Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional
I turn 35 tomorrow and have been thinking about how I want to live in this new phase of my life. There are two philosophies that people use as guidelines for making decisions about their life’s experiences. I am posing a third.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
As I was boarding, a flight attendant said, “This is a crowded flight, so we are going to make some friends today.”
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
Sometimes we ask St. Anthony to help us find something that is missing. And sometimes we don’t realize what we are missing until we find it.
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Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall
Join Father Poston and his dog, Otto, on an “Otto Grotto Rosary Walk” in Emmitsburg.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
Mental illness isn’t always something a person can navigate even with a strong, wonderful family and a compassionate friends. It often requires professional help and medication and sometimes switching to different professional help and different medications.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
The night our new cousin and nephew was born we went out to dinner to celebrate—and also, maybe more accurately, because I didn’t want to make dinner. We went to Pappas, where I had the absolutely delicious crab cake.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
Backpacks were packed, shoes were on, and we were gathering things to head out the door when the phone rang.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
Our sons went on a joint field trip this week, and I got to tag along as a chaperone.
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Filed Under: A More Human Society, Blog, Respect Life
According to a 2016 fact sheet by the Guttmacher Institute, a former Planned Parenthood affiliate, the federal government spends well over $2 billion a year on family planning, mostly through Medicaid (not affected by the regulation).
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Filed Under: Blog, Boots Laced
We can’t just say, “we love the young church.” We have to name them. Jazmine, Michael, Shantay, Jose and all those other young people in your church require adults who can call them by name.
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Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional
When Deacon Ray Van Pelt announced at the end of Mass at St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen that the church was looking for altar servers, Collin whispered to me, “I want to do that!”Collin has been attending Mass weekly (barring the occasional snow storm or stomach bug) since he was 5 days old. Unlike […]
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
I’m never sure why we have Jell-O on hand.
