When John and I met, we had jobs that were more than 100 miles—and a two-hour drive—apart. So after we became engaged, we both started job hunting.A friend or family member must have mentioned that St. Joseph was the patron of workers, so I began saying a daily novena toRead More
Early in Lent a saintly, elderly nun asked me if I would hear her confession. I told her I would be honored to do that. She prefaced her confession, however, by saying: “Father Joe, for the life of me I can't think of anything I've done wrong.”Read More
Daniel Attridge had service in mind when he accepted an appointment as dean of the Columbus Law School at The Catholic University of America in November.Read More
Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg are among the five independent Maryland colleges recently honored for their community outreach partnerships.Read More
Brothers Aldrin and Win were living in a Filipino orphanage when they were invited to spend a month in the United States with a potential adoptive family.Read More
Last week, the eyes of the world were focused on the Vatican awaiting word of whom the College of Cardinals had chosen to be the 265th successor of St. Peter and Vicar of Christ.Read More
“Maryland revisits death penalty repeal” (CR, Feb. 7) included an important quotation from the Catechism, where the death penalty is appropriate “if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.”Read More