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CR-JANUARY2018

Reflecting on 55 years as a priest, Father Rafferty says God ‘works in crazy ways’

December 28, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

The end of 2017 will bring his retirement from Our Lady of the Chesapeake Parish, where he has served as pastor since July 1992

Say ‘yes’ to God’s plan

December 26, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

As we look at the New Year ahead of us, it’s impossible to know what opportunities and challenges we will encounter during the next 365 days. We have no choice but to say yes to all of it, even the unknowns.

Small Miracle: However long they have him, family cherishes its youngest

December 20, 2017
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Video

The D’Orazio family, parishioners of St. Ignatius in Baltimore, see their infant son, Leo, as a gift from God. Leo suffers from a rare condition that is likely to make his earthly life brief.

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