Going to the cats

As a child, my favorite saint was St. Francis of Assisi. While I couldn’t identify with his holiness, I could identify with his love of animals.
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Mary, unburdened by sin, was lifted into heaven; we can be, too, archbishop says

It’s no surprise Mary was lifted up by God, since she had spent her whole life lifting up her son, the archbishop said.
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Violence in Milwaukee unrest ‘a self-inflicted wound,’ says archbishop

Protesters burned down six businesses in the city, including a gas station, and also torched a police car late Aug. 13.
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Archbishop celebrates Mass at St. Paul, which offered shelter from the storm in Ellicott City

“It always happens to somebody else, and now it has happened to us,” Deacon Knepper said of the devastating Ellicott City flood.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

I was told that the during the worst of the flooding, the parish evangelization center became a shelter and a place of refuge for many.
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Sister Ellen Smith served as teacher, administrator at Mother Seton Academy

Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Ellen Smith, who taught and served as an administrator at Mother Seton Academy in Baltimore, died Aug. 11.
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U.N. Refugee Olympic team: ‘The victory scream of all refugees’

Popole Misenga, 24, and Yolande Mabika, 28, are olympians competing in judo as part of the United Nations' Refugee Olympic team.
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Mount St. Joseph High has memorable mission to South Africa

A group from Mount St. Joseph spent 18 days in South Africa on a special mission.
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​Assembly OKs document marking 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue

Bishop Denis J. Madden is co-chairman of a task force that has been promoting Catholic-Lutheran dialogue.
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Gymnast keeps rosary — a gift from her mom — close when she competes

Simone Biles says when she travels, she sometimes takes with her a statue of St. Sebastian and carries a rosary her mother gave her.
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The Mercy Centre: A journalist’s haven

By Maureen CromerLooking back on my time in Poland, I can honestly say it was one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences of my life. I was truly awestruck by the amount of young people in the church who made the pilgrimage to Kraków for World Youth Day.That said,
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