It’s hard to believe that Labor Day weekend has arrived. Filled with wistful thoughts of a waning summer we might be tempted to treat Labor Day simply as a final summer holiday before the busyness of the fall. And, of course, we should all try to have an enjoyable Labor Day holiday. Our enjoyment, however,...Read More

This morning I did something I always dreamed of doing. I appeared on a concert hall stage, the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, to be exact. Thankfully I wasn’t invited to sing or play a musical instrument! Rather, I came to be part of this year’s Catholic Schools Convocation of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.It was a...Read More

Introduction: A Local Struggle with Large Implications Arriving in Baltimore just a few months ago, I found that the Archdiocese together with pro-life pregnancy centers in the city were joined together in a struggle against the City of Baltimore. Some time earlier, the administration had decided that these centers would be obliged to inform the...Read More

Like millions of Americans, my parents used to tune in on Tuesday evenings to watch a program entitled “Life Is Worth Living” – a television show that then-Bishop Fulton J. Sheen pioneered. As a child, I watched the handsome Bishop in his cassock and purple cape with rapt attention as he explained the faith and...Read More