable giving of the Bel Air Knights of Columbus Knights Ladies. Santa will be visiting from 4 to 8 p.m. For information call Pat at 410-879-5872.

A tapestry at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore commemorates a performance by John Philip Sousa in the 1880s. The concert benefitted a new Baltimore hospital built by the Sisters of Mercy. (Mercy Medical Center Photo/Kevin Parks) Nuns with a good cause are generally unstoppable. Consider this fascinating story I learned Dec. 9 while on a […]

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has been named to succeed Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York as moderator of Jewish affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, effective Dec. 12.

Check out this cool CR ‘blog preview’ put together by my good friend, Matt Palmer.  (Take a good look at the credits. Gotta love our casting director!) [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHeJRdCbmM]

It’s here! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHeJRdCbmM&fs=1&hl=en_US]

Well, the verdict is in on my original black/white/orange theme for The Narthex: it looked really cool, but it was hard to read. I just switched the theme to something that should be a bit easier on the eyes.  I might experiment with some other themes in the coming weeks.  Let me know what you […]

Matt Palmer’s take on the worst holiday/Christmas songs got me thinking about two versions of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah” making the rounds of e-mail and internet posts this time of year. Both bring a smile. One features a well-organized “flashmob” that brings the chorus to a mall food court. At some point, some […]

Now I am somebody else. Last summer I appropriated that line from Crazy Heart, the film that got Jeff Bridges his Oscar. I’d sing it whenever a brother who will go unnamed introduced me to new friends with “He used to write sports for The Sun” – as if life had stopped when God took […]

Locusts and wild honey doesn’t sound like a very appetizing diet. I suppose some people have eaten chocolate-covered grasshoppers, but I haven’t been brave enough to try that. And I know there are cultures that regularly dine on certain insects as staples in their diet (plenty of protein, I’m told). You have a hard enough […]