Table of plenty November 27, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We’re losing power for most of the day tomorrow. I know we’ll lose most of the food in our fridge, so we’ve been eating and eating—but we’ve barely made a dent.
Little Sisters of the Poor believe they were robbed after Christmas shopping November 27, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Apparent Good Samaritans turned out to be nothing of the sort after allegedly stealing Christmas presents from two Little Sisters of the Poor outside the Costco in Columbia Nov. 26.
Adoration chapel in Towson celebrates 20 years of perpetual prayer November 26, 2018By Rus VanWestervelt Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The perpetual adoration chapel at Immaculate Conception in Towson is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Say an Ave there for me November 25, 2018By John Garvey Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue, Respect Life What many Americans may still not realize is that Ireland is embracing the culture of death with a zeal and gusto that few other countries — even traditionally secularized ones — would be so foolish as to imitate.
All in a day’s ministry November 24, 2018By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News By the time Father James D. Proffitt finally put his feet up Nov. 10, he’d presided at a funeral and a wedding, baptized three babies, heard confessions for an hour, presided at the Saturday vigil Mass and administered the anointing of the sick.
Thanksgiving leftovers, lots of pie, sleepover fun, and more (7 Quick Takes) November 23, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window ~1~ Despite all my worry that the frozen turkey wouldn’t thaw in time, it thawed beautifully, and it cooked up even more perfectly. I watched my father pull it out of the oven, and it was gorgeous—and delicious. Everything tasted so good this year—my mother’s carrots and onions casserole, the mashed potatoes and gravy, the […]
‘Resilient faith:’ Josephites celebrate 125 years of ministry November 21, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Baltimore Basilica, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, World News The Baltimore-based Josephites celebrated their 125th anniversary with a special Mass Nov. 17 at the Baltimore Basilica.
Talking turkey and sweet potatoes and pie November 19, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window A dozen years ago or so, back before we had children, my mother asked me to bring the sweet potatoes to our Thanksgiving dinner.
Snow, snow, snow, birthday spaghetti, an anniversary gift, and more (7 Quick Takes) November 16, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It snowed yesterday! I had seen that snow and sleet were in the forecast, but so often storms don’t amount to much—especially in mid-November.
Path for reform goes through Rome November 16, 2018By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary, Guest Commentary Rome does indeed move slowly, but the U.S. bishops, who are clearly feeling the pressure from their people, are committed to applying pressure of their own.
Archbishop Lori says pastoral on racism ‘most welcome’ in Archdiocese of Baltimore November 16, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori, who served as a consultant to the committee drafting the pastoral, said the pastoral is “most welcome” in the archdiocese. He said the archdiocese is putting together a dialogue process for which the pastoral will be a great help.
Archbishop Lori reflects on completed bishops’ meeting November 16, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori offered his reflections on the recently completed bishops meeting in Baltimore.
