Beth Kennedy and Mary Rose Malooly, Cadette Girl Scouts in Towson Troop 4441 and freshmen at Brooklandville’s Maryvale Preparatory School, have earned the Girl Scout Silver Award with their project “Healthy Active Lifestyles.”Read More

WASHINGTON – Up until just days before the inauguration, a group of about 70 students from a girls charter school in Atlanta had planned to watch the presidential inauguration events on television screens at Trinity Washington University.Read More

After reading “Catholics to tune in for inauguration” (CR, Jan. 15), I was terribly disappointed to see the support and celebration from area Catholic schools. Some are even closing for the momentous occasion. I can’t believe with all the hoopla for a presidential candidate who won the election and proudly supports abortion on demand, embryonic...Read More

WASHINGTON – It would be “a terrible mistake” for President Barack Obama to reverse current policies on embryonic stem-cell research, conscience protection and other life-related matters, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told him in a new letter.Read More

WASHINGTON – As the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program zooms through Congress at nearly unprecedented speed, health reform advocates aren’t taking the time to pat themselves on the back.Read More

When St. Michael School closes its Frostburg doors at the end of the school year, it will leave behind more than a century of memories and imprints on the Western Maryland community.Read More

Jesuit Father John P. Foley, founder of the Cristo Rey Network of schools, looks around the country and sees hope in Catholic schools, even as many are shutting their doors.Read More

VATICAN CITY – From smoke signals to the telegraph, from telephones to Facebook, methods for keeping in touch with others far away are helpful, but they are never a substitute for meeting in person, said an Italian Jesuit magazine.Read More