A little lesson in trust March 19, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Sometimes the large, life-changing moments are the ones that show us we need to turn everything over to God. Sometimes it’s the flat tire or a snowstorm derailing our plans. But each time we have an opportunity to come away trusting Jesus a little bit more.
A simple St. Patrick’s Day appetizer: Shamrock-shaped tortilla chips March 17, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Every Sunday my fellow small group leader and I bring a snack for our second graders to enjoy in our Sunday School class. Because it was St. Patrick’s Day, I thought we might make the snack a little more fun than usual.
Fortune cookies, Shamrock Shakes, muskrat dinners, zoo charades, and more (7 Quick Takes) March 15, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Don’t you just love fortune cookies? You get a cookie that has a little note just for you inside.
‘Sister Hildie’ was beloved presence at IND for more than six decades March 15, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools “She knew every nook and cranny of IND,” Sister Patricia McCarron said. “She had a window into the heart of every single IND girl. She was the spirit of IND.”
Give up worry for Lent March 15, 2019By Tony Rossi Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent Venerable Fulton Sheen once said of worry: “Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.”
More than 600 throughout Archdiocese of Baltimore seek entrance into the Catholic Church March 15, 2019By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized In Annapolis, Baltimore and Emmitsburg, 611 people seeking full communion with the Catholic Church gathered for the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion March 10.
Baltimore-based CRS remembers four employees who died in Ethiopian Airlines crash March 14, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World News Archbishop William E. Lori offered a memorial Mass March 14 for the four employees of Catholic Relief Services who perished in the recent plane crash in Ethiopia.
‘Home felt like church’ for future Baltimore priest March 13, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Pictures, both moving and still, figure prominently in the discernment of Deacon Matthew J. DeFusco.
A letter to Archbishop William E. Lori on his pastoral on racism March 12, 2019By Carole Norris Greene Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary If I had to point to one thing that stunted my motivation to evangelize, to go beyond highlighting cultural contributions of blacks to Catholicism to confidently asking others to become Catholic too, I’d have to admit it was racism.
John Carroll School mourns loss of alum who raised awareness of Holocaust March 12, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The sudden loss of Andrew Klein came as students at his scholastic alma mater were receiving more lessons in empathy for and knowledge of others, thanks to his example and the foundation begun by his family
Foundation continues Pacione’s spirit March 12, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs The Pacione Foundation carries on the legacy of Mark Pacione, an innovator in ministering to young members of the Catholic Church who headed the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Division of Youth and Young Adult ministry from the mid-1980s until 2009,
Remembering an Irish priest March 11, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window When I think of growing up in St. Pius X parish in Rodgers Forge, I think of Msgr. Baumgartner.
