Page 1794 – Archdiocese of Baltimore

MCHENRY – Tightly holding a large waterlogged sponge in his fist, 9-year-old Isaac Fike wound up like Orioles pitcher Erik Bedard and launched the soggy missile towards its target. As other children squealed with delight, Isaac hit his mark on his first try – smack in the face of Father Donald Parson, pastor of St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland. “If you want to go to heaven you’ll stop it,” shouted a smiling Father Parson, his soaked face poking through a cutout hole in a plywood angel figure topped with a halo. Father Michael Triplett, a newly ordained priest recently assigned to the parishes of Western Maryland, quickly jumped to Isaac’s defense.

Barbara Anderson appointed PLD to Frederick County

As Barbara Anderson prepares to begin her new role as pastoral life director of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Thurmont, and St. Anthony Shrine, Emmitsburg, the 51-year-old director of religious education said she is “honored and humbled to be asked to take on the responsibility” of leading the twinned Frederick County parishes.

Pope relaxes restrictions on use of Tridentine Mass

UPDATED VATICAN CITY – In a long-awaited overture to disaffected Catholic traditionalists, Pope Benedict XVI relaxed restrictions on the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin-language liturgy that predates the Second Vatican Council.

Pope relaxes restrictions on use of Tridentine Mass

LATE BREAKING VATICAN CITY – In a long-awaited overture to disaffected Catholic traditionalists, Pope Benedict XVI relaxed restrictions on the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin-language liturgy that predates the Second Vatican Council. The pope said Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite, should be made available in every parish where groups of the faithful desire it. He said that while the new Roman Missal, introduced in 1970, remains the ordinary way of Catholic worship, the 1962 missal should be considered “the extraordinary expression of the law of prayer.”

Letter dismisses president’s principles

In his letter, Michael Dausch (CR, June 28) angrily judges President Bush and dismisses the president’s principled stands on protecting human life, marriage and the family.

Argentine cleric becomes first priest on trial for ‘dirty war’ crimes

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A former Argentine police chaplain became the first Catholic priest on trial for human rights violations against leftist dissidents during Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s.

St. Thomas University establishes living-wage policy for employees

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – After 13 years on the housekeeping staff at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Livia Herrera saw her wages rise by almost $3 an hour in July.

Greek Orthodox, Catholic leaders pledge mutual pursuit of unity

SAN FRANCISCO – Leaders of San Francisco’s Catholic and Greek Orthodox communities urged their traditions to continue pursuing mutual understanding and unity, during an ecumenical “litany for peace.”

Childhood buddies enter senior year

As the new girl at St. Rita School in Dundalk, Laura Klym timidly entered her first-grade classroom knowing most of her fellow classmates had established friendships from kindergarten and that finding kinship wouldn’t be an easy task.

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., receives Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., (formerly Sister Robert Catherine), a native of Baltimore, was awarded the Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award, July 1, by the diocese of Trenton.

Racial, ethnic disparities in health care: Knowing how to fight them

WASHINGTON – Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera knows firsthand that medical offices must be places on which patients can rely to receive quality health care when they need it and places to which they will want to return.

Rushed scholars grumble over Vatican Library’s closure