If Mary--kept free by God’s grace from original and personal sin--if she needed to pray, what about us – who, despite God’s grace, have fallen into sin?Read More

As Christians, we firmly believe that God is not merely an idea or a concept, but he has come to dwell among us; he has taken flesh through the womb of the Virgin Mary.Read More

Lent is a season of grace in which to rededicate ourselves to that noble task by entrusting the whole of our lives to Christ our God.Read More

May the Good Lord bless Pope Francis with good health and the joy and peace of his abiding presence in the years to come.Read More

Threats to human dignity are all around us: from war and destruction in Ukraine and the relentless pace of murder in Baltimore City, to the chronically homeless spending cold winter nights sleeping on streets and the impact of the sin of racism on the lives of children and families of color.Read More

No one understands our challenges better than Mary who stood beneath the Cross.Read More

This afternoon, we gather in remembrance of a shared history. We gather to remember the formerly enslaved who are buried here – formerly enslaved because the Lord in his love has set them free – from the shackles unjustly placed upon them.Read More

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to God for the charism of Fr. Giussani, and to express to all of you who share in that charism what a gift you are to the Church throughout the world, and here in this area.Read More