A goody bag from church, charcuterie, the story of a super ball, and our Lenten prayer basket (7 Quick Takes) February 28, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Last weekend we took a day trip to Frederick, and John suggested that we stop at St. Peter’s in Libertytown, Md., for Saturday evening Mass.
Pakistani woman who fled to Canada seeks political asylum in France February 27, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, World News The Catholic mother, who spent nearly a decade on death row in Pakistan after she was falsely accused of blasphemy against Islam, wants to live closer to French writer Anne-Isabelle Tollet, who was influential in her fight for freedom and helped her to write her autobiography, “Enfin Libre” (Finally Free).
Faith through it all February 27, 2020By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith The differences in attitude while muddling through emotional heartache or illness are what can make or break us.
Annulment concern/ Dropping the host February 27, 2020By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about annulments and dropping the consecrated host.
Leap year’s extra day has a Catholic origin February 27, 2020By Donis Tracy Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, World News Did you know the present system of calculating the leap years was designed around fixing the date of Easter?
Intellectually disabled L’Arche members react to news of Vanier abuse February 27, 2020By Michael Swan Filed Under: News, World News For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L’Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard.
Start strong and show God February 26, 2020By Father J. Collin Poston Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall, Lent Let us “start strong” and “show God” to the world and those around us, and give a demonstration of the unseen by being Christlike in our lives and in our love.
What it means to be marked on Ash Wednesday February 26, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Lent, Local News, News Ash Wednesday may be the one day of the year where observant Catholics are most visible to the rest of the public.
Shut off cellphone, open Bible for Lent, pope tells faithful February 26, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Bible, Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Video, World News Lent is a time to remove all distractions and bitterness from one’s life in order to better hear God and those who suffer silently and need help, Pope Francis said.
A Lent lesson from Call of the Wild February 25, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Lent, Open Window As we begin our Lenten journey, we cannot know what we will experience through these 40 days. We don’t know what obstacles and opportunities life will present. But Lent can change us in positive, beautiful ways if we are open to how God is working in our lives.
A comeback for confession? Baltimore priests working to revive reconciliation February 25, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Lent, Local News, News Some priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are pushing back against empty confessionals in novel ways. It’s time for confession to make a comeback, they say.
Northern Italian dioceses take drastic measures against coronavirus February 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News With the biggest two days of celebration and costume parades left, the famous pre-Lenten “Carnevale” of Venice was canceled as were Ash Wednesday services and even funeral Masses throughout the diocese.
