Music

Wedding table themes take on creative, personal flair
Dec 17 2009
Meghan Walton and her fiance, Patrick, aren't quite sure what their favors will be, or if they will even have them, for their June 2010 wedding, but the table theme at their reception will reflect something special to both of them: the story of their engagement.

Catholic High swimmer is record setter
Dec 10 2009
It didn’t take Daniela Mittelkamp long to break swimming records at The Catholic High School of Baltimore.

St. Francis of Assisi, archdiocese rally around family
Nov 30 2009
Julie Rybczynski hasn’t seen her two daughters, Eleanore and Cecilia, in two months. Rybczynski (nee Kline), 32, is prone to infections as she recovers from a bone marrow transplant which came after a leukemia struggle.

Music can bring world’s voices together, Catholic jazz icon says
Nov 29 2009
CINCINNATI – Music can be the language to help bring people together, crossing any nation’s boundary and driving freedom throughout the world, said jazz icon Dave Brubeck.

Bipartisan support key to proposed expansion of low-power radio
Nov 28 2009
WASHINGTON – Imagine a bill that has bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. Given the recent wrangling on many bills that have gotten more publicity, one might think such a thing doesn’t happen anymore.

Christ reigns for archdiocese youth at national conference
Nov 23 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – William Gordon had never been on a plane.

Research is key in choosing a retirement community
Nov 19 2009
Before deciding which retirement community to call home, Ruth Von Bramer did her homework.

They came for convenience, found each other
Nov 19 2009
Lesley Pierce chairs the music enrichment committee at Blakehurst Retirement Community.

Reconcilable differences: The church reaches out to modern arts
Nov 08 2009
VATICAN CITY – Once made in heaven, the marriage between art and the church has long been on the skids.

‘Nation’s parish’ celebrates 50 years as place of prayer, pilgrimage
Nov 08 2009
WASHINGTON - The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington - the largest Catholic church in North America and one of the 10 largest churches in the world - is a familiar place to U.S. Catholics who regard the immense structure as their own.

A Cathedral to call home
Nov 05 2009
In 1959, I was in my first year of high school in the Minor Seminary, St. Charles in Catonsville (now Charlestown). I was one of many in attendance at the opening Mass at the new Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Little did I know then that I would spend more than 25 years of my priestly life living in the cathedral rectory!

New Villa Maria school in Harford “a blessing”
Oct 16 2009
Rick Frank’s eyes were noticeably red from tears minutes after he watched the chorus of the Villa Maria School of Harford County perform “I believe I can fly,” during a dedication Oct. 14.

Henry Gibson, ‘Laugh-In’ star and Cardinal Foley’s friend, dies at 73
Sep 20 2009
WASHINGTON – John and James were pals in high school who kept up that friendship after they graduated from St. Joseph Prep School in Philadelphia more than 55 years ago.

Vatican’s got game: The Holy See’s sports hall of fame is revealed
Sep 13 2009
VATICAN CITY – No one would ever mistake St. Peter’s Square for Giants Stadium. But for centuries, the Vatican has hosted countless competitions and dozens of high-caliber athletes – most of them lay employees, some of them monsignors and popes.

Sea Services pilgrimage is Oct. 4
Sep 12 2009
Members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Merchant Marine and the public will come together on Oct. 4 to honor St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, “Patroness of the Sea Services.”