Facing “insurmountable financial difficulties,” St. Mary of the Assumption School in the Govans neighborhood of Baltimore City will not re-open in the fall after 135 years of operation.Read More
For the third time this school year we have had the frustrating and sad task of announcing that the doors of a Catholic school will not reopen next fall. St. Mary of the Assumption School in Govans is the latest such casualty and joins Catholic Community School (Federal Hill) and St. Michael School (Frostburg) in...Read More
In his book, “Jesus before Christianity,” Father Albert Nolan, currently provincial for the South African Province of the Dominicans, says that “there is no mistaking the two quite different ways in which power and authority are understood and exercised. It is the difference between domination and service.”Read More
POSTVILLE, Iowa – After the first anniversary observance of the immigration raid in Postville May 12, Archbishop Jerome G. Hanus of Dubuque said he hoped the event would show the world that faith in Christ ended in action.Read More
NEW YORK – A group of prominent U.S. rabbis involved in interfaith relations praised Pope Benedict XVI May 12 for his remarks at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem that drew criticism from several Israeli politicians and journalists.Read More
I felt compelled to respond to a letter-writer’s claim (CR, May 14) that “it seems like for Catholics, the only lives that matter are the ones of the unborn babies.” The writer cited President Bush’s support for capital punishment and for “starting the war in Iraq.”Read More
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend May 16 made it clear that even though he would not attend the university’s commencement ceremony the next day, he was not giving up on Notre Dame.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper said U.S. President Barack Obama sought common ground on the divisive issue of abortion in his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.Read More
Living on the Blackfeet Native American reservation in Browning, Mont., her entire life, Shainelle Birdrattler considered seeing a professional sporting event unthinkable.Read More
Black-Eyed Susans and the singing of “Maryland My Maryland” are among the more obvious traditions at the Preakness, the middle leg of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.Read More
About 50 young adult ministers from across the archdiocese came together May 17 for a meal, prayer and conversation – in two languages. The bilingual Young Adult Contact Meeting was a first for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which last year hosted English and Spanish versions of the same meeting.Read More