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Archdiocese Commits $100,000 to Baltimore Summer Jobs Program, Asks Parishes to Hold Special Collections at All Masses This Weekend

Earlier this week, Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, wrote to pastors of the Archdiocese’s 154 parishes asking them to hold special collections at all Masses the weekend of June 20-21 to support Baltimore City’s summer jobs program. The Archbishop committed $100,000 to the program, which needs $1.5 million to reach its goal of providing […]

Growing old gratefully

Growing old gratefully is what poet Robert Browning had in mind when he opened his poem “Rabbi Ben Ezra” with these words: “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. The last of life for which the first was made. Our times are in His hand. Who saith ‘A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!'”

Saying goodbye to preschool

Today our younger son graduates from preschool.It’s really not a big deal.I mean, it’s preschool.He’s learned his letters and his numbers. He can draw a fantastic truck. He is a master pumper on those swings. And he knows every school rule—and sometimes follows them.Preschool is preschool. It’s a starting point.

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