Knowing his voice May 4, 2020By Father J. Collin Poston Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall If we know the voice of the Lord Jesus well, and we continue to respond to it, then we know what follows it: an abiding peace and confident hope that cannot be taken away.
Daughter among Mom’s co-workers – and patients – at Mercy Medical Center May 4, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Lena Vendetti Petrik’s instinct to care for others doesn’t stop when she finishes a shift at Mercy Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Inspiring women of faith May 4, 2020By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Radio Interview In the May 3 episode of “Catholic Baltimore,” Father Brian Nolan speaks with Caroline Rose Owens, host of the “She Believed” podcasts for women of faith.
On Good Shepherd Sunday, pope remembers fallen priests, doctors May 4, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Priests and doctors who gave their lives caring for the spiritual and physical well-being of others during the coronavirus pandemic are like Jesus, the good shepherd, who laid down his life for his flock, Pope Francis said.
Rediscovering baptism in plague time May 3, 2020By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Let me urge you again: make this time of plague and quarantine the occasion to dig the “Catholic paper” out of your records, find your baptismal certificate, and learn the date of your baptism. And then, with appropriate celebration, ponder just what happened to you that day.
An update from Archbishop Lori on plans for reopening May 3, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori provides an update on plans for reopening parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
A thank you in the sky (and a prayer for our healthcare heroes) May 2, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Gov. Larry Hogan had declared Saturday Healthcare Heroes Day, and the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds would be flying over as a thank you to those serving on the front lines in the pandemic.
The quarantine’s three lessons about the Church May 1, 2020By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Word on Fire So Catholics, don’t get discouraged. Rather, use this time of deprivation and abstention to awaken a deeper love for the Church in its Eucharistic, symbiotic, and incarnational distinctiveness.
Sugar-cube spill, home fashion, the gift of ramen, and more (7 Quick Takes) May 1, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Some days you’re trying to get something done when you hear a terrible crash in the kitchen. You come running and see that your son just spilled sugar cubes all over the floor.
For seminarians, campus may be closed but the work continues at local parishes May 1, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Since mid-March, the 51 men studying to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore have left their classrooms and been placed in parishes across the region.
Every Catholic man should do this once April 30, 2020By Hanael Bianchi Filed Under: Blog, Fertile Soil I completed the Exodus program this Easter as part of a fraternity at St. John Parish in Westminster. It changed my life.
Few sermons mention abortion in U.S. Christianity, Pew finds April 30, 2020By Mark Pattison Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The percentage of sermons about abortion is in the single digits, according to a Pew Research Center study, the results of which were released April 29.
