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Basilica’s new guides prepare for onslaught of spring visitors

Catholic Review
March 2, 2007

The 2007 recruits training to be tour guides at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, were a welcome sight for Margie Hoffmaster. The Holy Trinity, Glen Burnie, parishioner is one of 41 original volunteer tour guides who have taken about 57,000 visitors through the United State’s first cathedral since it reopened in November, and the new recruits will be prepared to help out when the expected onslaught of guests visit the restored Baltimore landmark in the spring.

Kolbe School sells homemade food during Lent

Catholic Review
March 2, 2007

Fried coddies, crab cakes and homemade salads sell quickly during the Home & School Association annual fundraiser at Father Kolbe School, Canton. The school is coordinating their 10th annual Lenten Homemade Food sale, which began March 1 and runs through April 3. Chefs include students, parents, parishioners of St. Casimir in Canton and friends. Buyers hail from as far away as Pennsylvania and Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

John Carroll School appoints president

Catholic Review
February 27, 2007

Richard O’Hara, head of The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio, has been named the first president of The John Carroll School, Bel Air. The announcement was made by Augustus Brown, chairman of the school’s board of trustees, Feb. 20 following a unanimous vote by the board of trustees and approval by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. As president, Mr. O’Hara will be the chief executive officer and will be responsible for the overall operation of the school, including areas of finance, institutional advancement, alumni relations, public relations and facilities.

Abbey says it exceeds guidelines for hens

Catholic Review
February 23, 2007

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner has released a statement saying the Trappist order meets and exceeds guidelines for egg production in the United States. The statement came after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Feb. 20 accused the order of torturing its laying hens. On its Web site PETA posted a video of the abbey’s farm, taken without the monks’ knowledge, and written accusations of mistreatment.

Cardinal, bishop decry New York condom giveaway

Catholic Review
February 19, 2007

NEW YORK – With their decision to distribute 18 million free condoms to the public, New York City officials are failing “to protect the moral tone of our community,” two Catholic leaders charged. Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y., said that city officials “encourage inappropriate sexual activity by blanketing our neighborhoods with condoms.”

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JUSTICE SCALIA VISITS GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY In this 2002 file photo

Scalia: Constitution is not a living document

Catholic Review
February 19, 2007

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Constitution is not a living document and should not be rewritten each year by the unelected justices of the Supreme Court. Justice Scalia delivered an address titled “On Interpreting the Constitution” at Iona College in New Rochelle, where he is the Jack Rudin and John G. Driscoll distinguished visiting professor for the spring semester.

CND, CCBC sign agreement

Catholic Review
February 16, 2007

College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, and the Community College of Baltimore County signed an articulation agreement during a ceremony Jan. 30 to permit students to transfer credits from CCBC to CND toward a bachelor’s degree in general education and business after earning an associate’s degree.

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