Week in My Life 2017: Sunday November 19, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized Our 7-year-old climbs into bed next to me, and I know I should get up. But he wants to make conversation, and I can never get enough of that.
Week in My Life 2017: Saturday November 18, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Saturday starts as all Saturdays do, with children who bound out of bed before their parents do—a good sign since we were at the pediatrician’s office yesterday.
Week in My Life 2017: Friday November 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our children are off today, so the morning starts with a sense of calm. There are no lunches to pack, no last-minute homework assignments to do, no field trip forms to forget.
Birthday celebrating, toy shopping, and doing more holy things today (7 Quick Takes) November 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m chronicling our daily lives on the blog this week in the Week in My Life challenge, so I could probably have given myself a break from 7 quick takes.
Goodbye to one of the good guys November 17, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, The Narthex After decades of producing stories that go into a depth not found in some other outlets, and after many years managing newsrooms, editing pages and mentoring others, Joe Ryan is hanging up his red pen.
Week in My Life 2017: Thursday November 16, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Morning comes quickly. As I get things ready for the day, I keep in mind that I will be at a work event late into the evening.
Father Gordon, T.O.R., who served in East Baltimore, dies at 76 November 16, 2017By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Third Order Regular Franciscan Father M. Gerald Gordon died at 76 Nov. 10
Why poetry matters November 16, 2017By John Garvey Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue Richard Wilbur died last month. He was, Dana Gioia said, the finest poet of his generation and the greatest American Christian poet since Eliot.
Legacy of caring: Sisters of the Good Shepherd leaving Baltimore November 16, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News Sister Mary Carol called it a privilege to serve some of the most vulnerable people in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. As much as the sisters extended mercy to them, Sister Mary Carol said, the girls showed mercy back.
Sister Elise Mary, S.S.N.D., served 58 years in Baltimore schools November 16, 2017By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries School Sister of Notre Dame Elise Mary Saydah, who for 58 years served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore as an educator and administrator at St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore and Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, died Oct. 15.
Week in My Life 2017: Wednesday November 15, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m up before the sons, which makes me think I have a jump on the day.
Mount St. Mary’s students participate in Hunger Dinner November 15, 2017By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Students at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg learned first-hand about hunger and social justice.
