Some years ago, after I sat in a parish confessional for two Saturday afternoons in a row waiting in vain for a penitent to show up, I brought up the matter with a few parishioners. “Why don’t people make use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation more often?” I wanted to know. A younger parishioner spoke...Read More
A funeral Mass for Sister Kathryn Rolley, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was offered Jan. 24 in Scranton, Pa. Sister Kathryn died Jan. 19. She was 89 and had been a sister for more than six decades.Read More
A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father John J. Salamon was offered Jan. 26 in the chapel at Stella Maris in Timonium. Father Salamon was 93 and had been a priest for 67 years.Read More