Local News
International members tour St. Vincent de Paul programs in Baltimore
For the first time in its history, the International Council General Society of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (CGI), met in the United States the week of March 31.
NBA star Immanuel Quickley establishes scholarship fund at John Carroll
The standout point guard for the Toronto Raptors announced the establishment of the Quickley Family Foundation in a March 25 ceremony at his high school alma mater, The John Carroll School in Bel Air.
House approves bill limiting payments to victims of child sexual abuse
The Maryland House passed a bill April 3 that makes significant changes to the Child Victims Act, lowering the limits for future lawsuits for sexual abuse of a minor and limiting the civil damages to each claimant, rather than each incident of alleged abuse. The bill now moves to the Maryland Senate for action before…
Finding answers in faith: Surge of young adults entering Catholic Church
Shawn Pourifarsi joined UMBC’s Catholic Retrievers as a freshman and began Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) sessions his sophomore year. Now, he and eight others are preparing to enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.
World News
Attendees of Sister Thea Bowman Conference encouraged to bring ‘whole self’ to church
Thirty-five years after her death, the witness of Sister Thea Bowman — a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, scholar, cultural advocate and joyful daughter of the church — continues to inspire a growing movement calling for her canonization.
A saint with a song: Blessed Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ single, video
Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.
St. Josemaría Escrivá tops the charts, a century after his priestly ordination
On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination, St. Josemaría Escrivá is topping the Amazon charts.
Monk Manual collaboration with CFRs fosters sensitivity to God’s voice
The journal, “Mysteries and Medicines,” was created in collaboration between the planning and journaling tool Monk Manual and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a religious order widely known by their Latin-based religious initials “CFR.” It shares its name with an album released in October by Brother Isaiah, a friar and popular Catholic musician.
Commentary
Rain and tears
As the rain falls softly, we know the lesson of Lent: that as we listen to God’s voice in our lives, we also stand on sacred ground.
All that we offer
When I make beef vegetable soup, I am incapable of making the right amount for our family of four. We always end up with extra. So, after I made a pot of soup this week, I texted my sister to see if she’d like some for her, her husband, and…
Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to the world
John Paul was an ecumenical and interreligious innovator.
Question Corner: Can I attend a non-Catholic wedding?
If a Catholic attends a clearly invalid wedding in the normal festive spirit, they are celebrating something which is, at least objectively “on paper,” a falsehood.
Loving sinners, admonishing sin
If the Cross of Christ shows us anything, it is that loving sinners requires a willingness to suffer.
